Christopher Norbury (born 14 August 1986) is an English former professional

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player. He began his professional career by playing

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in 2003, at the time the second-level professional tour. Norbury first entered Main Tour for the 2005–06 season, after finishing the 2004/05 Challenge Tour Rankings on the rank 5. He played in the latter stages of the

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in both 2008 and 2009, losing in the first round to

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4–1 in 2008, and losing to

Dave Harold David Harold (born 9 December 1966) is an English former professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent. He was known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter" (conflating his home city's pottery industry and his profession of ...

4–2 in 2009. He runs Elite Snooker Club in

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, Lancashire along with fellow professional player,

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Personal life

Chris supports his local football, team Accrington Stanley. Chris is married.

Performance and rankings timeline

References

External links

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Profile on Global SnookerProfile on Pro Snooker Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Norbury, Chris Living people English snooker players 1986 births People from Accrington