Date of Birth

14 February 1988

Home Town

Neath, Wales

Club

Empire Club, Neath

High Match Break

142

High Practice Break

147 (over 125 centuries in practice and matches)

Country Ranking

Under 18 No. 2. Under 16 No 4.

Achievements

AMATEUR RECORD

1999-00 Welsh Under 15 Ranking Event No. 1 Semi Finalist
1999-00 Welsh Under 17 Ranking Event No. 2 Semi Finalist
2000 Welsh Under 15 International
2000 Welsh Under 19 Championship Quarter Finalist
2000 Pontins Star of the Future Quarter Finalist
2000-1 Welsh Under 15 Ranking Event 1 Winner
2000-1 Welsh Under 15 Ranking Event 2 Winner
2000-1 Welsh Under 15 Ranking Event 3 Winner
2000-1 Welsh Under 17 Ranking Event 2 Winner
2001 Welsh Under 13 Champion
2001 Welsh Under 15 Champion
2001 Welsh Under 19 Championship Quarter Finalist
2001 Pontins Father & Son Event Finalist
2001 Welsh Under 13, Under 15, Under 17 International Team
2001-2 Welsh Under 16 Event 1 Winner
2001-2 Welsh Under 14 Event 1 Winner
2001-2 Golden Waistcoat Event 2 Winner
2001-2 Welsh Under 14 Event 2 Winner
2001-2 Welsh Under 18 Event 1 Semi Finalist
2001-2 Welsh Under 18 Event 2 Semi Finalist
2001-2 Welsh Under 16 Ranking Event 3 Winner
2002 Welsh Under 19 Championship Quarter Finalist
2002 Golden Waistcoat Event 4 finalist
2001-2 Welsh Under 18 Ranking Event 3 Semi Finalist

2002 Welsh Under 21 Championship Final

2002 Welsh Under 14 Captain - Junior Nations Cup Winners

2002 IBSF World Under 21 championship Last 16

2002-3 Golden Waistcoat Event 4 Winner

2002 Compiled 100th century

2002 First 147 in a practice match (aged 14)

2003 Welsh Under 21 championship Runner up

2003 Pontins Juniors Runner up

2003 Welsh Junior Home Internationals Champions

2003-4 Welsh Under 19 No 1 Winner

2003-4 Welsh Under 19 No 2 Winner

2004 Welsh Under 21 Champion

2004 European Under 19 Champion

2004 Pontins Juniors Runner up

2004 European Championship Last 16

2004 IBSF World Under 21 Championship Quarter Final

2005 European Championship Quarter Final

2005 Welsh Championship Quarter Final

2005-6 WSA PIOS Event 1 Quarter Final

PROFESSIONAL RECORD

2004-5 WSA Challenge Tour

2004-5 Challenge Tour Event 4 Semi Final

Biography

Although still only just seventeen, Jamie already bears the burden of being singled out as a future star of the professional scene, following in the footsteps of recent Welsh Juniors to progress to the pro ranks.
He not only dominates his own age group, which in the 2000-2001 season was Under 13, he finished top of the Under 15 and Under 17 rankings. He repeated the achievement in 2001-2 winning every Under 14 event and two Under 16 events, before turning his attention to the Under 18 group where he finished second in the rankings. To top it off he reached the final of the Under 21 championship, earning himself a trip to Latvia as the youngest Welsh player to achieve such an honour, and he went on to reach the last 16.
In January 2002 he was selected by the Swansea Evening Post to appear before a packed crowd at the Brangwyn Hall Swansea, to play Ronnie O'Sullivan in an exhibition frame, as a prelude to the Daily Star Premier League. He thoroughly upstaged the 2001 World champion by clearing the table with a frame winning break of 69. When the tv coverage was shown in Australia, one fan was so enthusiastic he wrote to ask Jamie for his autograph.
In July 2002 Jamie helped the Welsh Under 14 team to victory in the 110sport Junior Nations Cup and the Under 14s heroics helped Wales to the overall title.

2003 brought success with the Welsh team, as they lifted the Home international Junior title, but for Jamie 2004 will be the year he remembers.

In April he played near flawless snooker to lift the European Under 19 title. Invited then to compete in the European Championship, he stormed through the group stage, eventually reaching the last 16 before losing a deciding frame shoot out to England's Eddie Cooper.

In July 2004 it was off to Ireland for the IBSF World Under 21 Championship. Here he reached the quarter finals, before failing 6-4 to event runner up Kobkit Palajin.

He had one season in 2004-5 on the WSA Challenge Tour before that was replaced by the PIOS Tour and he's made a good start with a quarter final in the first event.