Colin Humphries

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Colin Humphries (born in Netherley , Liverpool , England ) is an English referee for the snooker variant of billiards .

Life

Colin Humphries was born and continues to live in Liverpool, England. He owns a farm with his sister and brother, which they run together and works as a civil servant. He began to referee in 1988 and received his qualification as a professional game director in 1994. He directed his first professional game in 1996, the first televised game he directed in 2005. The first final of a professional tournament he directed was the 2009 Welsh Open with Ali Carter and Joe Swail as finalists. So far (November 2019) he has led three maximum breaks . He cites the greatest embarrassment of his career that after Ronnie O'Sullivan had punched a black ball, he took it out of his pocket and put it back on, but it was a previously punched red ball.

In addition to working at the table, snook referees also have tasks in the background. As markers , they control the scoreboards, keep the game record and, if necessary, help the table referee to restore the original game situation after a miss .

He is a loyal fan of Everton FC and plays snooker himself in his spare time, with a maximum break of 68. During a game he has several ball markers in his pocket in addition to a two- pound coin, but as little as possible, the pocket should not jingle.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Page by Colin Humphries on worldsnooker.com.Retrieved November 17, 2019
  2. ↑ a b page by Colin Humphries on prosnookerblog.com accessed on November 17, 2019
  3. ↑ 147 Breaks on World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association accessed November 17, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Humphries, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English referee of the snooker billiard variant
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Netherley , Liverpool , England