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| A Legend of Pool has been taken... Rest In Peace - Doug Gordon |
Posted on Sunday, May 22 2022 @ 22:08:12 UTC By admin |
DOUG GORDON
Grove Road
Drayton
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 1PT
Saturday 21 May 2022
Doug Gordon - 17 December 1944 - 21 May 2022
A Legend of Pool has been taken... Rest In Peace - Doug Gordon
It's with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Doug Gordon.
Many of you will have known Doug Gordon, particularly the older players, but even if you're one of the up-and-coming new to the scene younger generation, it's no understatement to say that our game wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for Doug Gordon.
Born in Scotland, he was gifted with something special - a fearless ability to speak to anyone, to try anything, to think big, and demand more, and even a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease wouldn't slow him down.
It was Doug, in collaboration with Barry Hearn (now OBE), that got the big American pool ball rolling over here, quite literally, all those years ago. He was a true pioneer and student of the game and its history. He loved the sport of pool through and through, and it was Doug who started the original UK Pro 9 Ball Tour - the tour that eventually gave this website it's name.
It was the Pro9 Tour that led me to start playing pool when one day a friend from Portsmouth invited me to a Bowl-plex where they had some "new" tables. We walked in and the tables were huge like nothing we had ever seen before. We were going to give it a try apparently, but there was a crowd of people around the main table, and two very smart players in waistcoats battling it out.
One guy was playing the most outstanding shots I'd ever seen (I'd never even dreamed of a masse shot until then, and the other guy was just unbelievable). He never seemed to miss. We watched the entire game until it was finished, awe-struck and amazed by such a stunning display of quality pool.
It was a UK Pro 9 Ball Tour final, and the two players were Tommy Donlon and Ray Allard. It really was a terrific match. Donlon was playing some of the best pool of his life, and it was Allard's home club, and he was at the height of his trick-shot prowess. We were so impressed that we bought American pool cues within the week.
Ray introduced us to Doug in such revered tones, it would have been hard not be impressed, and we all played follow the leader - Doug taking us all to Spain for the 1999 World Pool Championship won by Nick Varner, and then to Cardiff for the first Matchroom Sport World 9-Ball Championship won by Efren Reyes.
We followed Doug across the UK as his Pro9 Tour visited everywhere from the delights of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Stirling, and Glasgow in Scotland, and the length and breadth of England from London, Manchester, Worthing, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Solihull, Croydon, to Brighton, even at Leyton Orient football ground.
He didn't limit himself to the UK either - it's no exaggeration to say he knew every pool player and every snooker player in the world and there followed a long period when he organised massive tournaments internationally - World Championships in the United Arab Emirates, tournaments in Taiwan, the Philippines, and he even had close connections with royalty in Brunei.
A lot of people don’t know Doug was responsible for the creation of the World 8-ball Championship with his connections to the Sheikh in Fujairah.
He was a journalist for a while with a European cuesports magazine, and even owned Pot Black magazine before it was taken over by Clive Everton.
In the 70's he transformed a former computer center/office building in a tough working class area of Portsmouth into a thriving and very profitable snooker club.
So many players have expressed a debt of gratitude, like Imran Majid who said, "He was a good guy to me and did a lot for my career. He will be missed for a long time."
Frankly, if it happened in cuesports, Doug was there - rumour has it he used to manage pop bands in the 60's and that he was even in the studio when they recorded the "Snooker Loopy" song!
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"Doug was a unique character in pool, a mover and shaker who didn't often get his due. the word "legend" gets tossed around very easily but Doug was surely a pool world legend. A good man, big heart. I'm very sorry to hear this news. Again, thank you for sending me, and of course that pic is gold. That was in his hometown of Portsmouth. I stayed with Doug and his wife for a few days after the WCOP. I have fond memories of that time." - Ted Lerner
"Doug struggled with Parkinson’s for so many years that we thought that he was indestructible.
Over the years we became good friends and had some great times travelling the world to places like the UAE, Taiwan, the Philippines etc organising the WPC qualifiers.
Many people in Spain will also be saddened to hear of his passing, we all have happy memories of Doug over here and some anecdotes will live with us for ever.
In some ways Spain’s top player David Alcaide owes a debt of gratitude to Doug for his support in the early days when pool politics in Spain were difficult.
Doug was always a fighter and was loved by so many people for what he did for American Pool in the UK. Indeed it is possible that but for him it might never have existed.
Doug, rest in peace but keep practicing, hopefully we will catch up again one day to play some one handed pool in a better place." - Peter Aprile
The last photograph - Two Legends of Cuesports - Doug with Jimmy last night.
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Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
W H Auden
Douglas Gordon 17/12/1944 - 21/5/2022
There will not be a public funeral to attend, this is according to Doug's wishes, but there WILL be a wake/celebration of his life - of which the date and details will be announced HERE in the due course of time.
*** UPDATE ***
A celebration of the life of Douglas Gordon will take place on the 30th July at the Carlton Club, Drayton.
Saturday 30 July 2022
The Carlton Club
16-18 Portsdown Avenue
Drayton
Portsmouth
PO6 1EJ
We will be gathering to share some of our favourite memories, our stories, to laugh,
to cry and remember a wonderful person who will be greatly missed.
4pm - 10pm (Speeches start at 7pm)
Hotel suggestions...
Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth - North, an IHG Hotel 3-star hotel
Eastern Rd, Farlington, Portsmouth PO6 1UN Tel:0371 902 1580
Premier Inn Portsmouth Havant hotel - 3-star hotel
65 Bedhampton Hill, Havant PO9 3JN Tel:0333 321 3997
Travelodge Portsmouth Hilsea - Travelodge
Copnor Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth PO3 5HS Tel:0871 559 1841
Precise schedule will appear nearer the date.
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