awards

Snooker Awards

Snooker Writers Association 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. Originally there was a separate Services to Snooker award but now the Special Award covers that category. 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.

In 2011 World Snooker initiated its own awards and details of these can be found here.

Snooker Player of the Year

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
2008	Ronnie O'Sullivan

Paul Hunter Newcomer of the Year

This award was renamed in honour of Paul Hunter who died in October 2006.

Year	Winner
1989	Martin Clark
1990	Nigel Bond
1991	n/a
1992	n/a
1993	n/a
1994	Fergal O'Brien
1995	Tai Pichit
1996	n/a
1997	n/a
1998	n/a
1999	Marco Fu
2000	n/a
2001	Shaun Murphy
2002	Ryan Day
2003	n/a
2004	Stephen Maguire
2005	Ding Junhui
2006	Michael White
2007	Jamie Cope
2008	Liang Wenbo

Year	Winner	Reason
1987	Joe Johnson	Reaching second successive World Championship final.
1988	Steve James	For his Performance in the World Championship
1989	n/a
1990	n/a
1991	n/a
1992	n/a
1993	n/a
1994	n/a
1995	Stephen Hendry	Seven century breaks in World 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 to win Masters final on re-spotted black
1999	Stephen Hendry	Winning seventh World Championship
2000	Joe Swail	Run to World Championship semi finals
2001	Paul Hunter	Winning Masters from 3-7 behind
2002	Peter Ebdon	Winning Embassy World Championship
2003	Ken Doherty	Winning World Championship semi final over Paul Hunter
2004	Jimmy White	First ranking title for eleven years
2005	Shaun Murphy	Winning Embassy World Championship
2006	Graeme Dott	Winning 888.com World Championship
2007	Andrew Higginson	Run to Welsh Open final.
2008	Mark Selby	Winning Masters at his first attempt

Special Award

Year	Winner	Reason
1984	Mike Green	n/a
1985	n/a	n/a
1986	n/a	n/a
1987	Jackie Rae	40 years professional career
1988	Fred Davis OBE	Still playing professional snooker at 75
1989	Nick Hunter	Producer of snooker coverage for the BBC
1990	n/a	n/a
1991	n/a	n/a
1992	n/a	n/a
1993	n/a	n/a
1994	n/a	n/a
1995	John Higgins	Winning three ranking titles in season
1996	Ted Lowe	Long serveing BBC commentator
1997	Mark Wildman	Services to billiards
1998	Jimmy White	Defeat of Stephen Hendry in World Championship
1999	n/a	n/a
2000	Steve Davis	20 years in top sixteen
2001	John Dee	Snooker journalist
2002	n/a	n/a
2003	n/a	n/a
2004	Peter Dyke	World Promotions
2005	John Spencer	Player, administrator and commentator
2006	Richard Balani	Promoting snooker events in Malta
2007	Clive Everton	Journalist and commentator
2008	Barry Hearn	30 years service to snooker as manager and promoter.

Services to Snooker

Year	Winner	Reason
1983	Mike Watterson	Promoter and player
1984	Clive Everton	Journalist and commentator
1985	Del Simmonds	Administrator
1986	Rex Williams	Player and administrator
1987	Barry Hearn	Manager and promoter
1988	Howard Kruger	Manager
1989	n/a	n/a
1990	John Spencer	Player and administrator
1991	n/a	n/a
1992	n/a	n/a
1993	n/a	n/a
1994	Ray Reardon MBE	Player
1995	n/a	n/a
1996	Rick Waumsley	BBC snooker coverage
1997	n/a	n/a
1998	Jinathan Martin	BBC Sport controller
1999	JUim Elkins	Tournament Director - Benson & Hedges Masters
2000	David Vine & Len Ganley	BBC snooker presenter; referee
2001	n/a	n/a
2002	John Williams	Referee

World Snooker Player of the Year Awards

In 2011 World Snooker initiated its own Player of the Year Awards. As well as their own choice there were awards for the player chosen by Snooker Journalists, the Fans, the Players, and other awards for the Performace of the Year, Rookie of the years and Magic Moment.

Year	WS Player	Journalists	Fans	Players	Performance	Rookie	Magic Moment
2011	John Higgins	John Higgins	Judd Trump	Mark J. Williams	Judd Trump	Jack Lisowski	Rory McLeod