Marathon man right on cue

Press, 30 August 1977, Page 36

Marathon man right on cue

PA Palmerston North “I could have gone on for another 24 hours but my mother hung up my cue,” Terry Sullivan said yesterday after completing 115 hours of continuous snooker. , At 6 p.m. on Sunday Sullivan, a 27-year-old Palmerston North barman, equalled the 100 hour world record for continuous snooker playing. And overnight he extended that record by a further 15 hours, until he finished playing at 9 a.m. yesterday. But even after having missed five nights of sleep, Sullivan said he was still feeling good, although he had “heaviness hi my eyes.” After a “few drinks” at a local hotel Sullivan did not intend

sleeping for much of the day. He had a night of housie planned last night, though “I’ll probably be in bed all day tomorrow.” As well as regaining his world record (he first won it in Morrinsville in 1969, with 75 hours), Sullivan has earned between $2OOO and $2lOO for the St John Ambulance Associtlon. Sullivan played 504 games, and only lost 24. He amassed a total of 19,509 points for, and conceded only 9736 to his opponents. Sullivan’s highest break was 77, and he had 52 breaks over 30. His biggest win was 128 to 22, although one person was beaten 86-0. During the marathon, Sullivan also created possibly another record unconsciously, by smoking 26 packets of cigarettes.