He who dares, wins!
Snooker has had to go into sporting hibernation during this pandemic but thankfully the BBC has filled the seventeen day, World Championship void with airings of previous finals. As an avid fan, this is great way of being able to relive these sporting moments, much of which I spent behind a cushion or the sofa when my nerves couldn’t take the pressure. One such example was the 1992 World Championship final between Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. Having watched all the clashes between these players, I had to cast aside my Jimmy White t shirt and pretend this was being played from scratch and what a belter of a match it was. However and it is a big however, usually in a classic match, there is always what is called a “turning point” and in this epic it came in frame 24 when Hendry 14-9 up and had to pot the brown off the side cushion across the nap. This was probably one of the greatest shots seen on live snooker but for some reason the BBC cut it out of their highlights of the match