Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Welsh snooker player. He was a mainstay of the world's top 16 during the late 1970s and 1980s, and won the Masters in 1977, the UK Championship in 1978 and the Irish Masters in 1979. He reached the 1981 World Championship final, where he lost to Steve Davis. Mountjoy enjoyed an Indian summer in his 40s, winning back-to-back ranking events (the UK Championship and The Classic) during the 1988/89 season. His world ranking peaked at #5 in the 1990/91 season. In later years he was the coach to the
David John (snooker player) David John (snooker player) David "Dai" John (born 24 November 1984 in Bridgend, Glamorgan) is a Welsh professional snooker player. John drew attention in 2000 by reaching the quarter-finals at the European Under-19 Championship. His first major success occurred in 2002 when he won the EBSA European Championship after defeating David McLellan 7–2, he continued this success at amateur level for the remainder of the year and reached the final of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship lost but 9–11 against China's Ding Junhui. For the 2002/03 snooker season John joined the main tour. In the first world ranking tournament