I have 3 children, times are hard, so I’m only feeding 2 of them, the 3rd child can wait until things pick up. When the 3rd child asks me why I’m not feeding him I’ll tell him about how much I’ve fed the other 2 and how much they enjoyed it. Parenting, by
@RishiSunak
#ExcludedUK
I was 25 stone, I lost 10 stone and now run half marathons. I set a 5 year goal of ring announcing a boxing world title fight and did it in 2 and a half, from a standing start. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. If you want something enough, make it happen👍🏻
5 million people watched the final of the
@WeAreWST
@Betfred
#snooker
World Championship, making it the most watched programme on British TV last night. That’s huge and shows what a massive pull the sport has. Great coverage from both
@BBCSport
and
@eurosport
throughout 👏🏻👏🏻
An 8 month pregnant woman has been stabbed and killed in Croydon, her baby was delivered on the scene and is critically ill...well done Britain, I think we’ve finally hit the bottom 😞 If you carry a knife, you should get life.
@joanna_louise0
Hi Joanna, you don’t know me, and I don’t know you, but I completely understand your tweet and the point you are making. Please ignore the numpties. I couldn’t do your job, I think you, and those others who do, are amazing. Keep on keeping on 👍🏻
I’ve watched a lot of
#snooker
in my life, but that performance from Ronnie tonight has to be right up there with the best I’ve ever seen. It felt like he just couldn’t miss. Incredible stuff! It’ll be some final tomorrow between him and Judd the way they’re both playing!
You know how it is when you’ve retained both the
@BetVictor
Gibraltar Open and
#BVEuroSeries
titles in one weekend and you need a trolley to get all the trophies back to the car....no, me neither, but I know a man who does! Well done
@judd147t
👏🏻👏🏻
My son (14) played his first game of
#RugbyLeague
in over a year this morning, and the referee was a 15 year old girl. It’s so great to see youngsters, and particularly girls, getting involved in officiating. It’s a tough job, I take my hat off to her. 👏🏻👏🏻
@TheRFL
@RFLReferees
What’s wrong with the youth of today? Last night my 15 year old son went straight to the gym from school, from there to rugby training, stayed afterwards to practice his kicking and then went home to do his homework. At his age I’d have been in a field smashed on Diamond White 😂
Three years ago today
@ronnieo147
became the first player to make 1000 century breaks in professional
#snooker
matches. I was lucky enough to be on the mic that night, and what a night it was! 🙌🏻
At what point will
@SkySportsRL
ask Konrad Hurrell if he thinks a player with his talent should be playing at a bigger club...like they asked Tom Johnstone???
Even after being told the mental health and suicide stats
@nadhimzahawi
still chose to ignore the facts Naga Munchetty gave him about the
#ExcludedUK
3 million taxpayers, making out we’re all company directors on the fiddle. Him,
@RishiSunak
and
@BorisJohnson
simply don’t care.
2m, 1m, I don’t care. My government has shafted me, left me with nothing. Excuse me if I don’t celebrate pubs reopening, but I can’t afford to visit one right now having not earned in months and getting no support at all. Not just me, 3 million others are in the same position.
I have strong views on drugs cheats in sport, even more so in combat sports. Povetkin has failed two tests for performance enhancing drugs, which in my opinion should mean a lifetime ban. For that reason, I hope AJ absolutely skittles him tonight.
#boxing
#JoshuaPovektin
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again… as
#snooker
fans, and indeed sports fans in general, we need to cherish the “class of 92” while they’re still playing at the top level. The quality, entertainment and drama they produce, time and again, is just different level.
Loads of nice comments from people today, so I thought I’d have a look at the difference between pictures from the week before Christmas and here today. I’m pretty chuffed with that 👍🏻
#snookersbiggestloser
ends 3 weeks on Friday! Please donate if you can
As gutted as
@JackLisowski
will no doubt be right now, he has proved that his game has taken yet another step up, and he can challenge the biggest names in
#snooker
. Next season is massive for Jack, big things ahead.
Wow!!!! A 10 year deal for a brand new
@WorldSnooker
tournament in Saudi Arabia, starting next October, £2.5 million prize pot, with a first prize of £500,000!!! That’s huge news. Incredible!
#snooker
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Sorry to anyone who finds this really boring, but today was the first time I’ve ever introduced Ronnie O’Sullivan and Jimmy White out to play each other live on ITV4, having MC’d them both separately a good few times. Such an honour to work with the legends of the sport 👍🏻
I’m starting to think this could be the best
#snooker
World Championship I’ve ever watched. It’s literally had absolutely everything, from shocks, to thumpings, to controversy, to two maximums, to deciders. It’s had the lot, it’s been brilliant! 👏🏻👏🏻
Whilst I’m obviously very happy to win
#snookersbiggestloser
, I take my hat off to
@Magician147
who has spent so much time stuck in hotels, away from his family, and during that time he’s supported me so much. You’re a real gent Shaun 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’m chuffed people on
@BBCSport
have finally started to see the side of
@judd147t
and
@JackLisowski
I’ve been talking about for ages. Among others, they are great characters of the sport and they need these opportunities to show that. Great to see it’s happening 👍🏻
#snooker
I don’t understand how anyone can get so angry at other peoples stance on vaccinations. It affects them, not you! Do everyone a favour, it’s Christmas, just respect other peoples’ choices and let’s all get on 👍🏻
That’s my
#snooker
season finished work-wise. I’ll be watching the worlds, and loving it! Thank you to
@WeAreWST
for having me on the mic and looking after me, the broadcasters, sponsors etc for being great, and to everyone who has interacted with me on here. It’s been an honour.
That’s the end of the
#snooker
season for me on the mic. Thank you to
@WeAreWST
for having me, and to everyone from the players to the fans for making me feel so welcome. It’s been a real pleasure 🙏🏻
I’m delighted to announce that between now and Christmas I’ll be on the mic for
@WeAreWST
at the;
European Masters
English Open
Northern Ireland Open
Scottish Open
World Grand Prix
The WGP will be on ITV4, with the rest on Eurosport.
So great to be back, I can’t wait!!!
#snooker
If you’re on furlough or SEISS, imagine the government extending
#lockdown
until the end of the year, but stopping all support programmes now, so you’d be getting about £50 a week JSA. How would you feel? Would you cope? That’s what the 3 million
#ExcludedUK
taxpayers are getting
Congratulations to
@ronnieo147
on a superb win. A brilliant final, and another classic between him and
@nr147
, two real greats of the sport of
#snooker
. So many twists and turns to come this season yet, with so many playing at such a high level! 👏🏻👏🏻
So pleased for Luca Brecel and his family. That world title is so well deserved, and one I know they’ll all enjoy. Behind the scenes, his parents are always there, and they are some of the nicest people you could wish to meet 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#snooker
People don’t always see this kind of thing, and it doesn’t happen in a lot of sports.
@KyrenWilson
and
@TaylorWilson147
bumped into Freddie and his Dad outside the venue, and somehow sneaked them past security to give Freddie a slightly special
#snooker
experience. Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks
@KyrenWilson
for making Freddie’s day. It meant a lot to him and thank you for giving up your time. He is looking forward to hopefully seeing you again tomorrow 👍🏻👊🏻
@WeAreWST
@eurosport
#snooker
There are very few, if any, sportspeople who can measure up to
@ronnieo147
with regards to success, longevity, pure genius and any other category you care to mention. 👏🏻👏🏻
#snooker
“No disrespect to Wakefield”, so many times Tom Johnstone has been interviewed on
@SkySportsRL
I’ve heard that phrase.
@WTrinityRL
are consistently a top 6, potentially top 4 side. Please stop undervaluing this great club, Tom is very happy where he is.
#SLLeeWak
Walking through London earlier with Lottie on my shoulders and I said, “This is why Daddy works hard, so we can have nice days like this”, she replied, “Sorry Daddy, I just did a trump on you, pardon me” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😂😂
A huge thank you to
@WeAreWST
for having me on the mic here at the
@BetVictor
English Open, and to all of the
#snooker
fans here in Essex for making me so welcome. What a great week! 👍🏻🙏🏻
Pure class from
@nr147
on and off the baize there. Incredible comeback, but then to apologise to John at the end demonstrates what kind of a person he is. Another amazing final in what has been a remarkable
#snooker
season! The biggest of tournaments is still to come!
3/3 …I’d lost ten stone and ran my first half marathon, just a year after I’d struggled to put my socks on! What I’m trying to say is, you don’t need obesity drugs, you can do it without them. I’ve slipped a bit recently, but my head is back in it now, and I know I can sort it
I’m a real geek when it comes to sporting venues, but if you’re wondering why I’m so excited to get back to the Waterfront Hall in
#Belfast
for the
@WeAreWST
@BetVictor
Northern Ireland Open
#snooker
later this week, here are the views from the bottom and top of the auditorium 🙌🏻
Fantastic to visit Ally Pally for the first time, and it was a great match between
@Magician147
and
@nr147
. Huge thank you to
@WeAreWST
for having me in the Century Club, it really is a great experience. I’d highly recommend it, the service, view and everything else is amazing!🙏🏻
After the annual 10 second negotiation with the chairman
@MichaelC1873
, I am chuffed to announce I will continue as stadium announcer for
@WTrinityRL
next season! 👍🏻🏉🔴⚪️🔵
2 years ago I was booked to Stadium announce a
@TheChallengeCup
semi-final, but I got taken into hospital for an emergency double hernia operation and missed my chance. On Sunday I’ll be on the mic for both semis, in front of a sell out Macron Stadium, Bolton. Awesome 👍🏻
Great to hear a feature on
#ExcludedUK
on BBC Radio this morning and also a piece on
@BBCBreakfast
too. Hearing there’s more on
@itvnews
tonight! As more people become aware 3 million taxpayers have been
@ExcludedUK
by
@RishiSunak
he’ll hopefully finally have to right the wrongs.
Congratulations to
@ronnieo147
on a superb
@SpreadexSport
World Grand Prix win! Thank you to
@WeAreWST
and
@ITVSport
for having me on the mic, to all the crew for looking after me so well and to all the
#snooker
fans for being brilliant all week! Such a pleasure. 🙏🏻
On my way home, and that’s my working year finished, time for a decent break. It’s been my busiest ever year, and I’ve had some incredible times. Thank you to everyone who has been involved, or shown me kindness, it’s always appreciated 🙏🏻
Can’t believe I have to do this, but due to quite a few replies and messages.... it’s an analogy..... I am not starving one of my children, they’re all fit, healthy and well fed. I was using it to demonstrate what
@RishiSunak
is doing to those
#ExcludedUK
from his support schemes
I have 3 children, times are hard, so I’m only feeding 2 of them, the 3rd child can wait until things pick up. When the 3rd child asks me why I’m not feeding him I’ll tell him about how much I’ve fed the other 2 and how much they enjoyed it. Parenting, by
@RishiSunak
#ExcludedUK
I’m delighted to announce that I will once again be the MC for the
@WeAreWST
Home Nations Series
#snooker
on
@eurosport
. Tickets are on sale now for the NI Open and there’ll be early bird offers for the English, Scottish and Welsh Opens from 27th June here
It’s with sadness that after 15 years as stadium announcer at
@WTrinityRL
I am leaving my role there with immediate effect. I’d like to thank everyone at the club for having me on the mic, and the fans for being so welcoming and friendly from day 1 to today. All the very best 🙏🏻
A 147 maximum break in
#snooker
is always something really special, but for
@judd147t
to knock one in in the final of the inaugural
#NirvanaTurkishMasters
really was something to behold 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
If you’ve been vaccinated, or if you don’t want the vaccine, that’s ok. If you’re happy masks won’t be mandatory any more, or if you’re going to keep wearing a mask, that’s ok. Let’s just respect each other’s opinions and choices, and crack on. There’s far too much hate around 👍🏻
Last tweet of today, to
@RishiSunak
and
@BorisJohnson
, please choose your words very carefully tomorrow when addressing the 3 million + taxpayers you have
#ExcludedUK
from your support schemes, a lot of those people are right on the edge in many ways right now. Thank you 🙏🏻
1/3
The final
#snookersbiggestloser
weigh-in is complete!
@Magician147
Start 18 stone 5.5lbs
End 17 stone
Weight lost - 1 stone 5.5lbs
@announcerphil
-
Start 18 stone 11lbs
End 16 stone 4lbs
Weight lost - 2 stone 7lbs
Thank you to everyone who has supported us...
I’m delighted to be able to announce that I will once again be the MC for the
@WeAreWST
@BetVictor
Home Nations Series as well as the
#Snooker
Shootout this season. Tickets for all of these events and more are available at Hopefully I’ll see you there!
Thank you to the
@Saints1890
fans who observed the minutes silence before the game today impeccably, and clapped along with the
@WTrinityRL
fans in the 8th minute for Isla. Total respect 🙏🏻
#rlfamily
Amid all the doom and gloom at the moment, my cousins baby boy got his very much needed liver transplant yesterday and is doing really well. The NHS really is absolutely fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#NHS
#thankyouNHS
I got this message on Facebook from the Mum of the young lad in the crowd John Higgins gave his
@WeAreWST
@BetVictor
Scottish Open
#snooker
runner-up medal to last night. Never ever underestimate the effect gestures like that have on children. So lovely 👌🏻
What an incredible final that was! Congratulations to Fan and commiserations to Ronnie. It’s been a great week here at the
@BetVictor
European Masters
#snooker
, and the Welsh Open starts in the morning! See you there later in the week! Thanks for all the kind messages 🙏🏻
If you’ve put on weight during
#lockdown
, don’t worry, take control! These pictures were taken 6 years apart. It’s about getting your head in the right place, finding a balance of eating and drinking the right things and exercising. I’m not where I want to be, but I’ll get there.
How much would it cost to take legal action against
@RishiSunak
@BorisJohnson
and
@hmtreasury
for the discrimination against the 3 million taxpayers
#ExcludedUK
from their
#COVID19
“support” schemes? You can’t pay in your whole life and be cut adrift when everyone else benefits.
I asked for CVs on LinkedIn from people interested in working on a new project I have. The second one I received waxed lyrical about how “attention to detail” is his big strong point, and how important that is generally in life.
He began the email “Hi Paul…” 🤦🏻♂️
I have no problem with footballers wages, if someone is prepared to pay it then that’s fair enough, but when clubs are paying them £100k+ a week and then begging from the government to pay other staff while the
#selfemployed
are left to starve there is something very wrong.
Thank you to
@theJeremyVine
for having me on his show on
@BBCRadio2
just now, and thank you for raising awareness of me and the other 3 million taxpayers
#ExcludedUK
from
@RishiSunak
’s support schemes. People need to know what’s going on!
My friend who we laid to rest today was the same age as me, 45. He had no known health problems, went to work one day and passed away while he was there. He leaves behind a wonderful family and so many friends. Cherish every day, and live a full life, because you just never know.
3 years ago today I went self-employed, then during covid I came close to packing it in and taking a job. This has been my best month in business, and things look to be going from strength to strength. Thank you to everyone who has helped, supported or encouraged me so far 🙏🏻
Seriously, if you can’t sit on the next table to a 2 year old child in a café without constantly swearing, I’m not sure you should be out and about in society. What is wrong with people?
Declan Rice has done pretty well, but if you listen to the commentary you’d think he’d stopped climate change, sorted Brexit and removed all plastic from the seas. Stop lumping pressure on the young players!
#MNEENG
#ThrowbackThursday
I remember being really flattered by the first picture when it was taken! The second pic is just before running a half marathon at the weekend! I’ve put a bit back on of the 10 stone I lost, but never going back there 👍🏻