Ronnie O'Sullivan's cue maker has EIGHT-YEAR waiting list, charges £3,000 per cue with each taking a year to create
And snooker fans often have to wait for around a year, before forking out around £3000-per-cue from the South London-based workshop.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan's master cue maker John Parris has an EIGHT-YEAR waiting list
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The Rocket has been using the South London-based workshop for several years
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Parris has opened about his relationship with Ronnie during the World Snooker Championship
The world renowned craftsman, who is snooker's answer to Harry Potter wand-maker Garrick Ollivander, is Londoner John Parris.
And O'Sullivan isn't the only famous
snooker
star on Parris' 40-year client list.
Six-time world champion Steve Davis, Alex Higgins and the legendary
But O'Sullivan was forced to put in an SOS call to Parris before the start of the 2025 World Championships last month.
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The Rocket, 49, was struggling to find a replacement after
And to make matters worse O'Sullivan has been
But master cue craftsman Parris has opened up about his relationship with O'Sullivan this week.
Parris, 73, told the
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"It could be a different one every day. He's not happy with it but he's managing. We'll get there - we'll get the perfect one in the end."
Parris first designed a cue for
Ronnie O'Sullivan's match descends into chaos as table BREAKS during World Snooker Championship semi-final
And he and his 14 staff members are now halfway through the nine-month process of crafting what they hope will be O'Sullivan's next long-term cue.
Parris said: "He doesn't change cues very often but he is always saying 'well make me another one just to see if it could be that little bit better'.
"So we normally have one or two on the go somewhere in the background. As I'm going through shafts I'll think 'Ronnie might like this one' and I'll put it to one side for him."
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He added: "It was a bit heart breaking when Ronnie broke that last one.
"It was just a tantrum, a rush of blood. It happens I guess. It takes a lot for Ronnie to do that.
"He has got a lot of pressure on him. Everybody wants a piece of him.
"Sometimes if it's a clean break you can put it back together again.
"But this was a real job! It was never going to work. So you just have to say 'oh well, here we go again'."
Parris travels to timber yards across the country and searches through stockpiles of wood looking for high-quality pieces of ash and maple.
O'Sullivan faces Zhao Xintong in World Championship semi-final on Friday.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 - with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
1969 - John Spencer
1970 -
1971 - John Spencer
1972 - Alex Higgins
1973 - Ray Reardon (2)
1974 - Ray Reardon (3)
1975 - Ray Reardon (4)
1976 - Ray Reardon (5)
1977 - John Spencer (2)
1978 - Ray Reardon (6)
1979 - Terry Griffiths
1980 - Cliff Thorburn
1981 -
1982 - Alex Higgins (2)
1983 - Steve Davis (2)
1984 - Steve Davis (3)
1985 -
1986 - Joe Johnson
1987 - Steve Davis (4)
1988 - Steve Davis (5)
1989 - Steve Davis (6)
1990 -
1991 - John Parrott
1992 - Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 - Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 - Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 - Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 - Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 -
1998 -
1999 - Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 -
2001 -
2002 -
2003 - Mark Williams (2)
2004 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
2005 - Shaun Murphy
2006 - Graeme Dott
2007 - John Higgins (2)
2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
2009 - John Higgins (3)
2010 - Neil Robertson
2011 - John Higgins (4)
2012 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
2013 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
2014 -
2015 -
2016 - Mark Selby (2)
2017 - Mark Selby (3)
2018 - Mark Williams (3)
2019 -
2020 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)
2021 - Mark Selby (4)
2022 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
2023 -
2024 -
Most World Titles
(modern era)
7 - Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan
6 - Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 - John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 - John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 - Alex Higgins
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