Tony Chappel

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Name = Tony Chappel


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Born = 28 May 1960
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Nationality = Flagicon|Wales Wales
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Professional = 1984-2001
High ranking = 37
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High break = 143
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Tony Chappel (born 28 May 1960) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Pontarddulais in Swansea, who turned professional in 1984.

Career

Throughout his career Chappel produced some notable wins. Some of the players he managed to beat include: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, John Parrott, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Stephen Lee and Ken Doherty. However he could not consistently produce that kind of form and his best finish was one semi-final appearance in 1990, where he lost just 6-5, on the black, to Dennis Taylor. He also reached the quarter-finals and last 16 of a many tournaments throughout his career, his last run to this stage of an event being the last 16 of the 1997 Regal Welsh. [http://www.snooker.org/trn/9697/wo_res.shtml] The highest break of his career was a 143 which he compiled in the qualifying of the 1999 World Championships.He qualified for the Crucible once, in 1990 losing 10-4 to Tony Knowles in the last 32.After falling out the top 64 he struggled and eventually retired from professional play in 2001.He got into the record books for being one of a select group of players, and one of the first to achieve the remarkable feat of compiling three 147s in one day. Cite web
url = http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_Welsh/wales_rayn_day.htm
title = Ryan Day profile at globalsnookercentre.co.uk
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date = 2003
accessdate = 2008-02-07]

External links

* [http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_Welsh/wales_tony_chappel.htm Profile on globalsnookercentre.co.uk]

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