Alex Higgins dies.

Here are a few photos I've taken in the past few years of Alex Higgins who was found dead on Saturday night. They say you should never meet your heros and certainly from my point of view this is a case in point. No doubt he was one of the greatest snooker players ever though.

The World Snooker Championships starts 2 weeks tommorow.

World Snooker Championships - Images by Grenville Charles

World Snooker Championships

I just thought I'd put up some of the shots from the World Snooker Championships. Although the first championship was held in 1927 It's been held in my home town of Sheffield since 1977 and I've been photographing it since 2000. I tend to concentrate on the players backstage before the matches start. This gives me very little actual shooting time but I think it reveals a little something about the tournament and it's players that is seldom seen by the public, besides there are plenty other photographers photographing the actual play. Anyway I thought I would add some of the work here as the Championship starts at the Crucible in Sheffield tomorrow.

World Snooker Championships - Images by Grenville Charles