Craig Riley
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9 January 1974 (age 43) Grimsby Town, Humberside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Snooker, English & American Pool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Alan Riley BEng(Hons), (born 9 January 1974) is an English professional pool (and former YTS snooker) player. Riley was named in the top 100 pool players in the world [1] by his peers in an article published in Pool & Billiards magazine in April 2007.
Titles & Achievements
Snooker
- First YTS Snooker Player
English Pool
- Winner - UK Speed Pool Championships
- Winner - Reighton Sands Pro-Am National Singles
- Winner - Reighton Sands Pro-Am National Doubles
- Winner - Beachcomber National Pro-Am Singles
- Winner - Beachcomber National Pro-Am Teams
- 3 x Winner - Grimsby Town 8 Ball Singles Champion
- England National Team Invitation
American Pool
8 Ball
- 9th - US Open 8 Ball Championships, 2015 [2][3]
- 5th - Australian Open 8 Ball Championships, 2015
- 13th - BCA World Singles Championships, 2003
- 4th - VNEA World Team Championships, 2016
9 Ball
- 3rd - Korean International 9 Ball Championships 2005 [4]
- 3rd - Hard Times Summer Jamboree [5]
- 2nd - VNEA 9 Ball Singles Championships, 2005
- 5th - VNEA 9 Ball Singles Championships, 2004
- 2nd - Central Coast Classic 9 Ball Championships
10 Ball
- 1st - New South Wales State 10 Ball, 2015
- 17th - World 10 Ball Championships, Florida
Straight Pool
- 9th - WPA World Straight Pool Championships 2006 [6]
- 17th - World Straight Pool Championships 2007 [7]
Rankings
- 61st - Highest WPA World Ranking
- 40th - Highest Euro Tour Ranking
- 93rd - Top 100 Pool Players in the World Poll
High Runs
- 139 Snooker Break
- 121 Straight Pool Run [8]
TV & Notable Performances
- 10-4 win over hall of famer Oliver Ortman at the 2006 Austrian Euro Tour streamed live on the BetnWin Website.[9]
- 9-7 win over eventual event winner Nick Van Den Berg at the 2006 Prague Euro Tour.[10]
- 9-8 Loss to eventual event winner Christian Reimering at the 2007 Italian Eurotour live on the BetnWin Website.[11]
- 7-4 Loss to Charlie Williams at the 2005 Korean Open semi-final shown live on ESPN MBC Korea.
- Eliminated hall of famer Johnny Archer from the 2007 World Straight Pool Championships.
- 11-9 Loss to the games greatest player - Efren Reyes in a challenge match in Manila, Philippines in 2005
References
- ↑ "Top 100 pool players in the world" (PDF). www.thelifeofriley.org. Pool & Billiards Digest. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
- ↑ "AZ Billiards – US Open 8 Ball Championships 2015". azbilliards.com. AZ Billiards. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "AZ Billiards – US Open Final 6 Players". azbilliards.com. AZ Billiards. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "Korea International Championship Day Two". azbilliards.com. AZ Billiards. Retrieved 15 July 2005.
- ↑ "Hard Times 9-Ball Underway". azbilliards.com. AZ Billiards. Retrieved 18 July 2005.
- ↑ "WPA World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship". www.wpa-pool.com. World Pool Association. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ↑ "PREDATOR WPA WORLD STRAIGHT POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2007". www.azbilliards.com. AZ Billiards. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
- ↑ "121 Straight Pool High Run". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 22 Jan 2007.
- ↑ "Euro Tour Results". www.kozoom.com. Kozoom. Retrieved 6 Jul 2006.
- ↑ "Euro Tour Results". www.kozoom.com. Kozoom. Retrieved 7 Jun 2006.
- ↑ "Euro Tour Results". www.kozoom.com. Kozoom. Retrieved 11 Apr 2007.
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