Century brak

I the sport o snooker, a "century brak" (whiles referrit tae as a ton) is a score o 100 pynts or mair within ane veesit at the table withoot missin a shot an requires pottin at least 25 consecutive balls.^[1][2] The ability tae score century braks is regardit as a merk o the hichest skill i snooker, while the first career century haes been describit bi Ronnie O'Sullivan as the "ultimate milestone for any snooker player".^[3]

Ower 20,000 century braks hae been recordit bi snooker players throuchout professional toornaments.^[4] I 2014, Neil Robertson became the first bodi tae hae scorit ower 100 century frames throuch a single saison; a nummer thon anely some 60 ither players hae surpassit throuchout thair entire careers. Ronnie o'sullivan holds the record faer the maist career centuries wi mair nor 1000 century braks; his 1000th century brak wis achievit i the feenal frame o the 2019 players championship i preston.

1. ↑ Fitzgibbon, Liam (1 Mey 2014). "Neil Robertson makes century of snooker 100s". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 Mey 2014.
2. ↑ BCA Rules Committee (November 1992). Billiards: The Official Rules and Record Book. Iowa City, IA, US: Billiard Congress of America. ISBN 1-878493-02-7.
3. ↑ Davis, Steve (7 Januar 2015). "Steve Davis charts the rise of snooker's century breaks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 Januar 2015.
4. ↑ Jamie Shaw (2 Mairch 2015). "Ruthless Neil Robertson regains Gdynia Open snooker title - snooker-news.com". Livesnooker.com. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)