Philip Tarrant

Philip Tarrant
birthday	October 14, 1938
place of birth	Sydney
date of death	30th June 2016 (age 77)
nationality	Australia
Highest break	51 ( Snooker World Championship 1975 )
Success in English Billiards
Active time	1964-1966, 1968-1974, 1985-1992, 2002-2004
National championships	6 ×
Highest series	370 ( WM 1973 )

Philip "Phil" Tarrant (born October 14, 1938 in Sydney ; † June 30, 2016 ) was an Australian English billiards and snooker player . During his decades-long career in English Billiards, Tarrant won six Australian English Billiards championships and numerous other tournaments. Between 1974 and 1979 he was also active as a professional snooker player, but did not manage to establish himself on the snooker world rankings.

Career

Beginnings in English Billiards

Tarrant was born in the north of Sydney and grew up in Kogarah , where he played tennis and squash in his youth . From 1960 he worked in these two sports in New South Wales and Victoria as a coach before he learned English billiards in Bendigo in 1964 , but did not play this for two years after his marriage in 1966.

After participating in the finals in 1969 and 1970 in the first tournament, Tarrant won both the Vicoria State Championship and, with a win over David Collins , the Australian English Billiards Championship for the first time in 1972 . In the same year he played as an Australian representative at the English Billiards World Cup , where he defeated Clark McConachy , among others . A year later he represented Australia again at the World Cup and finished fourth with a maximum series of 370 points. After he defended his title at the Australian championship in the same year, and at the same time won the national championship in Victoria again, he moved to Sydney in 1974 and resigned almost completely from English Billiards Sport by 1985.

Intermezzo in snooker

In the same year Tarrant became a professional snooker player . During his first professional season he took part in the Australian Professional Championship for the first time and lost to Jim Charlton , while he lost to former world champion John Pulman at the World Snooker Championship after defeating Bernard Bennett . In the following years Tarrant reduced his participation to the expenditure of the Australian Professional Championship , where he, in addition to a losing opening game in 1975 and an elimination in the group stage in 1978 , reached the semifinals in 1977 with a victory over Ian Anderson and in this against Paddy Morgan lost. Also due to the fact that Tarrant did not manage to place himself on the snooker world rankings, he ended his professional snooker career in 1979. In 1985 Tarrant managed to get into the finals of the Australian Snooker Championship , in which he had to admit defeat Jim Bonner 5-8.

Further career in English Billiards

After Tarrant had won the National Championship of New South Wales in 1983 and 1985 , he reached the final of the Australian English again in the same year, the year of his return to professional English billiards, which was triggered by comeback plans on the part of Bob Marshall . Billiards championship, but lost to the same Bob Marshall as in the following year. While he was finally able to win the state championship of New South Wales again in 1986 and 1987, he was able to win the national championship three times in 1987 and 1989. After losing to David Collins in their final in 1990 , he was able to win the National Championship of New South Wales again three times between 1991 and 1993, while he last won the national championship against David Collins in 1992. He then resigned from professional English Billiards.

When the English Billiards World Cup took place in Sydney in 2002 , Tarrant returned from his retirement and reached the round of 16 at the tournament. In addition, he was able to win the national championship of New South Wales for the eighth time in the same year, before he reached the final for the ninth time in 2004, but lost in this.

Further life

In addition to his involvement as a player, Tarrant also appeared as a referee and trainer as well as in the junior sector and as a temporary president of the Billiards & Snooker Association of New South Wales . Tarrant finally passed away at the age of 77 on June 30, 2016. He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiards & Snooker Association of New South Wales in 2017 .

successes

• Australian English Billiards Championship : 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992
• Victoria State English Billiards Championship : 1972, 1973
• New South Wales State English Billiards Championship : 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002

Web links

• Profile of Philip Tarrant on CueTracker

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Philip Tarrant - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 2013 Australian Billiards Championship. (PDF) Australian Billiards & Snooker Council et al., 2013, p. 4 , accessed on January 6, 2020 (English).  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Billiards & Snooker Association of NSW : Vale Phil Tarrant October 14th, 1938 - June 30th, 2016. Facebook , July 5, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2020 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Past Champions. Australian Billiards & Snooker Council , accessed January 6, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Philip Tarrant - Season 1974-1975 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Philip Tarrant - Season 1975-1976 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Philip Tarrant - Season 1977-1978 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Philip Tarrant - Season 1978-1979 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
9. ^ Ron Florax: Ranking History For Philip Tarrant. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
10. ↑ Ron Florax: Philip Tarrant - Season 1985-1986 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
11. ^ Jamie Watkins: Global Snooker Countries - Australia. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .  
12. ^ Andrew Parkinson: Billiards and Snooker Association of NSW hall of fame honor for Les Mangelsdorf. St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, September 3, 2017, accessed January 6, 2020 .