Paul Collier (referee)
Paul Collier (born June 13, 1970 in Newport ) is a Welsh snooker referee .
Life
Collier has been a referee on the Snooker Main Tour since 1992 . The first game he directed at professional level was a qualifying game between Noppadon Noppachorn and Suriya Suwanasingh . He worked part-time as an arbitrator for nine years before signing a full-time contract in 2001.
As early as 2002 he directed the finals at the Welsh Open and the LG Cup . In 2004 he was the youngest referee of all time to lead the final of a snooker world championship . The finalists were Ronnie O'Sullivan and Graeme Dott . In 2005 he made further finals at some major tournaments, including the Masters , before temporarily ending his career as a full-time referee for personal and financial reasons. In the following years he still sporadically led professional snooker, for example at the Snooker Premier League , whose finals he led for 11 years at a time.
In 2010 he returned to the professional tour as a full-time referee. When Robert Milkins scored the 87th maximum break in snooker history in a qualifier for the 2012 World Cup against Xiao Guodong , Collier dropped his first maximum. At the moment (November 2019) he directed five maximums.
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 .
See also
Web links
- Paul Collier - World Snooker ( Memento from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Paul Collier - Pro Snooker Blog
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all maximum breaks in snooker history on World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.com accessed on November 18, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collier, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh snooker referee |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newport |