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Andy Yates is a professional snooker referee. Born 31 July 1974, married to Dawn, they have two children, Jason 13, and Katy 10. He qualified as a referee in May 2003 and refereed his first professional tournament in November 2006. (Saga Insurance Masters qualifiers) at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. In his relatively short career to date, he has already been lucky enough to referee two 147 breaks. His biggest tournament to date was the Grand Prix TV stages in Aberdeen in October 2007. It was here that he refereed his first maximum 147 break. Tom Ford was the player who scored the maximum against six time world champion Steve Davis OBE. He also refereed Liang Wenbo's 147 against Martin Gould in the Bahrain Masters qualifiers in October 2008. He was recently at the qualifiers for the 2008 UK championships (again in Sheffield) and has refereed a total of 67 professional matches to date.