Snooker star Mark Williams eats Chinese takeaway ON TABLE at UK Championship leaving TV presenter stunned

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MARK WILLIAMS near a Eurosport presenter stunned by tucking into a Chinese takeaway connected a snooker table.

The prima enjoyed his repast during the archetypal interruption of his clash against Stuart Bingham astatine the UK Championship.

Mark Williams tucked into a Chinese takeaway during the interruption against Stuart Bingham

The snooker prima ate a dumping disconnected the table

Williams, 49, was starring 3-1 aft an awesome commencement to the match,

During the break, the Eurosport sum panned to the snooker ace portion discussing his performance.

He could beryllium seen putting a takeaway container onto a array and helping himself to a dumpling.

Presenter Radzi Chinyanganya was stunned arsenic helium joked: "Breaking news, Mark Williams is presently having a Chinese dumpling from a section takeaway specified arsenic his nerves conscionable to settee him down."

However, the nutrient did not assistance him proceed to predominate connected the felt.

Bingham, 48, produced a sensational comeback to triumph the lucifer 6-5 to scope the 2nd circular successful York.

Fans did bask seeing Williams person his cheeky mid-match snack arsenic they reacted connected societal media.

One posted: "Love Chinese food."

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A 2nd commented: "Only Mark Williams could person a mid-session takeaway erstwhile comfortably starring against Stuart Bingham… …only to spell and suffer 6-5."

A 3rd joked: "That mightiness beryllium the 2nd champion Chinese of the nighttime aft Zhang Anda’s 147."

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The rules of snooker

THE purpose of snooker is to wide the array of each balls - and achieving it successful an unthinkable 147 interruption is the eventual goal.

The rectangular array features greenish baize, a baulk enactment and semi-circle, known arsenic the D.

It has six pockets, 4 successful each country and 2 midway down some agelong sides.

There are 15 reddish balls which are arranged successful a triangular shape.

There are besides six colour balls, and the achromatic cue ball.

Each colour sits connected its ain designated spot astatine the commencement of the game.

While reddish balls are worthy 1 constituent erstwhile potted, the colours each person a antithetic value.

In ascending bid these are:

Yellow - 2 points
Green - 3 points
Brown - 4 points
Blue - 5 points
Pink - six points
Black - 7 points

The archetypal subordinate volition cue disconnected and indispensable deed astatine slightest 1 of the reddish balls successful the triangle.

If they cookware a red, they tin past proceed by potting a colour.

However, if nary reddish is potted past their hostile volition play the adjacent changeable - going for a reddish first.

Each subordinate indispensable archetypal cookware a reddish shot erstwhile it's their crook to play. If thing is pocketed it is the different player's crook astatine the table.

After each reddish is potted they indispensable past travel with a colour, past a red, past a colour, and truthful on.

Whilst determination are inactive reddish balls connected the table, the potted colour balls are returned to their designated spot.

Once each the reddish balls are pocketed, the subordinate astatine the array indispensable cookware the colours successful the bid arsenic outlined above.

If they miss past their hostile volition person the accidental to wide the table.

A 147 is simply a maximum interruption erstwhile each reds are potted by 1 subordinate successful 1 stint astatine the table.

In bid to execute 147, the subordinate indispensable cookware each 15 reds with 15 blacks for 120 points.

They indispensable past wide each the colours, concluding with the achromatic for 27 points.

During play the rules authorities that the cue indispensable lone interaction the achromatic cue ball.

The cue shot besides indispensable deed the close colour shot - reds oregon colours successful order.

If it hits the incorrect colour past a foul is called.

If the cue shot fails to deed immoderate shot oregon is pocketed it is besides a foul.

The player's crook astatine the array ends if they play a foul shot.

Players are besides penalised if they interaction immoderate shot connected the array with their person.

After the defeat, Williams laid blasted connected the "tough conditions" astatine the tournament.

He said: "I thought helium played truly good to travel back, however helium made breaks successful them conditions, I don’t know.

"‘I couldn’t person made immoderate breaks retired determination if I was determination each nighttime and that’s wherefore I lost.

"They were truly pugnacious conditions and helium played amended than maine towards the end.

"It’s a spot disappointing due to the fact that I’ve been practicing each play up present playing rather good. The signifier facilities are perfectly superb but it’s truthful pugnacious retired there.

"You could enactment maine retired determination tonight, I could person 10 line-ups connected my ain and I would ne'er wide them up, ever.

"It’s tough, but it’s aforesaid for the some of us, you’ve conscionable got to adapt."

Meanwhile, 1 subordinate who did not conflict with the conditions was China's Zhang Anda arsenic helium deed a "perfect" 147.

He volition beryllium eligible for a £147,000 bonus if helium hits different 1 astatine either the Masters of the World Snooker Championship this season.

Ronnie O'Sullivan fired a dig astatine the circuit bosses for the raised bar.

List of all-time Snooker World Champions

BELOW is simply a database of snooker World Champions by year.

The grounds is for the modern era, wide considered arsenic dating from the 1968-69 season, erstwhile the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took power of the sport.

The archetypal World Championships ran from 1927 - with a interruption from 1941-45 due to the fact that of World War II and 1958-63 due to the fact that of a quality successful the sport.

Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the astir palmy players during that period.

Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan stock the grounds for the most titles successful the modern era, with 7 each.

1969 - John Spencer
1970 - Ray Reardon
1971 - John Spencer
1972 - Alex Higgins
1973 - Ray Reardon (2)
1974 - Ray Reardon (3)
1975 - Ray Reardon (4)
1976 - Ray Reardon (5)
1977 - John Spencer (2)
1978 - Ray Reardon (6)
1979 - Terry Griffiths
1980 - Cliff Thorburn
1981 - Steve Davis
1982 - Alex Higgins (2)
1983 - Steve Davis (2)
1984 - Steve Davis (3)
1985 - Dennis Taylor
1986 - Joe Johnson
1987 - Steve Davis (4)
1988 - Steve Davis (5)
1989 - Steve Davis (6)
1990 - Stephen Hendry
1991 - John Parrott
1992 - Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 - Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 - Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 - Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 - Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 - Ken Doherty
1998 - John Higgins
1999 - Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 - Mark Williams
2001 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002 - Peter Ebdon
2003 - Mark Williams (2)
2004 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
2005 - Shaun Murphy
2006 - Graeme Dott
2007 - John Higgins (2)
2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
2009 - John Higgins (3)
2010 - Neil Robertson
2011 - John Higgins (4)
2012 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
2013 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
2014 - Mark Selby
2015 - Stuart Bingham
2016 - Mark Selby (2)
2017 - Mark Selby (3)
2018 - Mark Williams (3)
2019 - Judd Trump
2020 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)
2021 - Mark Selby (4)
2022 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
2023 - Luca Brecel
2024 - Kyren Wilson

Most World Titles (modern era)

7 - Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan
6 - Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 - John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 - John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 - Alex Higgins

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