Gary Owen, MBE (5 March 1929 – July 1995) was a Welsh, and later Australian, snooker player. Winning the 1963 English Amateur Championship qualified him...
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Gary Owen is the name of: Gary Owen (snooker player) (1929–1995), Welsh snooker player Gary Owen (politician) (born 1944), Michigan politician Gary Owen...
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list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present. Players currently on the World Snooker Tour are shown in bold text with a following...
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1969 World Snooker Championship (also known as the Player's No.6 World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional snooker tournament...
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Snooker has seen corruption allegations since its inception as a professional sport. Professional player and commentator Willie Thorne considered match-fixing...
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Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning in 2000, 2003 and 2018....
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professional invitational snooker tournament. Held every year since 1975, it is the second-longest-running professional snooker tournament after the World...
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with the BACC. As of 2024, 28 players have won the World Snooker Championship. The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis,...
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The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize...
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same year as his amateur rivals Gary Owen and Ray Reardon—and won the world title as a debutant at the 1969 World Snooker Championship, which was staged...
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received £350,000 from a total prize fund of £1,015,000. The top 16 players in the snooker world rankings, as they stood after the 2024 UK Championship, were...
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Marcus Willoughby Owen (4 April 1935 – December 1987) was a Welsh professional snooker player. Before turning professional, Owen won the English Under-16...
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Kyren Wilson (category English snooker players)
Wilson (/ˈkaɪrən/; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won nine ranking titles and is the reigning world...
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defending champion was John Spencer, who had defeated Gary Owen 37–24 in the final of the 1969 World Snooker Championship. Spencer was eliminated in the semi-finals...
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April 1998) was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards. He was an eight-time World Snooker Championship winner from 1948 to 1956...
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highest break of the event, 71. "Gary Owen triumphs in style in first world amateur snooker championship". Billiards and Snooker. London: Billiards Association...
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Mark Selby (category English snooker players)
Mark Anthony Selby MBE (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of...
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The 2017 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from...
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round-robin. Five players participated. Gary Owen won all four of his matches and took the title, with John Spencer finishing in second place. Owen compiled the...
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The 2021 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2021 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from...
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Gary Owen lost 9–15 to Dennis Taylor. It was Owen's last appearance at the world championship. Snooker historian Clive Everton later wrote that Owen "seemed...
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against Gary Owen. Sydney Wollongong Queanbeyan Gosford Goulburn Grafton Tamworth Albury Broken Hill Cooma Canberra Brisbane Melbourne The World Snooker Championship...
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Willie Thorne (redirect from The Homer Simpson of snooker)
Joseph Thorne (4 March 1954 – 17 June 2020) was an English professional snooker player. He won one ranking title, the 1985 Classic. He also reached the final...
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Judd Trump (category English snooker players)
Judd Trump MBE (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one. Widely...
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Ray Reardon (category Welsh snooker players)
July 2024) was a Welsh professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning the World Snooker Championship six times and claiming...
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Ding Junhui (category Chinese snooker players)
丁俊晖; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career...
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The 2016 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from...
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Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the governing body for professional snooker, first published official world rankings for players on the main tour...
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1974 World Snooker Championship (also known as 1974 Park Drive World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional snooker tournament...
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youth snooker tournament, before losing to Gary Owen in the second round. He won the Scottish amateur snooker championship in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966...
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