Liam Pullen (born 11 July 2005)[1] is an English snooker player from Yorkshire. In April 2023 he became the England under-18 snooker champion. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.
Career
From York, Pullen made his debut at Q School in 2021 as a fifteen year-old and his performances included a win over former professional James Cahill.[2] In July 2022 he made his first maximum break, while practising in Leeds.[3]
Pullen reached the final the WSF Junior Snooker Championship held in Sydney, Australia in February 2023, with a highest break of 143.[4] In the final he lost to his compatriot Stan Moody.[5][6] In March 2023, he reached the final of 2023 EBSA European Snooker Championships in Malta where he was defeated by Hungarian Bulcsú Révész.[7]
In April 2023 Pullen won the English under-18 title defeating Oliver Sykes 4-2 in the final.[8] In April 2023 Pullen also won through to face Leeds’ Daniel Womersley in the final of the Yorkshire Snooker Championship, held at the Northern Snooker Centre.[9] That month he also retained his Yorkshire under-19 title he first won in 2022.[10]