John Rea (snooker player)
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John Rea is a retired Scottish
snooker
player.
The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo MacLeod to become the Scottish champion.
On 18 February 1989, he scored a maximum break in a match against Ian Black in the Scottish Professional Championship
, becoming the first Scot ever to achieve this feat.
He now owns the Lucky Break snooker club in Clydebank through which he has sponsored local football teams. At the snooker club he regularly has guests down to play up and coming stars - famous face's have included John Higgins and Stephen Maguire.
As well as this, John also took on Jimmy White and six time World Champion, Steve Davis, at the Playdrome in Clydebank in an exhibition night of snooker.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
player.
The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo MacLeod to become the Scottish champion.
On 18 February 1989, he scored a maximum break in a match against Ian Black in the Scottish Professional Championship
Scottish Professional Championship
The Scottish Professional Championship is a professional snooker tournament which is open only for Scottish players.-History:The tournament was first held in 1980. In 1981 six Scottish players turned professional, and the event was held as an eight-man knock-out tournament, with Ian Black defeating...
, becoming the first Scot ever to achieve this feat.
He now owns the Lucky Break snooker club in Clydebank through which he has sponsored local football teams. At the snooker club he regularly has guests down to play up and coming stars - famous face's have included John Higgins and Stephen Maguire.
As well as this, John also took on Jimmy White and six time World Champion, Steve Davis, at the Playdrome in Clydebank in an exhibition night of snooker.