A Manx snooker player who has being playing the sport for 62 years has met three of his snooker heroes.
Roy Gelling met famous snooker stars Ronnie O’Sullivan, Dennis Taylor and Jimmy White at the sold out Snooker Legends event at the Villa Marina.
Mr Gelling was Quinn Legal’s guest of honour for the evening and advocate Ashley Kneale, from the Douglas company who sponsored the event, said: ‘As soon as we learnt of Roy’s commitment to snooker on the island we wanted to recognise his achievement.
‘Roy is a huge fan of Ronnie so we just had to arrange for him to meet the stars.
‘His passion for the game was evident as soon we met the legends. It felt like he was amongst friends and not his heroes.’
The Manx player celebrated 62 years of continuous play in the Manx snooker leagues earlier this year and during this time has never missed a single match.
He said about meeting his heroes: ‘It was an absolute honour to meet three of the best snooker players of all time, it’s definitely one of the highlights of my snooker career.’
The legends evening saw five time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, known as ‘The Rocket’, take on Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White, along with analysis from Dennis Taylor.