Darren Morgan

Born 3 May 1966,  Newport, Wales

Nationality: Welsh

Professional: 1988–2006
Highest ranking: 8
Best ranking event performance: finalist twice

Highest break: 145

Darren Morgan officially never won a ranking event, but that’s a bit of a travesty because he won the 1996 Irish Masters beating Steve Davis by 9-8 in the final, and made it to the final again the next year, this time losing by 9-8 to Stephen Hendry. The Irish Masters, at the time wasn’t ranking, but it was a very prestigious event played in the iconic venue of Goffs. Earlier in his career he had reached a ranking final twice: at the 1992 Welsh Open and at the 1993 Asian Open.

After retiring from professional snooker, Darren continued – still continues – to play at a very high level as an amateur, both at national and international level. Since 2007, he has accumulated no less than 18 amateur titles. He is the reigning Welsh Amateur Champion.

Find Darren Morgan’s Wikipedia profile here