Gilchrist's 1346 surpass Geet's World Record Billiards Break of 1276

Peter Gilchrist :: Singapore

History was created at the Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club when Peter Gilchrist, from Singapore scored a World record break of 1346  in the New Zealand Open Billiards Championship against Ross Elixy of New Zealand, refereed by Brain Harvey of England.

The previous world record was 1276 by India's Geet Sethi, which he made categorically in a World Professional Championship 1992 and holded the record for 15 years. Gilchrist also created another world record with only four visits to the table for an average per visit of 426, against the previous best of 243, again by Geet Sethi.

In spite of getting out of position a few times Gilchrist showed true world class in regaining his form.  He seemed to have the balls on a string and could place them wherever he wanted.

The very large crowd was spellbound by the mastery shown by Gilchrist, who is the two times world professional champion.

Gilchrist was elated with the break, saying that his previous highest break was 917. He said that he was a bit worried getting close to the one thousand but relaxed after he had passed the mark. In a day before to this, Gilchrist also managed a break of 887.

Praising the new record, Geet Sethi said "It is fantastic to know about Peter's 1346 with an average of 426 per visit. Though every break is with remarkable efforts, its a special as no one has managed to touch the 1000 mark in last 15 years".

New Zealand & Bangalore :: 5th October 2007