What Is Your Highest Break??

SIX PACK

Hi seems that no one else has started this thread so il put it out there... what is the highest break you have ever got in snooker? Honest answers only & keep posts short and sweet comprende

SIX PACK

I got my highest break at the tender age of 18 it was 49 never managed to beat it yet 25 now my cueing is not as good anymore

zack01

Don't play anymore but the best i had when i played was a 143 clearance in a pro-am in the UK in 1986, it was against Mike Hallett, that won me the first frame but i went on to lose the match 4-1! Recieved £25 and a crystal vase for it! I made a 100 exactly in a match in the Dublin Leagues a few years back but nowadays if i took the cue out and made 30 i'd be chuffed!!

Mind you in most clubs there are always some heavy scorers when they get in amongst the balls, but put them in a competition and add a bit of pressure and they fall apart.

Great idea for this thread though, and SIXPACK a 49 break is a decent enough break, well done.:)

omb0wyn5ehpij9

My highest break is 63

celticfc

IIRC it is 68, but that was a good while ago.

Nowadays I'm just really happy with a 30+, the way I see it is if I get a couple of them in a frame, chances are I'll win it.

armchairninja

Think mine was about 72, but that was a few year ago, a bad bounce off the cushion cost me a possible century though, there was still two reds on the table, but I didnt get that extra half inch!:(

kinda stopped playing then for a while, trying to get back into it now, and judging from the tripe i produced last night, a 30 will be a long way away never mind century!:rolleyes:

crocs2010

32....which i was delighted with:D

orourkeda

9

I potted 3 balls without missing. Genius. Ronnie O'Sullivan watch out i'm coming for you

mickdw

68. Used to play a fair bit. Its just nerves that make it hard at that stage possibly taking the wrong shot too just to add a few more points to your new highest break.
I hope to hit a century some time.

ReacherCreature

Probably 15-30 or so, I'm not sure, don't laugh! but I'm really only starting out on proper Snooker tables over the last several months, had played pool for ages prior to that. Nowadays I'm really focusing on getting into it and potting. Love it though.

txpjl

I hit a 72 in practice once.

SIX PACK

do you go for an easy pink or a tight Brown:p

Slippin Jimmy

I am in around 20 or so. Not much higher than that at all. A lot of practice needed me thinks. Any advice?

SIX PACK

Duffff-Man wrote: »

I am in around 20 or so. Not much higher than that at all. A lot of practice needed me thinks. Any advice?

yea dont get excited if you get Red colour Red colour thing going just dont think about it and obviously position is vital so dont put too much power into your shots unless your a pro at controlling the cue ball (thats only my opinion others may differ)
:cool:

beertons

I got 48 once. Can't get over 20 now.

Blazer

72 was my highest break...haven't played now in years
mate of mine has got a few 147s...plays at the Irish amateurs..

One_Armed_Dwarf

56 but that was about 8 years ago. I never get a chance to play now because the snooker hall i used to play in shut down:mad:

rccaulfield

2 years ago i started playin pretty good- got 2 49s - bit frustrating eventually got a 50 it was in a practice frame tho. Never got back near it again tho- rarely over 20 these days!

Soylent_Green

Seems to be a common theme, with everyone saying they are no where near the standard they once were. I concur with that; highest break of 42, but that was over 10 years ago. Only played once in the last 5 years though but just watching the Masters made me dust down the oul cue. Now to find a snooker club near Dunboyne.

dotsflan

56, got it last season but havent played at all this season!

amacachi

41 back when I was 12/13. Red, blue, red, black and then the colours.
Was useless then and am now. :P Doubt I've played a total of more than 40 hours in me life, good year since I've been near a table. Also it was the only time I've come close to potting all the colours from on or near their spots.

Dave!

8, maybe 9

Soylent_Green

Dave! wrote: »

8, maybe 9

....... red, black and red....... any break builder will tell you thats as good a place to start

happyoutscan

Cleared the colours for a 27 although two of these were table length crosses. I was not expecting them to go near the pockets let alone into them. Still I guess I'll take it happily.

Dave!

Soylent_Green wrote: »

....... red, black and red....... any break builder will tell you thats as good a place to start

Yeah once I get those in then the the numbers '1...4...7' start flashing in my head and I get too giddy and f*ck it up

Soylent_Green

Dave! wrote: »

Yeah once I get those in then the the numbers '1...4...7' start flashing in my head and I get too giddy and f*ck it up

For me, the prospect of a double figure break is enough to send me giddy, causing the inevitable mistake

azzeretti

I had a 128 once and loads of centeries. However, these were all in the club against club players. However, whenever I went to play in any tournament, Irish Ranking events etc. I was unable to reproduce anything near that. Maybe a few 90's.
Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread but I know loads of really good players who would knock in centeries reguarly but once they got to a tournie they couldn't do it. There is one guy in particular that could have been really good if he'd had the bottle.

I haven't picked up my cue for over 10 years now. I wonder if I could even hold it!!

Schnoz

My highest break in practice is 101. That was a few years ago though. Came close a few times since. In tournament its 77. Only for a bad contact on the pink it could have been a lot more!!

Holy Diver

Never really had the opportunity to play much snooker - lots of pool but never had access to a local snooker club - but have had a 55, 50 and numerous breaks 30 - 40 ish. Have started to play once a week now again recently and i have to say my long potting is better than ever - positional play is letting me down terribly, something i always found from being used to playing pool, just countn't get used to the different reaction. Just noticed too that my cue is as bent as an S-hook...

Snookermad

Back when i used to play regularly i used to get 70's, 80's and even 90+'s sometimes but i always found a way to screw up when i needed a ball for the century.

therokerroar

18 :-)

syngindub

31

InkSlinger67

120+


....back in the days before I discovered alcohol!

syngindub

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

120+


....back in the days before I discovered alcohol!

Fair play.
what sort of hours we're you putting in to get to that standard?

InkSlinger67

syngindub wrote: »

Fair play.
what sort of hours we're you putting in to get to that standard?

5+ hours at the weekend plus the odd few hours during the week. Got too expensive in the end!

kildare snooker

id be doing well to get close to 30break now,few years back in Blacks snooker club in old bawn in dublin were i would have played quite a bit my highest break was 108,im only 24 now so i suppsoe if i put some time in to playing again i could maybe do someting like that again

syngindub

Is Blacks still open?

TheBigLebowski

141











red brown red :pac:

SIX PACK

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

120+


....back in the days before I discovered alcohol!

yea alcohol doesn't do the nerves any justice

consultech

azzeretti wrote: »

I had a 128 once and loads of centeries. However, these were all in the club against club players. However, whenever I went to play in any tournament, Irish Ranking events etc. I was unable to reproduce anything near that. Maybe a few 90's.
Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread but I know loads of really good players who would knock in centeries reguarly but once they got to a tournie they couldn't do it. There is one guy in particular that could have been really good if he'd had the bottle.

I haven't picked up my cue for over 10 years now. I wonder if I could even hold it!!

Same story here. I have a championship a table at home in my folks house and had it all through my teens. I used to play about 4-5 hours a day, just doing line-ups and different routines. I once made a 147 off a line-up!! (Doesnt count tho! )

134 is my highest break in a frame (9 reds+blacks until 72!), had a few centuries in competitions too. I probably made a century every day in practice on my own. I was a case of WAYYY too much practicing alone, so I always went to pieces playing against people in competitions. It used to be cripplingly frustrating - Being on the practice table at a tourney knocking in 50 after 50 with yer man shittin his bags watchin me - to not being able to make 24 half an hour later in the match.

Playing down the club for a few quid a frame/for the bill is a great way to harden you to th nerves.

xabi_a

69 once, but it was a real once-off (up until then my highest was about 30).

Later I made 46 and 50, I'm actually more proud of those because they were deserved:-) At my best I'd have expected to make a couple of 30's in an evening's snooker. I think that's the best indicator of form.

As with most other people here, I've hardly picked up a cue in 10 years now.

Pride Fighter

13:o I was playing my mate who had lessons and was a league player. I played well, kept potting long reds then tying him up in safety battles. We were down to the pink and I was 17 behind, needing a snooker. I pot a great long pink then the black off its spot. I was chuffed. I know I lost the frame but the pink was in a place I could not snooker him, tried for ages before I cleared. When I played I could never pot more than 3 balls in a row, so I got loads of 9 breaks and never any higher. I could be a competitive player, I had a great safety game back in the day. I dont know why I could not get higher breaks, I've cleaned up in pool with 5 of my colours then the black to make potting 6 balls in a row.

LukeQuietus

39 is mine. I dunno how I managed it because I only started playing this year. Can't get higher than 10-15 on average but that frame it all seemed to work out. Still went on to lose that frame. The other guy just chipped away at me until it went to the black being respotted. Feckin left it over a pocket then. I was disgusted with myself.

SIX PACK

I got 43 last night which was my best in over 12 months (, I just took out 6months Membership with Ivy Rooms in Carlow so il be playing fairly often from now on :cool:

Brabazone

When I was 13 and in first year in school, my school buddies and I would tip down town for lunch and a frame of snooker, the good old days:). Had a break of 54 after a several months of playing. Got interested in the girls after that and played less and less. Nowadays I never play snooker because the place i used to play at is gone. I did play a couple of frames a few years ago but remember finding it very frustrating, couldn't manage to pot more than a couple of balls at a time. It's a pity because I would love to be able to get back into snooker but theres no place in Ballinasloe to go:(.

On a side note, if anyone was thinking of opening a snooker hall I think Ballinasloe would be a great spot because there is nothing to do here and I mean nothing.

Oasis_Dublin

56 a good few years ago. More recently I think 43 was my best in practice while in tournament play its 37 in a DBSL match last year.

Dave147

My highest was 136 when I was serious into snooker, but I could never cut it with the best in my era, which would've been the likes of David Morris etc. Have a snooker table in the folks house and love the game but am a much better pool player.

Have just qualified for the World Championships in Blackpool in July after winning a qualifier held in Bundoran at the weekend. Probably gonna get my arse handed to me by the pro's but just delighted to be one of the few travelling over!

Dave!

Fair play Dave

Oasis_Dublin

Davey Morris' era and a centurion... has to be David Hogan from Nenagh, no?

Dave147

Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

Davey Morris' era and a centurion... has to be David Hogan from Nenagh, no?

No, I'm actually Dave Cremin from Cork, I played on the snooker tour years ago but didn't travel very much, mainly to Celbridge as I had relatives there. Johnny Connors from Letterkenny would've been another excellent player from my era.

As I said, mainly a pool player but love snooker as well, just couldn't cut it with the big boys, 3 friends of mine are cutting it though, Greg Casey, David Cassidy and Ryan Cronin. They're the ones to watch!

Edit: And cheers Dave!

cherryghost

Buuuummp.

My highest is a 57. Acheived 50+ four times this year so far. Quite happy thus far as my highest previously was 39 EVER.