On this week

Reigning world champion, John Parrott, won the Dubai Duty Free Classic beating Tony Knowles 9-3 in the final. It was John's fourth ranking title and apart from the World Championship, they were all won outside the UK.

The second Champion of Champions tournament was won by Doug Mountjoy who beat John Virgo 10-8 in the final at the New London Theatre. The format of this event had changed from that of the previous running in 1978. Now, instead of just four players there were ten in two groups. The players did not like the format which involved playing 'dead' frames and the crowds did not turn up. There was no sponsor and it turned into a financial disaster which was not repeated.

John Higgins made his third maximum break in the final of the LG Cup at Preston Guild Hall but it was Mark Williams who ran out the 9-5 winner to take the title (formerly the Grand Prix) for the third time.

The third Rothmans Malta Grand Prix, at the Jerma Palace Hotel in Marsascala, was won by Nigel Bond. To the disappointment of all the local fans he beat their hero, Tony Drago, 7-3 - the second time in three years that he had lost in the final.

In the last 32 of the Grand Prix at Preston Guild Hall, Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled his third 147 in his match with Graeme Dott.

Chris Small caused a major upset when he won the LG Cup at Preston Guild Hall. A 150-1 outsider, Chris had 5-1 victories over both John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan before beating Alan McManus 9-5 in the final.

Dave Harold was called for a record 14 consecutive 'fouls and misses' by referee Olivier Marteel in a Grand Prix round robin match against Liu Song.

One of the games true heroes, Paul Hunter, was born in Leeds. In his eleven years on the tour he won three world ranking titles and three Wembley Masters as well as reaching number four in the world rankings. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2005 and bravely continued to play but finally lost his battle with the disease a few days before his 28th birthday in 2006.

Tom Ford hit his first maximum break in professional competition in a Grand Prix group stage match against Steve Davis in Aberdeen.

In the qualifying rounds of the UK Championship at Prestatyn, Jamie Burnett compiled a break of 148 in the 14th frame of his 9-8 victory over Leo Fernandez. This was the highest ever break in professional snooker and began when Jamie was awarded a free ball after Leo had missed. Having taken a brown after his free ball, he then took a blue with the first actual red, then blacks with the next 12 reds and pinks with the last two leaving him on 121 with the colours remaining.

In the final of the Grand Prix at Preston Guild Hall, John Higgins gave one of the most outstanding snooker displays of all time against Ronnie O'Sullivan. From the seventh frame he compiled four consecutive centuries, the first time this has ever been achieved in one match, including back-to-back total clearances. Ronnie did not score a point in the first three frames of the evening session and John had a run of 494 unanswered points, another record for any professional match. For the record the final score was 9-2.

In his LG Cup, last 16, match against Drew Henry at Preston Guild Hall, Ronnie O'Sullivan made his fifth maximum break.