Steve Newbury

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Steve Newbury
birthday 21st April 1956 (age 64)
place of birth Neath
nationality WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
professional 1984 - 1997 , 1998/99
Prize money £ 224,237
Highest break 134 ( World Cup qualification 1985 )
Century Breaks 22nd
Best results
Ranked tournaments 1 × semi-finals ( Classic 1988 )
Other professional tournaments 1 × final ( Welsh Professional Championship 1987 )
Amateur tournaments 1 × Welsh champion

Steve Newbury (born April 21, 1956 in Neath ) is a Welsh former snooker player who played a total of fourteen seasons as a professional player on the professional tour between 1984 and 1999.

Career

Beginnings as an amateur

Born in Neath , Welsh , whose home club was the Empire Club in Neath and who played in the finals of several minor amateur tournaments until he was a professional, first attracted attention in 1976 when he defeated 4-1 in the round of 16 of the Welsh Snooker Championship Alwyn Lloyd lost. A year later he lost 3: 4 in the quarterfinals against Geoff Thomas , before he reached the final in 1978 and in this again lost 4-8 to Alwyn Lloyd. In 1979, in contrast, he won the national double championship together with Cliff Wilson .

Two years later he reached the final again and met Lloyd again, who this time he defeated 8: 6 and thus became the Welsh champion. In the same year he also took part for the first time in the amateur world championship , in which with only two defeats from six games survived the group phase and then defeated in the quarterfinals to Englishman and eventual winner Jimmy White 4-5. A good four years later, in the 1984/85 season , Newbury became a professional player.

First professional years

Newbury started its first professional season with a 5-4 win over Steve Longworth at the International Open , before beating Irish Pascal Burke and Perrie Mans , Englishman Graham Miles and Canadian Bill Werbeniuk in the same tournament before beating Tony in the round of 16 Knowles lost. Later in the season he reached the round of 64 at the Grand Prix and the UK Championship and was defeated by the Irish Eugene Hughes in the round of 48 at both the Classic and the World Snooker Championship , so he missed the main round in these two tournaments . At the British Open , in contrast, he reached the second round again by winning over Paddy Browne , Eddie Sinclair and Terry Griffiths and was defeated in this by Dennis Taylor . At the end of the season he was also invited to the Pontins Professional , where he started with a victory over Wayne Jones and then had to admit defeat Doug Mountjoy . In the world rankings he was thus led directly to 34th place, which meant that he barely missed the best 32 places and the associated qualification for the main rounds of most ranked tournaments.

The next season started with three defeats in the respective round of the last 64 of the Matchroom Trophy , the Grand Prix and the UK Championship as well as two opening defeats in the Classic and the non-ranking tournament Welsh Professional Championship . However, he moved into the round of 32 of the British Open as a result, before ending the season with a 7-10 loss to ex-world champion John Spencer in the round of 48 of the World Snooker Championship . Nevertheless, he lost six places in the world rankings, which means he was now ranked 40th.

In the 1986/87 season Newbury finally lost his opening game at the UK Championship and the British Open and was eliminated from the International Open and Classic in the round of 64. However, at the end of the season he again reached the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship and was defeated by Mike Hallett after he had already reached the round of 16 at the Grand Prix with victories over Dave Gilbert , Dean Reynolds and Joe O'Boye and lost 4-2 to Silvino Francisco . He also reached a professional final with the help of victories over Cliff Wilson and Terry Griffiths at the Welsh Professional Championship for the only time in his career, which he lost 7-9 to Doug Mountjoy. Despite this, he lost another five places on the world rankings, so that he was placed 45th in the next season.

Years in the top 32

In the 1987/88 season Newbury was eliminated twice - this time at the UK Championship and the British Open - in the round of 64 and also lost its opening game at the Welsh Professional Championship . At the start of the season, however, he had reached the round of 32 with wins over Mick Fisher and Peter Francisco at the International Open and lost there to Cliff Thorburn before defeating Steve Meakin , Tony Meo , Thorburn and Gary Wilkinson at the Grand Prix and thus for the first time in a quarter-finals of a ranking tournament moved in, in which he lost 2-5 to Dennis Taylor . But shortly afterwards he surpassed himself when he reached the semi-finals again at the Classic with wins over Tony Kearney , Eugene Hughes , Cliff Thorburn, Martin Clark and Terry Griffiths and defeated Steve Davis 2: 9 in this semi-finals best result in a ranking tournament. The season itself he ended with a renewed participation in the final qualifying round of the Snooker World Championship , in which he was eliminated again, this time by means of an 8:10 defeat against Barry West . As a result, he was able to improve on the world rankings by twenty places to 25th place, through which he was qualified for the first time directly for the main rounds of almost all ranked tournaments.

The following season , Newbury lost their opening game at both the European Open and the British Open and was eliminated in the round of 32 at both the Grand Prix and the Canadian Masters . Apart from a semifinal participation in the Welsh Professional Championship , he also made it into the second round of both the International Open and the Classic . At the end of the season, with a 10: 7 win over Nigel Gilbert, he also qualified for the main round of the snooker world championship for the first time , in which he was directly defeated by 5:10 to eventual world champion Steve Davis . On the world rankings he was able to improve by six more places to 19th place, which remained his best world rankings for the rest of his career.

In the 1989/90 season Newbury lost in three ranked tournaments and at the Welsh Professional Championship his opening game. In contrast, he moved into the quarterfinals at the second WPBSA non-ranking event and was defeated by Tony Chappel there and also took part in the Dutch Open at amateur level , where he reached the semi-finals and lost to Peter Ebdon in this . In the other ranking tournaments he reached the first main round of the World Snooker Championship by means of a 10: 6 victory over Nigel Bond , in which he was defeated by Stephen Hendry and Mike Hallett . He also reached the round of 16 at the Hong Kong Open , the International Open and the Grand Prix, losing to Gary Wilkinson , Alain Robidoux and Dennis Taylor. He also reached the quarter-finals at both the Classic and the British Open , where he lost to Warren King and Robert Marshall . Nevertheless, he lost a place in the world rankings, which led him to rank 20 in the following season.

In the 1990/91 season Newbury was eliminated from most of the tournaments at the latest in the round of 32 and was only able to overcome this in a few invitation and non-ranking events. He reached the round of 16 at the International One Frame Shoot-out , lost his opening game at the Welsh Professional Championship in the quarter-finals and defeated Martin Clark at the Pontins Professional before losing to Mike Hallett in the semifinals . As a result, he only lost three places in the world rankings.

Crash to rank 62

In the 1991/92 season , Newbury was eliminated from most of the tournaments in the round of 64 and thus mostly lost its opening games. The only exceptions to the ranking tournaments were the UK Championship and the European Open 1992 , where he reached the round of 16 with victories over Stefan Mazrocis and Rod Lawler or Les Dodd and Gary Wilkinson and there was defeated by Tony Drago and Mick Price , as well as the World Snooker Championship , in the final Qualifying round he lost 2:10 to Mark Johnston-Allen . At the end of the season he also took part in the Pontins Professional , but where he lost his opening game against Gary Wilkinson 5-0. As a result, he lost fourteen places on the world rankings, so that he was ranked 37th in the following season and thus lost his secure place in the main rounds of the ranking tournaments.

However, Newbury lost most of its opening games in the following season , although this was not the case in only four tournaments. He reached the round of 64 at the Grand Prix and the first event of the Strachan Challenge and the round of 32 at the British Open , in which he lost 5-2 to James Wattana . His best result of the season, however, he achieved at the second event of the Strachan Challenge , in which he reached the round of 16 and there defeated Mick Price 4-5 . Despite this result, he lost another nineteen places on the world rankings.

Newbury also lost several opening games in the 1993/94 season , but he also reached the round of 64 at the UK Championship , the Welsh Open , the Thailand Open and the World Snooker Championship and the round of 48 at the European Open At the Benson and Hedges Championship , a non-ranking tournament, he also made it to the round of 16, where he had to admit defeat to Brian Morgan . In the world rankings he lost six places again, which means he was only just in the top 64 with rank 62.

Last professional years

In the 1994/95 season Newbury lost again six opening games, but could, in contrast, also four times reach the round of the last 64, with three cases of which he was eliminated in this round. Only at the Grand Prix did he reach the round of 32 with victories over Mike Dunn and David Roe , in which he lost to Anthony Hamilton . Nevertheless, he was able to improve himself by two places to 60th place in the world rankings and thus stayed in the top 64 for another season.

In the following season , Newbury was able to win the opening game in four tournaments, this time being eliminated in only half. He reached the round of 32 at the Grand Prix with wins over John Lardner and Terry Griffiths and at the Welsh Open with wins over Shokat Ali and Mick Price , in which he lost to Jason Prince and Stephen Hendry , respectively . Nevertheless, he lost ten places on the world rankings and thus retired from the best 64 places in the world rankings.

In addition to several opening games, Newbury was able to reach the round of 128 at the Grand Prix and the German Open and the round of 96 at the Asian Classic during the 1996/97 season . He also moved into the round of 64 at both the UK Championship and the Welsh Open , in which, however, John Higgins lost 8: 9 and James Wattana 1: 5. Taken together, this was not enough to avoid a fall to 100th place in the world rankings, which meant that he lost his professional status after thirteen years.

The following year Newbury took part mostly unsuccessfully in the events of the WPBSA Qualifying School and the UK Tour , with his best result being a round of 16 participation in the second event of the UK Tour. He also took part in the Benson & Hedges Championship , the Merseyside Professional and the qualification for the Snooker World Championship , where he was only able to win his opening game in the first against Michael Holt before he was eliminated from this tournament.

Nevertheless, Newbury was again a professional player for the 1998/99 season. However, Newbury could only win four opening games this season and was eliminated in these cases in the following round, so that he could not build on his earlier successes. So it happened that he lost in qualifying for the 1999 World Snooker Championship against Gareth Chilcott with 4:10 and played a professional game for the last time. Because at the end of the season Newbury finished 156th in the world rankings, so that he again - in this case finally - lost his professional status.

Further life

Following the loss of professional status, Newbury took part in an event on the UK Tour in 1999, but where he lost his opening game against Paul McPhillips . Shortly thereafter, he took part as an amateur in the Benson and Hedges Championship , where he managed a 5-1 win over Craig Roper before losing 5-2 to Nigel Bond . In addition, he later took part in the qualification for the World Snooker Championship , in which, however, he lost his opening game. Over ten years later, Newbury first took part in the qualification for the World Seniors Championship , in which he lost his opening game against Andrew Milliard.

Newbury is also an accredited snooker trainer by the Welsh Federation.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
Second 1978 Welsh Snooker Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alwyn Lloyd 4: 8
winner 1980 Welsh Snooker Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alwyn Lloyd 8: 6
Non-ranking tournaments
Second 1987 Welsh Professional Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 7: 9

Web links

Individual evidence

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