Clive Everton, one of snooker's greatest ever commentators and voice of the sport, has died at the age of 87.
Everton devoted his life to snooker and covered the some of the sport's most historic moments as a broadcaster and journalist.
@KoenSchoenmaeck I think I may have finally resurrected it. Please let me know if you have any problems at all. This was an automated update which broke everything ☹️
Quiz 3
Question: What is the least number of shots needed to make a century?
Answer: 23
How: First a black (put back after miss). Then 3 reds at once, then black. Then 7 red+black.Then the colors.
1+1+1+(7x2)+6=23
7+3+7+(7x8)+27=100p
Congrats to @esel_freund for being first!
I've got some really lovely news for you. The Snooker Scene magazine is coming back. And after the remarkable Clive Everton retired after more than half a century, there's going to be a new editor... it's me. Genuinely one of the great honours of my career in journalism.
This 114 total clearance from Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the Hong Kong Masters is absolutely genius.
It featured 12 blues and 0 blacks until he brilliantly brings it into position at the very end. The 9000-strong crowd loved it almost like a 147
So sorry to see the end of the ever popular Snooker Scene magazine,I grew up through the early 80s reading about pro comps,pro ams and young players coming through,hoping my name would be in there one day.Clive Everton has been an outstanding journalist for snooker,a pioneer.
Indie band The Wave Pictures have written a song about Hazel Irvine:
'I think that she's the one for me/
She was very sympathetic to Ding Junhui'
https://t.co/Jam2gN98iT
(1) Played a league final yesterday against a very good player over best of 15 frames. The match was long enough to provide a real mental challenge as well as the obvious test of skill that comes with any game of snooker. Here's a thread with my thoughts...