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Liam Samuel Sanders Born 25th of August 1993 is a Welsh Amateur Snooker player Sanders was born at Nevil Hall Hospital in abergaveny in Monmoutshire he took up Snooker aged 12 following in his great grandfathers and grandfathers footsteps who both we're prominent Welsh players themselves having won the Welsh Amateur Titles and his great grandfather who turned professional in 1935 Sanders started playing at the Redz Snooker club in Cwmbran but then moved to the Red Triangle club in Crosskeys where he was coached by it's owner and player Darren Morgan here Sanders won various junior tournaments and was considered one of the top players in the club though now he has moved on and plays at the Wexa club in Crumlin as it's closer to his hometown of Abertillery in Gwent in 2009 he lost very narrowly to now Main Tour professional Duane Jones three frames to two in the Welsh under 19s Final and then in 2010 2011 and 2012 and good runs in the under 21s under 25s and under 20s events with his best run coming in the under 21s where he lost in the Semi Final to Cardiff based Kishan Hirani in 2011 Sanders competed in the European under 18s Championship at the Southwest Snooker Academy in Gloucester a five day tournament consisting of some of the best junior players from across Europe he came second in his group of six finishing only behind Main Tour professional from Scotland Ross Muir by three points though this was enough to go through to the knockout stages where he defeated Englishman Harry Farril Germany's Ajai Horang and England's Joshua Cooper before losing to Shane Castle 4-2 though Sanders made breaks of 87 and 63 with the two frames he won he now enjoys time away from the table with family and friends