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Barry Pinches

Undoubtedly the highlight of Pinches’ 2009/10 season was a run to the last 16 of the Grand Prix.

He beat Daniel Wells, Jimmy Michie and Michael Holt to qualify for the venue in Glasgow, then stunned Shaun Murphy 5-4. "That’s definitely my best win for a long time, especially under the TV lights," said Pinches. "I felt terrific during the last break and I’m really pleased that I held myself together." His run was eventually ended by Joe Perry.

The Norfolk cueman was not able to qualify for any more venues during the season, and dropped five places down the world ranking list to No 57.

He made a strong start to the 2010/11 season, reaching the final of the second event in the new Players Tour Championship series. He led Mark Selby 3-1 but eventually lost 4-3.

Pinches came off second best in an epic contest with legend Stephen Hendry at the Crucible in 2004. He recovered from 7-4 down to lead 11-9, only for the Scot to pull back to 12-12 then edge the deciding frame. Hendry admitted: "I’ve had some battles here over the years but that can go pretty near the top of the list."

At the 2003 UK Championship, Pinches thrashed Marco Fu 9-1 then beat Graeme Dott 9-6 and Stephen Lee 9-6 to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking event for the first time in his career. But he was no match for Hendry and went down 9-3.

He also got to the last eight of the 2005 Grand Prix.

The Norwich City fan, who sports a distinctive green and yellow waistcoat, was English Amateur champion in 1988 and runner-up to James Wattana in the World Amateur Championship the same year.

His coach Stephen Feeney invented the SightRight device to help with alignment.

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