Snooker is a cue sport where players play on a table similar to English Billiards with six pockets at the corner and middle of each long side of the table.
The objective of the game is for players to use their cue stick to strike the white cue ball to hit the other colored ball on the table in predefined order. Players get a point for each successful ball they get into the pockets. They also get a point if their opponent commits a foul. The player who scores the most points wins.
Mark is a professional snooker player who is a four time World Snooker Champion. On multiple occasions he has been ranked world number one and won a total of 20 ranking titles. He has won the Master three times and the UK Champions twice. He has a total of nine Triple Crown titles. He started when he was 15 years old and won the England Under-15 Championship and after that he became professional in 1999 when he was 16 years old.
June 19, 1983
England
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