Mark Selby's wife Vikki Layton is a former Irish international pool player, who was born in ... Mark lived with family friend and snooker coach Alan Perkins who encouraged him to devote himself ...

A young Leesider has made history ... for Ireland means the world to me. I’ve worked so hard to get here, and to now have the chance to play alongside the world’s best snooker players on ...

He said: “I’ve not really got that much family ... to snooker. Two months later, he joined the main professional tour, having left school with no qualifications and the rest is history.