http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010...iggins-snooker

I spent many of my happy teenage years watching the epic battles between Steve Davis, Alex Higgins et. al. Good to see Steve 'interesting' Davis doing so well. Shame we don't still have the finest ever Canadian sportsman still with us - "Big Bill" Werbeniuk. If only more Canadians were like him.

I loved watching snooker in the old days.

Have you checked out the talent at The Academy of Spherical Arts, just south of King near Dufferin?

yeah, A real shame, who is he?

Its a British thing. Its of no concern to you.

must be a whinger.

huh??

Good news indeed ... I had the mick taken out of me at school because I was an 'interesting' Davis fan ... shame that Alex Higgins is not doing so well ... you live the life, you die the life I guess ...

Old Bill Lagerneck, yeh, he drank for medical reasons I believe ...

Snooker loopy nuts are we, we're all snooker ... loopy

Dad was a snooker fan as was I, he played snooker I played pool, I thoroughly enjoyed the time he took me to his club to play snooker, two very different games that have a lot of similarities, for me it was just a great daughter/dad date.

I grew up watching Steve Davis etc,they were cool.

Great game, I was a member of a snooker club for 5 years in the mid/late teens, played reguarly and I didn't improve one iota.

When I sold a car I accidently left my cue in the back ... I took it as a sign to devote more time to other pursuits.

Not played for at least 15 years now but I'm first on the pool table in a bar

I have a Canadian snooker ace as a neighbour, his daughter babysits for us -now retired from the game still does commentary for Sky Sports. Peolpe like Cliff Thorburn (another Canadian great) drop by often!

"The Grinder".

One of the top 'tashes in sport ... not enough of that these days.

Hate linking News of the World, but kind of sad:

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/spor...l-himself.html

I have however seen other pics and he doesn't always look quite this bad.

At the risk of seeming dated. The Centennial, over the chicken place opposite Sam the Record Man on Yonge, used to have a great 10 reds knock out tournament on Sunday afternoons. Winning several hundred dollars for coming third was the highlight of my career. I then switched to 8 and 9 ball which was easier money, if more likely to result in bruises. Losing the kids' winter coat money at 8 ball was the lowlight of that phase.