A 2-year-old boy has been confirmed because the holder of two snooker world data after exhibiting a prodigious expertise for the game.
At simply 2 years, 261 days previous, Jude Owens from Manchester, England, grew to become the youngest particular person to make a snooker double pot, Guinness World Records (GWR) stated in a press release printed Tuesday.
A double pot is outlined as potting two balls into two totally different pockets with a single strike of the cue ball, GWR defined.
Jude then went on to develop into the youngest particular person to make a pool financial institution shot, by which the cue ball is hit off a number of rails earlier than potting a ball, on the age of two years, 302 days.
Jude’s dad, Luke Owens, advised GWR that his son’s expertise was apparent the second he hit his first ball on the age of two and a half.
“I think I realised once he put the cue through his fingers and it was dead natural the way he did it,” he stated.
Despite his diminutive stature, Jude has discovered artistic methods to play on full-size grownup snooker tables.
“At first it was really difficult. We used to have to use bar stools from anywhere that we went,” stated Owens.
“But we ended up sourcing a stool which we mainly used for cooking at first, but then we utilised it into him using it for snooker shots,” he added.
Asked by GWR who would win a match between him and his dad, who began enjoying when he was 10, Jude stated: “Me!”
“He doesn’t beat me at snooker at the moment,” Owens stated, “but I like to think he would in the next few years easily.”
According to GWR, Jude has already received the hold of superior methods equivalent to floating bridge shots and utilizing the remaining to make pots.
He is the youngest-known particular person to safe a snooker sponsorship, and likewise made a particular walk-out look on the 2025 UK Snooker Championship.
Jude has already met skilled snooker gamers Jimmy White, John Parrot and Kyren Wilson, all of whom admired his abilities, Owens stated.
Outside of snooker, Jude is a faithful fan of English Premier League membership Manchester United, and is reportedly “obsessed” with captain Bruno Fernandes. He also can sing each phrase to “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” by John Denver.
“Jude has achieved quite a lot in such a short space of time,” Owens stated.
“Will he be a world champion? I mean, it would be a great story with all the evidence we’ve got,” he added.