Terry Griffiths, a snooker legend, recounts his journey from starting as a coal miner's playground companion to becoming the World Champion in 1979. His story includes his early struggles, various jobs that helped him hone his skills, and his ultimate success as a professional player.
two years later, it was the incredible way he beat the odds to take the World Crown in 1979 at his first attempt that made him a household name all over the globe.
Terry played truant so often to see his friends he was asked to leave the grammar. He ended up back with his mates, including Phil Bennett and Derek Quinnell, who became Welsh rugby stars.BBC commentator gives cheeky reason Jimmy White is still playing snooker at 62At 13, the boy who first started playing snooker on a mini-table with his dad, was taking wages from coal miners in games for cash.apprentice at Pontarddulais but the long hours interfered with his snooker practice.
In another bid to improve his game, Terry took a job as a postman. The first-ever national postal workers’ strike, in 1971, meant he could practice non-stop for two months.But after winning the English Amateur Championship in 1977 and retaining his title the following year, Terry decided, at the age of 30, to fulfil his dream of becoming a full-time professional.
Journalist Tom Bedford, who was sent by his local paper to cover the event, said: “It is a mark of the man that although he was world champion, Terry honoured the price he had agreed before he won.”. Virgo opened the bedroom curtains one morning to find his car being washed by Terry — a typical gesture of kindness.
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