Steve Meakin

Steve Meakin (born July 19, 1961) is a former professional snooker player.

Meakin reached the Final of a non-ranking WPBSA Tournament in 1988 but lost to David Taylor. He reached the round of the Last 48 at the Dubai Classic in 1993 which included a victory over world number 33 Silvino Francisco. The same year he reached the last 32 of the Benson & Hedges Championship.[1]

At the 2000 Benson and Hedges Championship his opponent David McLellan scored a 147 at the Willie Thorne Snooker Club in Malvern.[2]

Personal life

From Blackpool, Meakin would practise at the Commonwealth Club.[3] He was also a member at the Layton Institute.[4] He returned to Lancashire after dropping off the tour and continued to play local snooker events.[5] Meakin has competed in Seniors events also.[6][7]

gollark: I'm sure some dodecahedron will eventually want to get rid of the term because it's "racist" with how things are going.
gollark: Because you can't see inside it, or something.
gollark: Technically that's a phrase.
gollark: The word for something which works without you knowing why is a "black box".
gollark: No, lambda calculus is just working on abstract lambda thingies, it's a simple model for computation which is also kind of useless.

References
  1. Ãrdalen, Hermund. "Steve Meakin - Players". www.snooker.org.
  2. "McLellan's big payday as he pockets £5,000".
  3. "Snookered by ten pin bowling club". 26 June 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. Horsburgh, Lynette (13 August 2012). "Last orders for Layton Institute" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "BBC - Lancashire - Sport - Preston Pots Blackpool!". www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "888.com World Seniors Championship. « Other Events @ Snooker Island". www.snookerisland.com.
  7. "Morgan beats Hallett". 10 October 2011.
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