CLIVE EVERTON MBE was the Mr Snooker of his time – and the spine of the sport.
Tributes have poured in on social media from followers, gamers, and different media on-line and off for the Mr Snooker of his technology who tragically handed away on the age of 87.
The staunch snooker stalwart was not solely an honest snooker participant again within the day, in addition to a billiards participant, however a snooker purist and though he was the perfect author and journalist and commentator of the sport in his time, who edited the Snooker Scene journal, and wrote many books on the sport and contributed to a lot of the fashionable sport, and one of many longest operating snooker magazines within the historical past of the sport, he additionally made many pals within the sport and was a legend in his personal proper.
Snooker Scene opened its pages in 1972 (the yr Alex Higgins gained his first World title) and throughout many snooker golf equipment there isn’t a doubt a duplicate of a Snooker Scene someplace in a cabinet or out on a small desk or journal rack. A sworn statement to the longevity of it as on-line and social media proceed to dominate the market.
Snooker Scene isn’t any exception in that it has moved from the print to on-line, and you’ll even obtain it on the app.
SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor, who has written and reported on a lot of native and novice snooker, can keep in mind watching many matches and listening to Everton’s dulcet tones and was one of many causes that he loved watching snooker again within the day. We adopted roughly each World Championship and a number of the greatest matches from the 90s and 2000s and past. David Vine was additionally one other legend of the sport who offered professionally however revered each particular person within the sport.
Everton, I’m positive, can be happy with those that haven’t simply reported on the skilled sport but in addition reported on the novice sport and tried to market and promote snooker as a lot as they’ll at ALL ranges. Additionally, these whom have sponsored gamers and labored on tournaments, and everybody behind the scenes who has helped to contribute to this nice sport of ours. No-one is larger than the sport, however there are exceptions, and I feel we may give Everton a type of as his service and dedication to the sport.
We’ll proceed to try to do as a lot as we are able to to report and promote native novice snooker and past. And proceed to take action.
So unhappy to listen to of the passing of Clive Everton. An exquisite commentator and was a pleasure to work with for a few years. Condolences to all his household. RIP
— Dennis Taylor (@dennistaylor147) September 27, 2024
There are numerous golf equipment and social golf equipment all through the land attempting to develop the sport the perfect they’ll, together with social golf equipment who proceed to placed on leagues and area gamers of all talents.
We’re within the Oxshott A staff and have earned that proper and can do our greatest to maintain the sport alive because the Oxshott Membership is a good membership with some nice gamers, as we’ve got met within the final months since becoming a member of the membership.
Sadly, some social and snooker golf equipment have closed down as snooker within the UK makes an attempt to maintain its coronary heart beating constantly whereas the sport expands world wide and continues in its recognition in China and the Asias.
Everybody within the sport within the UK deserves the utmost respect for his or her contribution to the sport and for his or her efforts in advertising and selling the sport particularly in a world the place there are many different sports activities that are competing for protection and competing for individuals to have their money and time spent on it.
Unhappy to listen to… all the time a supportive voice of purpose and data. Snooker legend rip Clive pic.twitter.com/DoX6x2QOz7
— Snooker Legends (@Snookerlegends) September 27, 2024
Everton’s e book Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards is among the many books exposing a number of the behind the scenes from the previous of snooker and is properly price a dabble in
However, additionally, Everton’s tutorial on the sport, is one other e book that many have learn, even those that know the sport properly.
He additionally wrote different books s properly as equivalent to Merely the Greatest: Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Right here is Everton speaking about snooker’s mismanagement…
You can’t assist however have admired Everton’s ardour and long-standing dedication and devotion to the sport he cherished, and all of us love.
Snooker might not be soccer, within the sense of the MEGA BUCKS, however underneath the likes of Barry Hearn, he has continued to develop the sport and sport underneath Matchroom. Snooker, like many different sports activities, shouldn’t be with out its issues.
Many of those issues Everton has reported on and commented on previously, as have many different writers and journalists. For instance, will snooker ever make it again into the Olympics? Or, how the sport is managed by the Governing Physique?
We had the nice privilege to interview the WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson on the World Incapacity Snooker occasion earlier this yr at Woking, and we additionally obtained that as a again web page scoop within the native paper for the Woking Information and Mail. We did that ten instances with tales from the jubiliation of groups successful League titles to seeing particular person gamers start their or resume their snooker careers.
For any author/journalist, having your work on the backpage of a paper is a proud second, as is attaining your objectives, irrespective of how huge or small they’re within the sport on and off the desk.
Everton achieved this in his lifetime, by staying true to his ardour – and going after what he needed. His ardour and dedication for his sport he cherished are admirable and he will likely be sorely missed on the snooker scene however inspiring these along with his legacy.
Everton has additionally reported on each a part of snooker and again within the day and there are some gems of tales on the British Newspaper Archive – too many to undergo for now. However we’ll pick one.
Congratulations to a brand new period of snooker promoters, writers, journalists, and others behind the scenes, and preserve going…Everton did…
