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23.01.2022 HILL STUNS O’SULLIVAN 18-year-old tour debutant Aaron Hill makes a 78 break in the deciding frame to seal a 5-4 scalp of reigning World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan!

20.01.2022 Vale: DENIS COGHLAN UPDATE 4/8/2020. The Funeral Service for Denis Coghlan will be Webcast live on Friday 7 August 2020 at 2.00pm.... To access the Webcast, please visit: www.tobinbrothers.com.au search for Denis John Coghlan in the Webcast & Funeral Notices search box select the entry for Denis click on webcast live stream. Please ensure you are using Google Chrome as your internet browser; other browsers may not provide a satisfactory connection. The VBSA, all Members, and Players, are extremely saddened to be advised of the passing of Denis Coghlan, earlier today, from pneumonia (not the coronavirus). Denis has been a magnificent stalwart for our sports, and especially our Juniors, for many years. As the host of National, International and World Billiards Championships, the VBSA has been blessed to have Denis involved, with his unbounded enthusiasm, and his unstinting support. Denis has been the first person to make himself available for any Refereeing, or Official, responsibilities to support the VBSA. As the President, and often Tournament Director, for VBSA Events, I have always been delighted to have Denis attending at Tournaments. Denis also attended as many events for the Juniors as possible, and his keen eye was able to identify talent, and potential, for all our Australian Juniors. Camberwell Cuesports (ex-St Mary’s) and Burwood RSL have been extremely fortunate to have Denis acting as the heart and soul of both those Clubs. Denis displayed magnificent professionalism in Office Bearer positions for both Clubs, and he will be sorely missed. All of us who have had Denis in our lives, as a fellow Team-Member, Club-Member, Association Supporter, Referee and great Friend, will sorely miss his presence in our lives, and his professionalism, cheerfulness and enthusiastic cooperation. VBSA President, Paul Cosgriff

17.01.2022 Congratulations to 15-year-old Ben Mertens who it is believed has become the youngest-ever player to win a match at the Betfred World Snooker Championship following his 6-2 success against James Cahill this evening in Sheffield!

11.01.2022 The official Betfred World Championship draw

11.01.2022 Australian Billiards has lost one of the game's greatest supporters with the death on July 25th of Melbourne's Denis Coghlan. Denis, who died aged 77 from compl...ications following a serious fall, attended scores of billiards events in recent years including tournaments in Melbourne, Albury, Adelaide, Brisbane, Wollongong and Sydney, and was always a willing volunteer as a referee, scorer, or in any other capacity asked. Denis was a highly respected gentleman who made a great contribution in so many ways to the game we love. As well as his involvement with billiards, Denis was also a great supporter of junior billiards and snooker and for the last ten years was always on hand to referee at State and National junior events. Many billiardists paid tribute to Denis on news of his death: JG: Very sorry to hear that John. AGM: Terrible news. Denis was an RACV and VBSA stalwart, and was one of the few who helped educate me on how to enjoy the City Clubs hospitality. He will be sadly missed around billiards competitions. MK: That is very sad , a really nice guy. DP: Sad news, Denis was indeed a stalwart. DR: Very sad. Denis was a great lover of billiards, a generous volunteer referee and a wonderful gentleman. We had some great trips with him. Many a bottle of scotch consumed in preparation for the next day’s play. SF: Agree entirely DR - to say nothing of being a tolerant and amusing travelling companion, and a liberal sharer of the Scotch bottle. MD: Very sad news. Denis was also Treasurer of Over 55’s comp. Many hats. Good bloke. GM: Denis was a passionate lover of our game and always willing to put in. SB: From the RSY guys our condolences as well. SM: Vale to a proper gent. Sad news. NC: Lovely guy Denis. Vale. AM: Denis was a great fellow and a real billiards and snooker enthusiast. A couple of months ago during Lockdown he said in an email to all the Camberwell players that he could "just about kill for a game". He did great work for Camberwell and also Burwood RSL. Moreover a prolific referee. RIP. TH: No! Lovely gentleman. JC: A great loss, Denis was such a strong supporter of billiards. PT:So sorry to hear that. Such a fine gentleman and our most ardent supporter. An immeasurable loss to the sport. Vale Denis.

10.01.2022 STATS ALERT | We’ve added stats to the Player Profile pages on the main World Billiards website. Track a player's hourly rate, win ratio, high breaks and much more! Head over to https://world-billiards.com/profiles/ to check them out! We’ll be adding more profiles soon...

08.01.2022 Alcocks today pays tribute to Walter Lindrum, generally acknowledged as the greatest billiard player the game has ever seen, who was born on this day in 1898. T...his informal family photograph from the early 1950s shows Lindrum sitting in his pyjamas on the doorstep of the billiard room at his Kerferd Road Albert Park house with his great-niece Jan Lindrum, daughter of the 1952 World Professional Snooker Champion Horace Lindrum, and the family terrier Minnie. Lindrum's remarkable record includes thousand breaks in five consecutive sessions (1516, 1412, 1054, 1875, and 1052) against Clark McConachy in 1930; successive breaks of 2835, 451, 1796, and 2583 against Tom Newman in 1931; and his world record break of 4137 against Joe Davis in 1932. At the peak of his career Lindrum regularly gave the world's leading players 7000 start in a fortnight's match - and beat them. In 1930 Lindrum beat Willie Smith 36,256-14,971 averaging 262 in the fortnight's match. Smith himself averaged 109 but lost by over 20,000 points. Lindrum's prowess owed a great deal to his mastery of nursery cannons, which he used to devastating effect for piling up points at rapid speed. In his world record 4137 break, around 62% of his points were scored by nurseries. But Lindrum was a master of all aspects of the game; twice he made over 1400 points off the red ball after losing the white. All these feats required staggering powers of concentration as well as enormous skill and knowledge. Lindrum used an ash cue most likely made in 1927 by Alcock & Co in Melbourne for the great majority of his record-breaking feats, including all his world record breaks: 3262 (December 1929 v Willie Smith), 3905 (December 1930 v Clark McConachy), and 4137 (January 1932 v Joe Davis). The cue was 58 inches and 18.5 ounces, a rather heavy cue by the standards of that time. These tributes from England give an idea of the esteem in which Lindrum was held in that country. Willie Smith, who held the world record break of 2,743 before Lindrum broke it three times, wrote: 'Lindrum is the super cannon player to an extent which makes the limit of 35 cannons ball-to-ball look ridiculous. The cushion is a fourth ball to Lindrum. He is never in danger of losing position through having to play on to a cushion first. He makes this contact as easy as playing direct on to the ball. With his all-round skill, he can beat us all practically as he likes'. Tom Newman wrote in 1929: 'It is the greatest injustice you can do to Walter Lindrum to write him down as a scoring machine. Nothing could be more unlike him. He is showing you everything the game beautiful can show'. After Lindrum’s death in 1960, Joe Davis said: 'Walter Lindrum was the greatest billiards player there has ever been or is ever likely to be'. In 2012, the leading journalist, historian and commentator Clive Everton wrote in A History of Billiards: 'Lindrum was, simply, a genius who conquered his sport more thoroughly than any other player has conquered any other'. And in 2013 leading billiards historian Peter Ainsworth wrote: 'During his career he (Lindrum) made 711 recorded breaks over a thousand, and marked his place in history as the greatest billiard player the game has ever seen'. Walter Albert Lindrum OBE 29 August 1898 30 July 1960. Photograph courtesy of Jan Lindrum. Biographical details courtesy of Andrew Ricketts. #alcocks #since1853 #billiards #walterlindrum #janlindrum #minnielindrum #horacelindrum #clarkmcconachy #williesmith #tomnewman #joedavis #cliveeverton #peterainsworth #andrewricketts #melbourne #australia

07.01.2022 A new resource has been launched to help Australia’s sporting leaders many of them volunteers face the current challenges of COVID-19 and to build a stronge...r sporting future. Read more about the new Sport Governance Principles 2020 at https://www.sportaus.gov.au//support-for-sport-leaders-to/

02.01.2022 Cricket Australia is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dean Jones at the age of 59. Jones represented Australia in 52 Tests and 164 One-Day Internationals and won admirers the world over with his dashing shot-making and superb fielding. Full release: https://bit.ly/3iYbIbG

01.01.2022 #OTD | In 2005 June Banks ended her 18-year wait for a first ranking title by defeating Reanne Evans 4-0 to win the British Open at the Savoy Snooker Club. Ev...ans did though make the highest break of the tournament with a run of during her quarter-final victory against Katie Martyn. https://snookerscores.net/tourna/2005-british-open/knockout