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	Snooker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Snooker is a variation of the game of billiards played on a baize-covered table that has pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions.
		Perhaps the peak of this golden age was the world championship of 1985, when 18.5 million people (one third of the population of the UK) watched Dennis Taylor lift the cup after a mammoth struggle that finished with the potting of the last possible ball, well after midnight.
		Snooker is played on a rectangular 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table (often referred to as 'Full Size' as smaller same ratio tables can be used) with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Snooker (3312 words)

	Snooker article - Snooker billiards United Kingdom Ireland Canada Australia Thailand Hong - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Snooker is a billiards game, played on a special table, with one white cue ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of various colours (the 'colours').
		Perhaps the peak of this golden age was the world championship of 1985, when 18.5 million people (one third of the population of the UK) watched Dennis Taylor lift the cup after a mammoth struggle that went on well after midnight.
		Snooker is played on a 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Snooker (2207 words)

	1985 World Snooker Championship final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1985 World Snooker Championship final is often cited as the most exciting game of snooker in history.
		The event was in the eighth year of the BBC's coverage of the event, and snooker was reaching the zenith of its popularity.
		Davis, who had been the world number one for four years, and would remain in that position for another four, was strong favourite going into the event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1985_World_Snooker_Championship_final (514 words)

	World Snooker Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The World Snooker Championship is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points.
		The World Matchplay, organised by the players and widely viewed as the "real" world championship, continued until 1957.
		Snooker then went into a period of decline, and no tournament was held between 1958 and 1963.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Snooker_Championship (742 words)

	Jimmy White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		It is rumoured that his headmaster allowed him to practise snooker in the afternoons, in return for school attendance in the mornings.
		However, the World Championship title has remained elusive, despite reaching the final six times (starting in 1984, and then each year from 1990 to 1994).
		Ironically, the three other snooker players to have been awarded the MBE (Steve Davis, John Parrott and Stephen Hendry) are the same three who have beaten him in the World Championship finals.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jimmy_White (467 words)

	Biography of Stephen Hendry
		Snooker player, Stephen Hendry was born on January 13, 1969 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.
		Stephen Hendry is one of many snooker players who has recently played poker on television and the poise that he brought to the snooker table is there to be seen at the card table.
		Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry was recently named the greatest snooker player of all time.
	www.biogs.com /famous/hendrystephen (264 words)

	Alex Higgins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		A one-time apprentice jockey, Belfast born Higgins (46) started playing snooker at the age of 11, when one of his haunts was Belfast's Jampot Club.
		He captured the Benson and Hedges Masters in 1978 - repeated the feat in 1981 and the World Championship was to fall to him again in 1982.
		He was, with Dennis Taylor and Eugene Hughes, a member of the winning team in the world cup in 1985, 1986 and 1987 and in 1989 became the first Irish winner of the Benson and Hedges Irish Masters, defeating Stephen Hendry in an epic final.
	departments.weber.edu /wildcatlanes/billiards/rules/alexhiggins.htm (170 words)

	WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SNOOKER 2004 - PS2 INFO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In addition to the World Championships, players can compete in all the real tournaments of the snooker season, including The LG Cup, British Open, UK Championships, European Open, Welsh Open, Irish Masters, Player's Championship, The Masters and many more.
		A brand new "Classic Match" mode is also cued up for World Championship Snooker 2004, where players compete in the sport's most memorable historic encounters, including the epic 1985 final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, when a cool 18.5 million viewers tuned in to see Taylor give Davis a wake-up call.
		And, of course, if the snooker pressure proves to be just a little too much, players can always try their hand at a game of 8-Ball or 9-Ball pool.
	www.ps2home.co.uk /world_championship_snooker_2004.htm (434 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		He was the national champion in 1998 and also won a few international tournaments, but surprisingly stayed away from the world meet as he continued to dazzle in billiards.
		Sethi claimed three world billiards titles as an amateur (1985, 1987 and 2001) and bagged another four as a pro (1992, 1993, 1995 and 1998).
		The centre is sponsoring four in the men’s team, two in the women’s and coach for the world championship.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041120/asp/sports/story_4024846.asp (305 words)

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		first professional world championship, and won its prize of £6.10s (£6.50, equivalent to about £200 today).
		world championship of 1985, when 18.5 million people (one third of the population of the UK) watched Dennis Taylor lift the cup after a mammoth struggle that went on well after midnight.
		1985 World Championship final; also famous for wearing large spectacles.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Snooker (2280 words)

	Codemasters - World Championship Snooker 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		His record of achievements is unparalleled, and his record breaking seventh world title in 1999 at Sheffield, proved not only what a great player he is, but what a courageous fighter he is too.
		He captained Scotland to victory in the World Cup in Bangkok in 1996, and on his return as captain of his country in the 2001 Nations Cup, again raised the silverware.
		He repeated his maximum achievement during the UK Championship, but had to wait until the final event of the season to put another trophy in the packed cabinet at Spencers Leisure in Stirling, as he beat Mark Williams to take the Alto Digital League title.
	www.codemasters.com /snooker2003/uk/pro-sh.php (856 words)

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		The snooker room was purpose built as part of the original plan for the union.
		The Club name changed to Snooker and Billiards in 1993-94 to reflect the change in playing preferences and changed again in 2001-02 to encompass the growth of pool and overlap of competitive players who are good at snooker and pool.
		Snooker: Patrick Wallace (NI Champion in early 90s, World Amateur C'ship s-finalist, Embassy World Professional quarter-finalist); Michael Connolly, N. Ireland International and only player to win Irish and British University Individual Championship, first player to make a century break at the British Universities Championships, a record that stood for nine years.
	quis.qub.ac.uk /snooker/clubinfo/clubhis.doc (873 words)

	ic-games Review - World Championship Snooker 2004 - Review, Preview and Interview for PC, Xbox, PS2, Nintendo and N-Gage
		The snooker and pool balls move realistically when struck, the match referee re-spots balls when potted and you see a virtual representation of your player and opponent line up and take the shots.
		And with so much going off in World Champions snooker’s favour it’s such a pity that the commentary from snooker and commentary veteran John Virgo is so woeful it’s painful to hear him open his mouth.
		Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker is finally allowed to retire after thirteen years at the top, but with an effort as good as the Codemasters it does, for once, only seem fair.
	www.ic-games.co.uk /index.php?location=1&articleid=1794&x=332&y=12 (916 words)

	Snooker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Winner of the 1985 World Championship, Taylor was a popular player on the circuit, wearing his trademark large glasses.
		Winner of the first World Championship after the change to a knockout competition, Spencer has remained an important figure in the game.
		The old man of the game, Reardon won 6 World Championships in the period from 1970 to 1978 and was always a gracious winner and good loser.
	www.ministars.co.uk /snookernew.htm (301 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Big Bill Werbeniuk - Cult Snooker Legend
		Known throughout the snooker world as 'Big Bill', the 20-stone man-mountain became a cult figure to British snooker fans in the 1980s, due in no small part to his extraordinary alcohol intake.
		He made the highest break of the 1985 World Championship - 143, but from the mid-1980s a steady decline in form set in, which coincided with a substantial increase in his alcohol consumption.
		The 'rest' is a long pole with a metal bridge on the end, used to rest a snooker cue on to play shots when the player is unable to reach far enough across the table to rest the cue on their hand.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A1032058 (1987 words)

	1985 world championship of cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The 1985 Snooker World Championship final was undoubtedly one of the most...
		This has been possible because of the ground's six lighting towers which were first used in 1985 during the World Championship of Cricket.
		ODI - 1984-1985 Benson and Hedges World Championship.
	www.thebestcricketinfo.com /7/1985-world-championship-of-cricket.html (356 words)

	OnlineSnooker
		Davis was born in Plumstead in 1957, and his snooker mad father Bill, who still accompanies Steve around the circuit, didn't wait too long before introducing his prodigy to the game.
		Davis notched his first snooker century in 1975 and by 1976 was appearing in, and winning amateur competitions all over the London area.
		Although he'd rather forget it, he was part of the biggest night in the history of BBC snooker when 18.5 million people - watching live coverage after midnight - saw him lose the world championship final to Dennis Taylor on the last fl in 1985.
	www.onlinesnooker.4t.com /davis.html (763 words)

	TV Ratings: May 2
		Snooker: Last night's nailbiting finish to the Embassy world championship helped BBC2's snooker coverage to overshadow the finale of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen.
		Overall, the concluding session of yesterday's Embassy world championship final attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers and a 22% audience share between 7pm and 10.55pm.
		BBC2's snooker coverage also proved a ratings winner yesterday afternoon, when the Murphy-Stevens final was the most popular thing on TV, attracting 2.8 million viewers and a 26% audience share to BBC2 between 2.30pm and 5.35pm.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-3-2005-69440.asp (562 words)

	World Billiards championship: Advani clinches a grand double : Sports News : IndiaExpress.Com
		This was only the second time that the time format and points format championships were held together and Advani created history by winning both the crowns.
		Advani is also the second cueist in the world to have won both the World Billiards and Snooker title after Paul Mifsud of Malta.
		While Mifsud won the snooker title in 1985, 86 and bagged the billiards crown in 1979, Advani clinched the snooker championship in 2003 in China.
	www.indiaexpress.com /news/sports/20050321-1.html (241 words)

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		Constructed a break of 1276 in the 1992 World Professional Billiards Championship, which is the World Record under the three pot rule and was the highest break made in the last five decades.
		Stephen made seven centuries in the final of the 1994 UK Championship, which is a record in a professional match.
		Hendry is one of only four players to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship in the same year.
	budhaditya.s5.com /custom.html (772 words)

	Pontins
		That organisation organised several Snooker Festivals at which ordinary members of the public could join with top amateurs and the best professionals in open tournaments.
		Coming as it does at the very end of the snooker season it provides an opportunity for the professionals to enjoy themselves without the pressure of ranking points at stake.
		The first of these events was held in 1974 and eight top professionals were invited to take part in the ‘Professional’ while many others joined them in the Open event where up to 1000 hopefuls would set out with the chance to meet one of their idols in the later rounds.
	www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Pontins.html (376 words)

	ibsf.org - Snooker » IBSF World Snooker Championship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		IN 1963 the first non-professional World Snooker Championship took place in India, with just five players from four countries taking part.
		Held every two years until 1985, the event hosted in England became the first of an annual Championship and further to the IBSF becoming the official controlling body in 1973, it quickly grew from 44 players representing 22 countries in 1983, to 88 players from 43 countries participating in the 2002 Championship in Cairo, Egypt.
		Many well known names have taken part in the Championships since its birth in 1963 but it is Ireland's Ken Doherty who has the distinction of being the only player in the game's history to have won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, the IBSF World Snooker Championship and the WPBSA Embassy World Snooker Championship.
	www.ibsf.org /snooker/worldchampionship.php (182 words)

	Dennis Taylor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In 1968 he won the national under-19 billiards championship and became a professional snooker player in November 1972.
		He continued to be a powerful force in snooker and reached the latter stages of many ranking events without winning another.
		BACK HOME: 1985 world snooker champion Dennis Taylor brings the trophy home to Coalisland accompanied by his two sons.
	www.northernshow.biz /Dennis_Taylor.htm (433 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Snooker \| World Championship facts and figures
		Peter Ebdon became the 14th winner of snooker's most prestigious trophy, since Embassy began sponsoring the event in 1976, when he beat Stephen Hendry in the 2002 final.
		Winning 18-17, it was the third occasion that the final had gone down to the wire, being decided in the final frame.
		In that time Hendry has won a record seven titles, the first in 1990 making him the youngest world champion at the age of 21 years and 106 days.
	newsvote.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2935559.stm (458 words)

	SnookerUSA.com - World Of Snooker: 2002 Benson and Hedges Masters Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The event has a rich history since its inception in 1975, and practically all of snooker's top players have taken the title and produced some of the greatest moments in the sport's history.
		Hunter has a tough first match as he takes on the world number eight Stephen Lee in the second round, his fellow Englishman being a winner too this season when he won the LG Cup ranking event in October last year.
		The players will all reap rich rewards at this event as there is a record prize fund of almost $1million on offer with the winner taking home a check for around $265,000, which will all add to the tension and excitement of this truly magnificent tournament.
	www.snookerusa.com /menu/worldofsnooker/01-02wsmaintour/02bhmasters (601 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: PC & Video Games: World Championship Snooker 2004 (Xbox) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Not been a big snooker fan was my first apprehension to this game but after playing it for a couple of days i can honestly say its worth the money.
		In a world where every other game seems to be a 3rd Person shooter, it's nice to be able to do something a bit different with my xbox.
		I'm not that great a snooker fan, other than being a very occaisional player but the gameplay is slick and as a few late nights will testify, addictive.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000289YJI (1102 words)

	World Championship Snooker 2004 News - PlayStation 2 News - XVGN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		World Championship Snooker 2004 News - PlayStation 2 News - XVGN
		World Championship Snooker 2004 News - PlayStation 2 News - XVGN.com
		As the new player in Codemasters' best-selling, definitive snooker game series, World Championship Snooker 2004 introduces an online competitive play mode on all platforms, allowing players to go head-to-head with a live opponent and play as any one of the 30 plus professional players from Steve Davis to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
	www.xvgn.com /printerfriendly.php?id=5661&subtype=News (323 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Snooker \| World Championship facts and figures
		Mark Williams won the 27th Crucible World Championship when he defeated Ken Doherty 18-16 last year.
		The Scot won his first in 1990 making him the youngest world champion at the age of 21 years and 106 days.
		Steve Davis claimed six championships, and along with Hendry, is the only man to have succesfully defended his title.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/3558081.stm (394 words)

	Sporting Life - Snooker World Championship 2003
		Paul Hunter has only ever won one match in the final stages of the Embassy World Championship but snooker's pin-up boy has already been upgraded to 'Superstar' status.
		The 24-year-old Yorkshire professional is snooker's representative when the once popular 'Superstars' programme returns to the BBC TV screens in May.
		If Hunter is to become a snooker superstar by winning the world title, he starts off the hard way against Crucible first timer Carter.
	www.sportinglife.com /snooker/worldchampionships2003/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker/03/04/18/SNOOKER_World_Hunter.html (633 words)

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