My Bio

My interest in cue sports first started when I was about 10. My granddad always had snooker on the television when I was much younger than that but I never really took much notice.

When I was 7 my Nan bought a pub in Newry and it contained an English pool table. I was always too small to play on it and again it never interested me. It wasn’t until a few years later my sister (Mary) and I went into the pub on a Saturday morning before opening and to pass the time we played. After playing for a hour both of us had the bug, we would play pool in the pub with the locals and most days after school we would walk to the Snooker Club and play for a couple of hours.

Like most siblings we both didn’t like to lose to each other and with me being the youngest I always took it more to heart when she beat me, I must admit I was never the best of losers. When I lost to the men in the pub I use to hide in the toilets for 30 minutes, but as I got older I found out that you have to learn to lose before you can learn to win. In our local league there was a rule, you had to be 18 to play which made it difficult for me to play competitively. When I was 13 my dad asked if I could play in the local ladies individuals as it was an open competition and there were no junior events, I was allowed and I won it.