Wayne Jones (snooker player) Wayne Jones (snooker player) Wayne Jones (born December 24, 1959) is a former Welsh professional snooker player. Despite never breaking into the top 16, he reached the last 16 and quarter-finals of many ranking events. His most notable run was to the final of the 1989 Classic with victories over the likes of Jimmy White, where he lost to Doug Mountjoy 11–13, despite at one stage leading 11–9. He qualified for the World Championship on four occasions, but only ever progressed beyond the first round once, in 1989, with a 10–9 victory over Neal Foulds, but was beaten 13–3 by
Sean O'Neill (snooker player) Sean O'Neill (snooker player) Sean O'Neill (born 20 January 1981) is Northern Irish former professional snooker player. After winning every major snooker tournament in Northern Ireland, O’Neill retired at the age of 23 and turned himself into an entrepreneur, running a number of successful businesses from property management, high street retails, to life-coaching. Sean O’Neill was born in Daisy Hill in Newry, Northern Ireland. The only son of businessman Rory O’Neill and Rosemary Rooney. He was raised on a family farm by his grandmother. At the age of 11, O’Neill entered his first business by selling fireworks. From an initial