Ray Edmonds

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Ray Edmonds
Born (1936-04-25) 25 April 1936 (age 88)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Sport country England
Professional1978–1995
Highest ranking28 (1980–1982)[1]

Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in

World Professional Billiards Championship
in 1985.

Playing career

Edmonds first played snooker as an amateur, winning the World Amateur crown in 1972 and 1974.[3] After turning professional he reached the main stages World Snooker Championship on four occasions, in 1980, 1981, 1985 and 1986, on each occasion losing in the first round.[4] He was as a semi-finalist at the 1981 English Professional Championship,[2] and runner-up in the invitational 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic.[5]

Edmonds became

World Professional Billiards Champion in 1985.[6] At the 1988 Grand Prix (snooker), he reached the last-16 round.[7]

In the qualifying competition for the 1994 World Snooker Championship, he lost 3–5 to Surinder Gill, and the following year he lost 4–5 to Darren Limburg.[2][1] In 1995, he resigned from the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association after serving on it for 14 years.[8]

Post-retirement

Edmonds set up the

ITV[3] and the BBC,[6] before retiring in 2004.[3]

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ a b c d "About Us – Ray Edmonds Snooker Centre". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  4. ^ For 1980 performance: "World Championship 1980". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. For 1981 performance: "World Championship 1981". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. For 1985 performance: "World Championship 1985". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. For 1986 performance: "World Championship 1986". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
  5. ^ "£750 Golden Leisure for Rex". Cue World. July 1982. p. 17.
  6. ^
    Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original
    on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Edmonds resigns from WPBSA board". Snooker Scene. May 1995. p. 4.