Dave Gilbert (snooker player born 1961) Martin and then Doug Mountjoy. Ken Owers won the 1989 WPBSA Invitational Event One, beating Gilbert 9–6 in the final. In January 1977, Patsy Fagan hit the first maximum of his career, against Gilbert at the Clapton Bus Garage Social Club. Dave Gilbert (snooker player born 1961) Dave Gilbert (born 15 August 1961) is a former professional snooker player. Gilbert defeated Cliff Wilson on the way to the last 16 of the 1987 International Open before losing to Stephen Hendry. He reached the last 32 of both the 1988 and 1989 English professional championship losing to Dean Reynolds and Joe
Doug Mountjoy United Arab Emirates snooker association between 1997 and 1999. Mountjoy was brought up just outside Ebbw Vale and worked for some years as a coal miner. A well-known player in the valleys as a youth and young man, he won many amateur tournaments including two Welsh Amateur titles and the World Amateur title in 1976, for which he beat Paul Mifsud 11–1. After the World Amateur victory he turned professional, at the age of 34. Mountjoy's first success was as a late replacement in the 1977 Masters at the New London Theatre, his first professional tournament. He beat former world