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What a way to open a new ranking event, on day one of the final stages of the Bahrain Championship, veteran Scot Marcus Campbell made a maximum 147 break this afternoon…
Before today the highest break of Marcus’ 17 year professional career was a 141 at the Grand Prix in 2006, but in the fourth frame of his wildcard match against Ahmed Al Khusaibi he changed that with a historic maximum over in Bahrain.
The second 147 of the tournament after that of Liang Wenbo over in Prestatyn during the qualifying rounds, I imagine that this will have been the first in professional competition in Bahrain, a remarkable feat on the very first day of snooker in the country! He actually won the frame 151-0 which is even more unusual, there must have been a foul prior to him potting the opening red.
To complete a fantastic day for him, he also went on to win the match 5-0 and earn a tie with Neil Robertson in the last 32.
Well done Marcus!
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Steve says:
November 9, 2008 at 12:04 am (UTC 0 )
Do you know if it was recorded by the TV cameras? If it was I’m sure it will appear on Youtube soon. It’s a shame the BBC don’t cover more tournaments.
matt2745 says:
November 9, 2008 at 12:35 am (UTC 0 )
Sadly it wasn’t, it was the Mike Dunn match on the TV table
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November 8, 2008 at 3:55 pm (UTC 0 )
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