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If anyone is interested the Masters is on. It makes a nice Saturday afternoon tv watching.

Veetle Link

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Why is it that when I mention the names Cliff Thorburn, Kirk Stevens and/or Alain Robidoux to a Canadian they look at me blankly? Ask any Brit over the age of 35 and they'll be sure to say that they watched the first televised 147 break etc.

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I watched cliff thorburns 147, was it the first one on TV?

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No.

"The first televised 147 was made by Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic. In 1983, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break at the World Championships."

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It was indeed the first on TV. One of the most tallented/boring men in "sport"

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The Grinder :lol:

I loved watching the snooker in that era.

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There was another thread on snooker not so long ago. However, its always worth mentioning Big Bill Werbeniuk. A fine example of a proper sportsman - something for all Canadians to aspire to :thumbup:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...Werbeniuk.html

"He acquired a medical certificate which approved his beer-drinking, and became the envy of every armchair viewer when it was explained that he could offset the cost of beer against income tax."

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I believe it was he who had a doctor's note saying he had to drink beer while playing.

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I'd forgotten about big Bill Werbeniuk!

But my point was that although Canada had some great snooker players, including a world champion in Cliff Thorburn, Canadians generally hadn't heard of them. At least that's been my experience.

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An absorbing final on now.

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If all this coverage of bin Laden is getting on your nerves there's a great afternoon of good snooker on BBC 2.

Link

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Bugger - missed it - seems nerves got the better of the young lad :ohmy:

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It was a great game and yes the young lad seemed to tightened up near the end. Ooh that didn't come out right. :blink:
Anyway it was an absorbing match that was well accompanied by a nice chicken vindaloo lunch.

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Ted Lowe RIP http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit.../Ted-Lowe.html