Willie Thorne
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1977
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Legal ownership of the rules of Snooker and Billiards becomes an issue, and it appears that such ownership by the B&SCC will expire at end of 1977.
The beginnings of a rift between B&SCC and the IBSF is noted. Will this be the only rift between bodies that ultimately only damages the sport?
Willie Thorne makes his first maximum (at snooker). Only 197 more to come, Willie.
I note that Ron Gross, a one-time professional snooker player has been reinstated as an amateur. Try that with the EABA if you are/were a billiard professional player.
George Ganim Jnr. wins the Australian Amateur Championship at his first attempt. He had 6 double centuries in the tournament, defeating F Harris by 1433 to 706 in the play-off, for an average of 23.2.
Herbert Beetham,aged 67, defeated Norman Dagley in the quarter final of the Eng. Am. By 1162 to 1086, Dagley coming from 367 down before Beetham closed out the match.
Bob Close retains his Eng. Am title by defeating Herbert Beetham by 2951 to 2031.Close had 6 centuries to 3 by Beetham.
Norman Dagley wins his 7th. CIU title defeating David Burgess by 984 to 754, at Hayes WMC in West London.
In two Billiard challenges Bob Close defeated Rex Williams by 982 to 854, Close running out with 80 unfinished, while in the other match Dagley defeated John Barrie by 1146 to 1113, Dagley closed out the match with an unfinished break of 177. It was said of Barrie’s game that it was “elegant and rhythmic” with a masterly control of the cannon-pot cannon sequences.
Whatever happened to the device known as a Snookaputer that supposedly helped a player to predict the angle at which a cue ball needs to contact the object call in order to pot it?
Did you know that the following were Boys Billiard Champions in the past: Rex Williams, Clive Everton, Harry Burns, Peter Shelley, Paddy Morgan, Chris Williamson, and Willie Thorne?
And the following were British Junior Billiards Champions: Clive Everton, Paddy Morgan, Dave Burgess, Willie Thorne (3 times), Eamon Hughes of Dublin, Steve Davis, Ian Williamson.
The beginnings of a rift between B&SCC and the IBSF is noted. Will this be the only rift between bodies that ultimately only damages the sport?
Willie Thorne makes his first maximum (at snooker). Only 197 more to come, Willie.
I note that Ron Gross, a one-time professional snooker player has been reinstated as an amateur. Try that with the EABA if you are/were a billiard professional player.
George Ganim Jnr. wins the Australian Amateur Championship at his first attempt. He had 6 double centuries in the tournament, defeating F Harris by 1433 to 706 in the play-off, for an average of 23.2.
Herbert Beetham,aged 67, defeated Norman Dagley in the quarter final of the Eng. Am. By 1162 to 1086, Dagley coming from 367 down before Beetham closed out the match.
Bob Close retains his Eng. Am title by defeating Herbert Beetham by 2951 to 2031.Close had 6 centuries to 3 by Beetham.
Norman Dagley wins his 7th. CIU title defeating David Burgess by 984 to 754, at Hayes WMC in West London.
In two Billiard challenges Bob Close defeated Rex Williams by 982 to 854, Close running out with 80 unfinished, while in the other match Dagley defeated John Barrie by 1146 to 1113, Dagley closed out the match with an unfinished break of 177. It was said of Barrie’s game that it was “elegant and rhythmic” with a masterly control of the cannon-pot cannon sequences.
Whatever happened to the device known as a Snookaputer that supposedly helped a player to predict the angle at which a cue ball needs to contact the object call in order to pot it?
Did you know that the following were Boys Billiard Champions in the past: Rex Williams, Clive Everton, Harry Burns, Peter Shelley, Paddy Morgan, Chris Williamson, and Willie Thorne?
And the following were British Junior Billiards Champions: Clive Everton, Paddy Morgan, Dave Burgess, Willie Thorne (3 times), Eamon Hughes of Dublin, Steve Davis, Ian Williamson.
