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Joe Delaney

The 2009/10 season had few real highlights for Joe Delaney. He won one match in each of the Roewe Shanghai Masters, Pukka Pies UK Championship and Betfred.com World Snooker Championship, but lost his opening match in the other three ranking events. He ended with a climb of two places in the world rankings to No 61.

Early in the 2010/11 season he matched his best run in a ranking event by reaching the last 32 of the Roewe Shanghai Masters. He beat Patrick Einsle, Rory McLeod and Gerard Greene to qualifiy for the venue.

Delaney qualifed for the televised stages of the World Championship in 2007. In his first Crucible qualifier he found himself 5-1 down against Ian Preece but rallied to win 10-7. Next up was Barry Pinches and he fell 9-6 behind before taking the next four to secure victory. Delaney went on to book his Sheffield debut by winning another final frame decider, this time against Alan McManus.

"It’s a dream come true to reach the Crucible," he said. "It will be a party, I’ll have loads of family and friends there. It doesn’t matter how I get on." He and his fans certainly enjoyed the experience but not the result – he lost 10-2 to Matthew Stevens.

Delaney didn’t have too much trouble getting time off from the family business: "I run a furniture firm with my father and brother called Joe’s Upholstery – we make seating for night clubs and cinemas. I have just about enough time to keep my hand in on the snooker table and they don’t mind when I come to play at tournaments," he said.

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