After the snooker world championships in April there will be a Snooker Legends tour in 28 venues around the country. This promises some great nights of fun, snooker and nostalgia. Former world champion, Dennis Taylor is wearing one of our Waistcoat Direct designs we made specially for him. ( And it has to said: what a gentlemen to deal with.) On the night you get see many of the familiar snooker heroes from the past. John Virgo provides a humorous running commentary and does his famed impressions. Dennis will often stop after a shot and tell the audience a funny anecdote. These guys are pro entertainers at working a crowd, well as skilled sportsmen. A real treat for cue sports players and fans. Strolling down memory land, do you remember?…
‘The Whirlwind’ – Jimmy White.
Cliff ‘The Grinder’ Thorburn.
‘The Entertainer’, JP – John Parrott.
He of the Big Glasses, the BBC Commenter – Dennis Taylor.
Mr. Perfection; JV – John Virgo doing his impressions.
‘The Darlin’ of Dublin’, ‘Crafty Ken’ – Ken Doherty.
‘Welsh Potting Machine’, former World Champ – Mark Williams.
Six times world champion Ray ‘Dracula’ Reardon.
Ladies favourite – Tony Knowles.
Kirk Stevens – still in form winning the Canadian championships in 2008.
Also playing on some nights is ‘The Rocket’, Ronnie O’Sullivan
Snooker and Pool Referee Extraordinary – Patricia Murphy.
Professional snooker player and Official Referee – Michaela Tabb.
Those who saw last year’s Legends are unlikely ever to forget seeing Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins bravely play his last ever tournament.
The idea of the Tour came to Premier Stage’s Jason Francis a couple of years ago while he was sat in a first round Crucible match when the theatre was nearly empty. He remembered the glory days of the 1980s when snooker drew big crowds. Jason’s background is in the theatre and he’s familiar with all the venues where snooker used to be played. In a reverie he dreamt up a production were the cast weren’t actors but snooker legends. The idea was to bring snooker back to the big venues by mixing the worlds of sport and entertainment. If golf supports a thriving senior’s tour then why shouldn’t snooker?
The players may be veterans but these guys never really retire and can still produce scintillating snooker. Last year Jimmy White blow the crowd away with an unbeatable maximum 147! Can there be a bigger thrill for a snooker fan than to be there and see a 147 in the flesh? You would be living every single pot. There were over 20 century breaks in last year’s events. In fact, in order to get the tour off the ground the players insisted that the format was competitive. At each event the winner is crowned king and at the following events the others are gunning for the crown.
After you’ve enjoyed watching the world championship snooker on the telly why not be entertained by the past masters of the verdant six-bagged oblong? Here is a full list of the venues.
The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
The Charter Hall, Colchester
King Georges Hall, Blackburn
Victoria Hall, Stoke
Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Hutton Leisure Centre, Weston Super Mare
The Radlett Centre, Radlett
The Barbican, York
Broxbourne Civic Hall, Hoddesdon
The Newport Centre, Newport
The Assembly Rooms Derby
Broadway Theatre, Lewisham
The Waterfront, Belfast
The Dome, Doncaster
South West Snooker Academy , Gloucs
The Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
The Brighton Centre, Brighton
The Hexagon Theatre, Reading
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith
Kelvin Hall Glasgow
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
A.E.C.C, Aberdeen
The Auditorium, Grimsby
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