The renaissance of Jimmy White

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The renaissance of Jimmy White

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Made the last 32 of the UKs this season and has already seen off Graeme Dott, Joe Perry and Judd Trump on his way to a last 16 tie with Pang Junxu in this week's WST Classic.



All at the sprightly age of 60. Apparently he's the first player in his 60s to reach the last 16 of a ranking event since Eddie Charlton in 1992.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_WST_Classic
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Go Jimmy. Fair play that he still has the passion to practice and compete.

(Unless he's skint and needs the money....)
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He still thinks he can win the Worlds
great self belief and it seems to keep him going, so fair play!
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Fair play to The Whirlwind to keep going at 60, and over the shorter matches he’s still got it.
One of the great sporting travesty’s that he never won the World Championship from 6 Final appearances.
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Chicken Run Supreme wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:50 pm Fair play to The Whirlwind to keep going at 60, and over the shorter matches he’s still got it.
One of the great sporting travesty’s that he never won the World Championship from 6 Final appearances.
You could say a trifle unfortunate to play in an era with Davis and Hendry. Two of the greatest.
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So good to see Jimmy still being competitive.
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Bend it like Repka wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:22 pm Go Jimmy. Fair play that he still has the passion to practice and compete.

(Unless he's skint and needs the money....)
A quick Google search says he's worth 10 million or so. Hopefully true.

Love Jimmy White. Haven't watched snooker in years & miss playing it but he was one of my favourites as a kid.
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Him winning the worlds would be as good a sporting story as any.
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Watching Jimmy in the late 80's and early 90's was the reason I picked up a Cue.
Having met him a few times, he is a sound bloke. Mad as a box of Frogs, mind you.
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theres a great interview with him and james english on you tube .

my favourite snooker player of all time , pity he was never crowned world champion , he was up against hendry in his prime

' go on jimmy'
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Definitely unfortunate to be at his peak during the respective reigns of the two most ruthless winning machines the sport has seen. Can’t help wondering if he’d kept off the booze & the chalk he might have won one of his 6 finals, but we’ll never know.
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...was short-lived.


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I remember when him and Higgins were playing together in doubles in the Moschoni (sp?) Cup. There was a barman making drinks for the players (it really was a different time), White ordered a pint of Bailey’s. After they’d whipped the Americans they were playing against they were interviewed on Sky, both of them were absolutely **** faced.
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EvilC wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:20 pm I remember when him and Higgins were playing together in doubles in the Moschoni (sp?) Cup. There was a barman making drinks for the players (it really was a different time), White ordered a pint of Bailey’s. After they’d whipped the Americans they were playing against they were interviewed on Sky, both of them were absolutely **** faced.


A great watch.
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Congratulations to Jimmy White on winning his 4th World Snooker Senior Championship. :scarfer:
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Re: The renaissance of Jimmy White

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Nice to see he's still playing..........and winning.

I for one would love to see him at The World Championship just one more time.
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