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SNOOKER AWARDS

The Snooker Writers Association vote annually for the Player of the Year, Achievement of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and a Special award for services to the game. Down the years there have been awards in various other categories from time to time. My list of the award winners is by no means complete but I am including such information as I have in response to several requests. If anyone can fill in some of the gaps please contact me.

Snooker Player of the Year

Since 2005 this award has been sponsored by Highland Spring.

Year	Winner
1983	Steve Davis
1984	Steve Davis
1985	Dennis Taylor
1986	Steve Davis & Joe Johnson
1987	Steve Davis
1988	Steve Davis
1989	Steve Davis
1990	Stephen Hendry
1991	Stephen Hendry
1992	Stephen Hendry
1993	Stephen Hendry
1994	Ronnie O’Sullivan
1995	Stephen Hendry
1996	Stephen Hendry
1997	Stephen Hendry
1998	John Higgins
1999	John Higgins
2000	Mark J. Williams
2001	Ronnie O’Sullivan
2002	Peter Ebdon
2003	Mark J. Williams
2004	Ronnie O’Sullivan
2005	Ronnie O’Sullivan
2006	John Higgins
2007	Neil Robertson

Paul Hunter Newcomer of the Year

This award was named in honour of Paul Hunter following his death in October 2006. It is sponsored by Wheels in Motion

Year	Winner
1989	Martin Clark
1990	Nigel Bond
1991
1992
1993
1994	Fergal O’Brien
1995	Tai Pichit
1996
1997
1998
1999	Marco Fu
2000
2001	Shaun Murphy
2002	Ryan Day
2003
2004	Stephen Maguire
2005	Ding Junhui
2006	Michael White
2007	Jamie Cope

Achievement of the Year

Since 2005 this award has been sponsored by Highland Spring.

Year	Winner	Reason
1987	Joe Johnson	For reaching second successive World Championship final
1988	Steve James	For his performance in the World Championships
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	Stephen Hendry	Seven century breaks in UK Championship final
1996	Nigel Bond	Winning British Open final after needing a snooker
1997	Ken Doherty	Winning Embassy World Championship
1998	Mark J. Williams	Recovering from 0-6 down to win Masters on re-spotted black
1999	Stephen Hendry	Winning seventh World Championship
2000	Joe Swail	Reaching World Championship semi finals
2001	Paul Hunter	Winning Masters from 3-7 behind
2002	Peter Ebdon	Winning Embassy World Championship
2003	Ken Doherty	World Championship semi final victory over Paul Hunter
2004	Jimmy White	Winning first ranking title for eleven years
2005	Shaun Murphy	Winning Embassy World Championship
2006	Graeme Dott	Winning 888.com World Championship
2007	Andrew Higginson	For his run to the Welsh Open final

Special Award

Year	Winner	Reason
1984	Mike Green
1985
1986
1987	Jackie Rea
1988	Fred Davis MBE
1989	Nick Hunter	BBC Producer
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	John Higgins	Winning three ranking events
1996	Ted Lowe	Long serving television commentator
1997	Mark Wildman	Services to billiards
1998	Jimmy White	Defeat of Stephen Hendry in World Championship
1999
2000	Steve Davis	20 years in top sixteen
2001	John Dee	Snooker journalist
2002
2003
2004	Peter Dyke	World Promotions
2005	John Spencer	Player, Administrator and Commentator
2006	Richard Balani	Promoter of snooker events in Malta
2007	Clive Everton	Journalist and commentator

Services to Snooker

Year	Winner	Reason
1983	Mike Watterson	Promoter and player
1984	Clive Everton	Journalist and Commentator