Ray Edmonds

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Ray Edmonds
Born (1936-04-25) 25 April 1936 (age 87)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional1978–1995
Highest ranking 28 (1980–1982) [1]

Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. [2] He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.

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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 Ray Edmonds Snooker Centre in Grimsby in December 1983. [3] He also worked as a snooker commentator with both ITV [3] and the BBC, [6] before retiring in 2004. [3]

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References

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