Donna Coles-Thompson

Ronnie O’Sullivan: 🏆 7-time World Champion 🏆 8-time UK Champion 🏆 8-time Masters Champion 🏆 1-time Seniors Champion 🏆 41 Ranking Titles ⭐️ 1,330 Century Breaks ⭐️ 17 Maximum Breaks ⭐️ Highest Break: 153 ⏳ Fastest Maximum Break in 5’08’’, unbeaten for 29 years 🐐 The GOAT

Sir David Attenborough, national treasure, is today celebrating his 100th birthday. But did you know he was not only instrumental in popularising colour television, but also snooker? In the 1960s, he was Controller of BBC2. Shortly after the channel began broadcasting in colour, he created the snooker tournament Pot Black, seeing the game as an ideal way to showcase the new colour telly technology. The series helped transform snooker from a minority sport into one of the most popular in the UK.

Ronnie O’Sullivan received 5 Guinness World Record certificates today: Highest break: 153 Most 147 breaks: 17 Most ranking titles: 41 Fastest 147 break: 5’08” First player to make 1000 centuries

@BernardMcDonald @philhaigh_ You do need the app to check your levels though. And I agree the app is far easier to use than the actual pump.

@Elliesmad @philhaigh_ All hybrid closed loop insulin pumps have alternative ways to operate other than using the phone app. However, they’re often fiddly and the app is much more user friendly. Please don’t think I’m suggesting you change how you operate yours as I’m not, merely observing 🙂

Shame that was an alarm that got the person the boot there. Might well have had it on silent and that snuck through. But who sets an alarm for 9pm? Concerning behaviour, tbh. Out!

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough ❤️ Snooker fans watching across the globe may not realise that Attenborough played an important role in the development of our sport on television.

Snooker and its fan were the winners the last 17 days. Well done to Wu Yize. Also well done to @RobSpencer147 excellent job in the final. All those in comms/ studio/ Hazel. Excellent as usual. Thank you to David Attenborough for putting in on the TV. Good night JV @WeAreWST

An exclusive club 👏 Wu Yize is the 25th Crucible King. #WorldChampionship

Referees of World Snooker Championship final deciders: 1985: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Williams 1994: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Williams 2002: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Williams 2026: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Spencer #snooker

I really hope #BBCSnooker are going to acknowledge David Attenborough's imminent 100th birthday during the final today. After all, we almost certainly wouldn't be watching the snooker today if it wasn't for David and his decisions over 50 years ago #ShaunMurphy #WuYize

Tonight's final session of the World Championships will be the first time without John Virgo commentating in over 30 years. I really hope it's DT & Hendry. DT is the only one who can emulate the excitement JV had for the winners. You're sorely missed, JV. 💔❤️

@BernardMcDonald @philhaigh_ Fair enough. My HCL is controlled through my phone and obviously that’s the one I know.

@Elliesmad @philhaigh_ “some” CGMs and insulin pumps Donna. In most cases the phone is merely used as a display mode, and is not involved in the actual drug release. Believe me, I have a lot of skin in this game 🙂

May the fourth be with you

@kendoherty1997 It was perfect. It was beautiful. We all miss him. What a lucky bunch we are to have had him on the snooker scene for so long. I feel for you all that knew him so well x

Great tribute to JV tonight,couldn’t speak for a while afterwards 😭

@_peter_beard @cruciblecrush @crucibletheatre @WeAreWST I (and many others) have to have their phones on them and on all the time as diabetics. Nurse even told me never to put it on silent as the alarms don’t work. At live events -snooker/plays/ cinema etc I do put it on silent though.

@cruciblecrush @crucibletheatre @WeAreWST Deffo, affirmative, you do not need your phone on during a match for any reason

They really need to sort this phone business out They were quite clearly told at the start of today's session I think once it's been made clear, if it goes off they should be made to leave immediately there's just no excuse at all @crucibletheatre @WeAreWST #147sf

Can always rely on @davehendon for a great stat. The fastest match in Crucible history.. where Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-1… took only 8 minutes longer than the final frame of the session between Mark Allen & Wu Yize

@swanabi Yep, us too x

I can't be the only one with a little tear after hearing Dennis say "There's always a gap" there❤️

@jk_rowling Was that the 1.03? Because I heard her too. Reminded me of me reading them to my own. 🥰

If you're the mother who was reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aloud to your child on the LNER train from London to Edinburgh yesterday, one of my grown up children was listening and says you did the voices brilliantly❤️🥹

An incredible 153 break from @ronnieo147 means he claims another GWR title for the highest break in snooker 👏 Other records held by Ronnie: - Most century breaks - Most competitive 147s - Most Triple Crown wins - Youngest AND oldest winner of the UK Championship

John - the first player in snooker history to play 2000 matches Ronnie - highest break in snooker history Willo - oldest ranking event winner in snooker history The Class of '92 at 50 years old. I've run out of superlatives. There are no words #Snooker