Peter Gilchrist (billiards player) explained

Peter Gilchrist
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Peter Gilchrist (born 1968) is a Singaporean billiards player. He won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, and 2013 (long format), 2019, and 2023.

Career

Gilchrist played in Teesside Boys Billiards League as a youth. he was the English Amateur Champion in 1988.[1]

Gilchrist won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, 2013 (long format)[2] 2019,[3] and 2023. He also won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Championship in 2015 (short format), 2016 and 2019 (long up).

In 2003, Gilchrist moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach.[4]

Gilchrist represented Singapore in the SEA Games in 2009,[5] where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles.[6] [7]

Gilchrist set the world record for highest break in billiards (1346) under modern rules, at the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships.[8] On 14 February 2014, he scored his second 1000 break, at the World Billiards Irish Open. Gilchrist is the only player of the modern era who scored more than one 1000 points in tournament break.[9]

Gilchrist won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship, beating Sourav Kothari 1500–706 in the final.[10]

In 2022, during the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, Gilchrist won the silver medal after losing 3–1 to Myanmar's Pauk Sa, ending a streak of six gold medals in the English billiards men's singles event.[11]

Gilchrist is a two-time recipient of the Singapore Sports Awards' Sportsman of the Year title (2014 and 2020).[12]

Personal life

In 2006, Gilchrist became a Singaporean citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. He renounced his British citizenship at the same time.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Gilchrist . World Billiards . 20 May 2022.
  2. Web site: IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 20 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191844/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2013/msBA/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=22. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: 2019 World Billiards Championship . World Billiards . wbeventsonline.com . 12 October 2019 . 16 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016173341/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=318 . live .
  4. Web site: Games-Gilchrist on cue for more billiards glory in adopted home . . 7 June 2015 . 7 June 2015 . 11 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200711072231/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/games-gilchrist-cue-more-billiards-glory-adopted-home-095420176--spt.html . live .
  5. Web site: PlayPauseSlowMediumFast12 of 12 . Peter Gilchrist – SEA Games: Singapore's gold winners . Sports.xin.msn.com . 26 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130630205449/http://sports.xin.msn.com/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=5523278&page=12 . 30 June 2013.
  6. News: Golden Surprise - Doubles pair win Singapore's first cue sports gold since 2005 Games . December 12, 2009 . The Straits Times . Jonathan . Wong.
  7. News: A break at last - Gilchrist makes up for previous failures by winning billiards gold . December 16, 2009 . The Straits Times . Jonathan . Wong.
  8. Web site: Highest billiard break-world record set by Peter Gilchrist . Worldrecordacademy.com . 26 April 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230437/http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/sports/highest_billiard_break_world_record_set_by_Peter_Gilchrist_70870.htm . 18 April 2018.
  9. Web site: Irish Open 2014 . Worldsnooker.com . 5 March 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305151222/http://www.world-billiards.com/?p=7488 . 5 March 2014.
  10. News: . 14 June 2019 . Gilchrist masterclass denies Kothari a double . The Hindu . 1 November 2019 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102001025/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/pool/sourav-kothari-peter-gilchrist-international-reventon-classic-snooker-championship/article27940390.ece . live .
  11. Web site: Auto . Hermes . 2022-05-17 . SEA Games: Six-time champion Peter Gilchrist upset in billiards final The Straits Times . 2022-05-17 . www.straitstimes.com . en . 17 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220517063933/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-six-time-champion-peter-gilchrist-upset-in-billiards-final . live .
  12. Web site: Singapore Sports Awards. 2021-07-01. Singapore National Olympic Council. en-US. 13 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713144711/https://www.singaporeolympics.com/singapore-sports-awards/. live.
  13. Web site: Gilchrist pots way to new world milestones . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150607150429/http://www.todayonline.com/sports/gilchrist-pots-way-new-world-milestones . 7 June 2015 . 7 June 2015 . TODAYOnline.

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