No end to the talents of
@robwalkertv
and
@kendoherty1997
🤩
Love them both🥰
Felt like we were in Ireland in Sheffield tonight! Wonderful night ahead of Crucible media day craziness tomorrow.
So grateful to the magnificent Abigail Davies
@swanabi
for explaining her struggle with anorexia so brilliantly and telling me how working in sport helps her mental health.
A very important episode.
Please take a listen on BBC Sounds and other podcast places.
@BeatEating
My second
@WomensSnooker
tournament is over🙂
The win is yet to come but more lessons and experience gained.
Yesterday’s first match, I felt terrible. Nervous, anxious, hardly potted a ball. Hated every minute.
Today I relaxed & really enjoyed it, scored, got close.
This game🤯
With the World Champion
@KyrenWilson
and the trophy tonight. Such a worthy winner and lovely human. Thanked me for my hard work. 🏆👏🏽
A seventh tournament done for me. So much fun once again. Will appreciate every year I get to work at the Crucible.
Seeing my name in the draw has made it real - eeek!
Waistcoat ready for my first
@WomensSnooker
event this weekend. Nervous but excited.
#womeninsnooker
📋 EDEN WOMEN'S MASTERS | TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The draw and format for this weekend's Eden Women's Masters 2023 is now available.
We get underway at 3pm this Friday with the start of the main event group matches and Seniors knockouts.
🔗:
This was a great interview by my colleague
@GBlainey
for BBC Wales with Ray Reardon. What a story he had. RIP Dracula.
Snooker legend Ray Reardon at 90: 'Proud for Wales, proud for myself' - BBC Sport
Made my Sportsday debut talking about day 1 of the
#UKChampionship
snooker from my spare room. (Yes I’m actually wearing trackies underneath) TV is all glamour.
2020 is crazy.
My nephew waving at me from London🥰😭
I have just discovered
@MaiselTV
on Amazon and I need to tell everyone just how bloody fantastic it is. I love love love 💕 everything about it.
#MrsMaisel
What A Night.
I ended up a bit teary listening to John in our press conference tonight talking about what this moment means to him at this stage in his career🥲
It’s so emotional to see one player in utter elation and another heartbroken in the same instance.
Sport eh?
Morning from the Brentwood Leisure centre for day 1 of the English Open.
If you’re wondering why Ding Junhui was docked the first frame in his match, it was because he turned up wearing the wrong coloured trousers and there had to be a quick trip to M&S for black ones.
I went out of the media tournament today at QF stage but I did have the pleasure of meeting the legend that is
@CliffThorburn
(Not primarily a TV presenter for the Partridge fans😉)
Your World Snooker Champion 2023. Luca Brecel.
What a winner.
What a tournament.
Incredibly lucky to cover.
Now it’s time to let my hair down a bit.
#bbcsnooker
I’m totally excited to say the snooker legend turned musician STEVE DAVIS
@SteveSnooker
is on Framed this week!!
Had a little trip to York to chat to him this weekend at the UK Championship, in his dressing room.
Coming soon on BBC Sounds and more, plus
@BBCEssex
👀
#bbcsnooker
Lovely to chat to
@janedougallbbc
about my snookering on Sportsday tonight.
Swear I’ve done more media appearances recently than Ronnie O’Sullivan and he’s got a film out this week😂
Congratulations new Seniors Champion
@igorsnooker
🏆
He just happens to be my guest on the Framed podcast out tomorrow😃
Chatting with me at the Crucible must’ve really fired him up this week and brought out the samba snooker! 🇧🇷
IGOR FIGUEIREDO IS THE CHAMPION 🏆🇧🇷
The brilliant Brazilian has defeated Ken Doherty 5-2 to lift the 2024
@MrVegas_Casino
World Seniors Championship title for the first time!
He receives the trophy, £20,000 and entry into the
@ChampOfChamps
!
#SeniorsSnooker
|
@Channel5Sport
And it’s here!
@kendoherty1997
is a delight as always - this is a wonderful story about his mum’s reaction to him winning the world champs in 97⬇️
He also had some words for Ronnie O’Sullivan and his attitude towards the game.
#bbcsnooker
#bbcsounds
Cooking is a joy I love to spread, esp in current circumstances so here you go. Don’t worry if it doesn’t look exactly like pic at first, mine is nowhere near as good as my mum’s - takes years of practice but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Let me know! ❤️
#ShabzCurry
There will be a new name on this trophy tonight.
The World Championship final resumes today with Kyren Wilson 11-6 Jak Jones.
Enjoy the final day everyone!
PAUL COLLIER OUT NOW.
Had to catch
@welshref
before he hangs up the white gloves.
Ladies and gents, have a listen to the man reffing the current World Championship final, which will be his swansong, after 32 years of officiating.
On BBC Sounds etc now.
🤯 Great Britain have won gold with the very last stroke!!
We've just seen Alex Yee snatch gold late on in the triathlon, now an incredible win for Team GB in the women's quad skulls 🥇
#BBCOlympics
#Olympics
#Paris2024
It’s finally on BBC2 - Hazel seamlessly taking over from the tennis and welcoming us to York.
(Look at that notebook of research notes😍)
#snooker
#bbcsnooker
#UKChampionship
Great to catch up with this legend
@robwalkertv
today on day 11 of his amazing Absent Friends Tour.
Didn’t think it’d be on a bouncy castle in a Wigan pub😃
Keep smashing it Rob💪🏽❤️
He’s doing John O’Groats to Lands End - check out why:
#milesformates
Arrived in beautiful Bruges this evening and very excited to take part in this
@WomensSnooker
after I’ve been up the tower and eaten some waffles and chocolate tomorrow.
Always wanted to be in a BBC montage!
Here’s the end of tournament review.
If you want to watch it in full it might be replayed during coverage tonight or you can get in on the iplayer. It was shown in the mid evening session interval yesterday on BBC2 (Sunday).
This has just knocked the wind out of me. Beccy was someone I always looked up to, my girl crush💔Then I worked with her at NWT and found she was super intelligent, super fit, driven, more tall & beautiful in person and lived fiercely. Her daughter was everything. Thinking of her
I’m sharing the very sad news that Beccy passed away peacefully this morning. She spent her last few days at
@SJHospice
who provided the most dignified & compassionate care to Beccy & her whole family. Donations to the hospice can be made in Beccy’s memory. ❤️
Good morning from the Crucible Theatre on a beautiful day to start the
#WorldSnookerChampionship2022
I’m on BBC breakfast shows around the country chatting about the opening day. And it’s a good one. See the schedule. Enjoy! Watch it on the BBC from 10am.
Ready for what is one of the best days of the tournament. Who will I be interviewing as a semi finalist later?
Hope you’re all as excited as I am snooker fam!
Also enjoying these mornings while I can.
@MarmadukesCafe
Ok, just thought of my fave 5 snooker moments of 2023:
🏆Luca Brecel becoming world champion
🪅Mark Selby’s 147 in world final
🏆Robert Milkins winning Welsh Open
🪄Shaun Murphy’s magic shootout 147
🤣Me being introduced as Shaun Murphy to warm up audience in Llandudno
Yours?
Legend alert🚨
1980 World Champ
@CliffThorburn
is my guest on
#Framed
for a mammoth 2 parter on his amazing life and career. The Canadian’s now 75 would you believe! And still involved in
#snooker
Episode one out now:
Lovely moment in York tonight before final session when
@robwalkertv
thanked
@WeAreWST
‘s Sam Fletcher for helping him on his summer challenge to raise money for
@jessiemaytrust
🥰
Congratulations to
@Onyee159
the new Landywood British Women’s Open champion! 🏆
Great to see you this weekend and take part in this fabulous tournament at a great venue.
A special episode of the Framed podcast - so grateful to chat with the legend that is Hazel Irvine - at the Masters.
She’s presented the snooker on the BBC for over 20 years and has some fantastic stories.
Enjoy this one now on BBC Sounds⬇️
#bbcsnooker
Yesterday you saw
@RebeccaKenna89
in the final of the World Mixed Doubles.
Today she’s on Framed, having a wonderfully frank chat to me about her life in snooker and how female players can continue to break through.
She’s an incredible ambassador for
@WomensSnooker
- listen now!
Happy anniversary champ
@judd147t
- this has sort of broken the Crucible curse right?! No other first time winner will have held on to the title for so long anyway!
Spent many Sundays as a teenager listening to Mark Goodier presenting the top 40. Today I’m sharing the airwaves with him on
@BBCRadio2
(for a minute). Just had to stop and think about how cool this is. Couldn’t have ever imagined it all those years ago☺️
LOVED this chat with JV!
He’s currently doing his thing at the Masters but found time to sit down with me to talk about all sorts - playing snooker, trick shots, Big Break, staying at the BBC and of course, his famous phrases! Out now.
#framed
#bbcsnooker
John Virgo: “Where’s the cue ball going came from Ted Lowe!”
Click the link to listen to the full 'FRAMED' podcast episode with snooker commentator and former professional snooker player John Virgo.
Want to know more about the player who Ronnie O’Sullivan made the fastest 147 in snooker history against?
Mick Price tells me about that moment and whether it’s overshadowed his career as a professional.
He’s now a maths teacher. And a really good bloke to chat to.
Listen now.
Fair play to
@ShabzYJewellBBC
The only journalist I’ve met who had the balls to put a waistcoat on and enter an actual tournament to see how it felt. Love it ❤️
Welcome to the family x
Happy 30th birthday
@bbc5live
🎂🥳
Still pinch myself that I share the airwaves with such amazing, talented folk, on a station I’ve always loved listening to.
It’s been almost 10 years since I joined the BBC, working on 5live’s late programmes!
Will always be special to me💙