I canny remember EXACTLY when i started watching snooker,but i remember witnessing good old Cliff Thorburns *147* live on the telly which he made on the 23. April 1983.
I,ll never forget when Jack Karnham said,"keep rolling",cause i thought the same,i was urging the cue call to keep rolling,i thought he,d under hit it,or that he was gonna snooker himself on the final red.
Cliffs magical maxi is actually the furthest back i can remember as far as watching snookers concerned.
I know though that i saw Davis quite often bfore seeing Cliffs *147*,i,m guessing that i started watching snooker about 2 years bfore Cliffs maxi,so i,ve probably been watching since about 1980/81 ish.
I can also remember seeing Kirks *147*,which was done on the 28. Januar 1984,that maxi,i was also lucky to witness it LIVE,i also saw it on a tiny black n white portable telly.
I remember very clearly,thinking,what a difficult green to brown and final black he had,watching it these days,the black was,nt that difficult,but i was just a young teen gun and was still a newie at the game,actually,i guess it a was a difficult black,especially due to the circumstances,i was so pleased for Kirk.
As far as when i first started playing snooker,well,i must be gettin old,cause i canny remember that exactly neither.
I,d say it was around 1984/85.
It was my Dad who got me playing,he used to play against a freind from his work,he knew i watched snooker on the tv,so he decided to take me with him to watch him n his freind play.
After takin me a few times,he started to play against me,for the first 2,3 years i never ever beat him until i got a 6ft snooker table for my christmas.
I was so hooked on it,i played every single day,after about 6 months,i beat him for the first time ever,bfore i knew it,i started beating him on a regular basis,until it got to the stage,that i beat him everytime.
His motivation of playing against me started to plunge,The dumpling started to come out with excuses from,that he was tired,wanted to watch telly,had a sore back,had to help my mum cook.
Thanx to me always beatin him,My poor Dad totally lost interest,he never recoverd from his losses and literaly hardly even watched snooker anymore.
Last year,i asked him if he watches snooker these days,he replied,"nah".
Since i started playing n watching snooker,i,ve had many breaks,but since a good few years,i watch very often.
Playing wise,well,i,ve gotten very lazy tbh,especially the last 5,6 years.
Sometimes i,d play once a week for 3,4 months,but then suddenly i did,nt even pick up my cue for 3,4 months.
I have,nt played this year so far,i,m thinking bout goin for a game next week though.