Legends of the Cue

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Michaela Tabb - Part 4 (Ronnie O’Sullivan, Walking Away and a Referee’s Legacy)

2026-10-2733:27

After making history at the Crucible, Michaela Tabb still had another World Snooker Championship final ahead of her—and one of the sport’s most unpredictable geniuses standing at the table. In the concluding episode of our four-part Legends of the Cue conversation, Michaela reflects on refereeing the 2012 World Championship final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter and explains why her earlier experiences managing Earl Strickland helped prepare her for the unique challenges of working wi...

Michaela Tabb - Part 3 (Making History at the Crucible)

2026-10-2732:18

Getting into professional snooker was one thing. Proving she belonged there was another. In Part 3 of our Legends of the Cue conversation, Michaela Tabb reveals how difficult her early years on the professional snooker tour really were. Hired without the traditional referee apprenticeship, she learned almost everything on the job while navigating resentment from some established officials and the pressure of being the only woman in the room. Michaela remembers the referees who supported her, ...

Michaela Tabb - Part 2 (Earl Strickland, Efren Reyes and the Road to Snooker)

2026-10-2034:44

Michaela Tabb never planned to become a professional referee. In fact, her extraordinary career began when husband Ross McInnes told a tournament organizer that Scotland already had a referee—and Michaela suddenly needed to become one. In Part 2 of Legends of the Cue, Michaela tells the remarkable story of creating a referee CV despite never having officiated American pool, studying two pages of nine-ball rules and arriving at Matchroom’s St Andrews Cup hoping she knew enough to survive. She ...

Michaela Tabb - Part 1 (From Scottish Pool Player to European Champion)

2026-10-2033:56

Before Michaela Tabb became one of the most recognizable referees in snooker and pool, she was a fiercely competitive player representing Scotland on the international stage. In Part 1 of our Legends of the Cue conversation with Michaela, she takes us back to the beginning—from being born in England and growing up in Dunfermline, Scotland, to childhood gymnastics, playing bassoon and cornet, an unlikely ambition to become an air traffic controller, and her brief experience at Glasgow Universi...

Tony Chohan - Part 4 (Derby City, Game Tight and the Legacy of a One Pocket Legend)

2026-10-1329:55

Tony Chohan’s second career may be even more remarkable than his first. In the final installment of Legends of the Cue’s four-part conversation with “T-Rex,” Tony reflects on the championship run that cemented his place among the great One Pocket players in history. He revisits his second U.S. Open One Pocket Championship in 2022, his victories at Buffalo’s and the International Open, and the title that had eluded him for years: the 2023 Derby City Classic One Pocket Championship. Tony descri...

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