Name – Tony Southern

Nickname – Tigger147

Born – Liverpool 1969

Favourite Club – Rileys, Wigan

Playing cue(s) – Predator with Z2 shaft

Favourite World Pro Pool Players - Earl Strickland

When and why you started playing pool – More competitive and more tournaments than snooker

How often do you practice – American Pool 2 times per week, at Rileys, Wavertree.

The biggest thing you have learned in pool – Don’t play like a snooker player

Your pool career ambition – To be no 1 in BWPPA (in 3 years), next goal is to beat one of the top 2 ranked players.

Your biggest pool achievement – Reaching final of the UK 9-ball Championships in first full season, reaching no 5 in the rankings after first full season.

Best tournament you've played in – 2007 World Wheelchair 9-ball championships in Florida, finished 12th.

Your best pool moment – Reaching a final in first full season

Hobbies – Family, Cinema, Computers

Superstitions - None