Jonathan Barron

Jonathan Barron (born 2 March 1937) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship and was the first player to win the English Amateur Championship in three consecutive years.

Career Barron was born on 2 March 1937. He started playing snooker when he was about 10, on a three-quarter size table above his father's shop in the village of Mevagissey.

He first reached the final of the English Amateur Championship in 1962, where he was defeated 9–11 by Ron Gross. He was the first English Amateur champion since 1961 not to turn professional. Barron travelled with Ray Reardon to South Africa in 1967. Reardon played Jimmy van Rensberg in the South African Challenge. Reardon beat van Rensberg winning by two matches to one.

Barron represented England at the 1970 World Amateur Snooker Championship, winning five of his six group matches to reach the final, where he defeated Hood 11–7 to win the title. Attempting to defend his title at the 1972 World Amateur Snooker Championship, he won all three of his group matches, but then lost 6–8 to Edmonds in the semi-finals. He ran a curio shop in Mevagissey.

1963 Television Tournament

1969 English Amateur Championship

1971 English Amateur Championship

1972 English Amateur Championship