Steve Newbury

Career Amateur career He started playing snooker in Neath. As an amateur, he reached the final of the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1978, where he was defeated in the final by Alwyn Lloyd. On his way to the final he defeated Terry Griffiths, a fateful win that encouraged Griffiths to turn professional as he could no longer qualify for the World Amateur Championship, and within 12 months Griffiths was the world professional champion having won as a qualifier. Newbury won the 1979 National Pairs Championship (with Cliff Wilson), and the 1980 Welsh Amateur Championship. At the 1980 World Amateur Snooker Championship, he was eliminated by Jimmy White in the quarter-finals.

Professional career Newbury turned professional in 1984. In his first professional tournament he reached the last-16 of the 1984 International Open. He qualified for The Crucible again for the 1990 World Snooker Championship with a win over Nigel Bond, but lost a deciding frame against Mike Hallett in the first-round, 9-10.