ABOUT
Robert Read Snooker, Billiards & Pool Table Specialist
I started playing snooker at a young age and made my first century at 15. I won my first Huddersfield Snooker Championship in 1990 and was capped for Yorkshire U19s, where I played in the final v London counties, whose team at the time was Chris Scanlon, Peter Ebdon, Mark King and Ronnie O’Sullivan. In 1999 / 2000 I won the National CIU Championship and later that year entered the Challenge Tour, where I competed for two years. In 2016, I played in the Paul Hunter Classic in Germany, where I lost to Xiao Guodong, and again in 2017, losing out to Tom Ford.
My career as a snooker table fitter started in 1988 and progressed from there. In April 2010 I decided to become self-employed and haven’t looked back since. I’ve worked for the Paul Hunter Foundation installing tables into Schools and Community Centres as well as installing Star Tables sold by World Snooker once the snooker tour has finished. I now fit tables for a number of professionals and top-ranked amateurs, as well as in clubs, pubs, private houses and snooker centres.
When I’m not fitting tables, I still enjoy playing snooker, more recently playing at WST Q School and on the WPBSA Q Tour.
I thought I’d share a few photos & a write-up on this page. The first couple of pictures are from 2011, when I was fortunate enough to win Sports Personality of the Year in the Huddersfield Examiner Community Awards. Here’s the article:
To set an historic sports record that is unlikely to be ever beaten is a remarkable achievement, but to do it when you’re still only 40 is absolutely outstanding, which is why Robert Read won this category.
Robert made history last month when he officially became Huddersfield’s most successful snooker player.
He passed the previous record of 12 titles when he beat Trevor Liversidge in the town’s Open Snooker Championship.
He won his 13th title on Friday, May 13, so he certainly isn’t superstitious and it’s a record that is unlikely ever to be beaten.
“I might take a year off now,’’ he said. “I want to spend a bit more time with my lads, Oliver and Jake as they both want to start playing snooker.”
Robert found out about his nomination after receiving a call at work from reporter Barry Gibson.
“My colleague had just gone outside and I thought he was pulling my leg. I didn’t realise I had really been nominated,” said Robert.
Robert started playing snooker when he was just three years old on a six-foot table bought for him by his parents.
Photos from the Paul Hunter Classic
A few more photos
