Episode 11: From Top to Bottom

In two bars and a bus, in May and September, Matt talks about hanging out with the late Paul Hunter, watches his hero Ronnie win the Worlds and discusses with Valerie the new Canadian face on the global snooker scene...who hasn't yet shown his face.

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The Worlds 2012 Final Session @YouTube
Floyd Ziegler vs. Tom Finstad, Semi-Final, 2012 Canadians @YouTube
Update from Snookerline (see July 26 post)
World Snooker Provisional Qualifying Criteria, 2012-3 Season (PDF)

Episode 07: Watching the Grinder

It's been a while since the 2011 World Seniors Snooker Championship, but regardless Matt and Valerie cheer on the "fastest of the slow players," Cliff Thorburn: a Canadian player so famous, even Valerie had heard of him before meeting Matt. Meanwhile, another legend helps solve the mystery of Matt's missing cue.

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Cliff Thorburn Official Site
World Seniors report @ Peterborough UK Telegraph
Clive Everton @ Wikipedia
Doug Mountjoy @ World Snooker
Snooker Legends Tour

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

Episode 01: Watching the Ace

From suspiciously-obtained internet video streams, we watch the amazing World Championship journey of Judd Trump, with whom Matt shares a hometown, much tournament competition in nearby Keynsham, a past as a prodigy and a penchant for taking the big risky shot.

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Interview with Judd in The Guardian