Episode 12: The Snookerbacker Classic

Back on home soil, Matt takes Valerie to the current (for now) home of the PTCs in Gloucester to participate in one of the great hopes for amateurs in the UK these days - catching up with old baize friends and new internet friends, while trying some Canadian grinding on the best tables in the world.

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The Snookerbacker Blog
SB Classic 2013
South West Snooker Academy
OnQ Promotions
Andrew Norman Bio @ Pro Snooker Blog

Episode 10: Snow In July

With all the crap summer weather on both sides of the pond, we go back to February and a tournament in the frozen North(ish) with some very warm people. With a cameo by 1990 British Open champ Bob Chaperon.

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Sudbury Tourism
Snow Tournament Results @ Snookerline
Sudbury Photo Gallery @ Baizeality

It's worth noting that for more than a few years, this tournament has been dedicated to the memory of Gabe Tarini, who was a very important part of the snooker community in that region, and helped make it what so impresses us today.

Here's Chaperon after winning the 1990 British Open, along with the man he defeated: Alex Higgins. Yes, Bob's hair has improved since then.

Episode 05: Breaking and Brushing

Nursing an injured foot, Matt stays in to try out liveworldsnooker.tv and watch what he considers Ronnie O'Sullivan's "awesomest" 147 yet, then he ventures to the club to demonstrate brushing tables and explain why it's important.

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Watch the Ronnie video along with Matt!
Brushes and blocks @ SnookerDirect.co.uk

Episode 04: A Tale of Two Clubs

While Matt puts on his first snooker tournament in Canada, he and Valerie look back on a visit to a Rileys Sports Bar in rainy Manchester UK and a trip to a downtown Toronto pool hall where Matt got a hard lesson in diplomacy.

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Weekly Annex Snooker Tournament Facebook page
Official Rileys Site
New Times Square Billiards

Episode 02: Keynsham Snooker Centre

While on holiday back home in the UK, Matt takes Valerie to a club where he spent much of his "snooker youth" and talks with old friends about what went on behind the scenes at the Worlds, local leagues and tournaments still going strong, and a legend who got put in his place.

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Keynsham Snooker Centre site
KSC on Facebook
This Is Bath article on Judd Trump leaving KSC in 2009
Jimmy White Exhibition, 2007