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| Steve wins Trickshot Championships on Sky Sports |
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| Steve on stage in Australia |
Steve Daking has long been established as the UKs top exhibition player.
Steve first joined the ranks of professional pool players in 1993, three years later he set out on the road and became a full time professional. Since that time, Steve has taken his trickshot show to a variety of venues all over Europe, including two appearances at the British Houses of Parliament. He has also made several television appearances including Guinness World Records and Pub Ammo (Channel 5) in which he demonstrated 'the most difficult shot in pool'.
Steve also performed as a consultant for many television programmes and adverts, training actors and providing his services as a kind of 'stuntman with a cue'. Credits include commercials for "McDonalds","Gordon's Gin", "FCUK" and top BBC soap "Eastenders".
In 2003 Steve won the Professional 8 Ball Trickshot Championships televised on Sky TV, a title which he still holds today. In 2006 Steve took a one man show entitled “The Pool Guy” to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Following a successful run, the show was transferred to Sydney's Big Laugh Comedy Festival in 2007.
In 2008, Steve was appointed head of coaching at the
‘8 Ball Academy’, writing and delivering the first official coaching courses in the sport. 2009 was spent on corporate work, and the development of ’8BallCoach.com' .
More recently, Steve has been appointed Head of Coaching of the World Eightball Pool Federation, English Pool Association and Universities Pool Council , and has been tasked with putting in place a network of qualified coaches.
Off the table, Steve served as secretary of the International Professional Pool Players Association for 12 years, and is currently on the committee of the Thames Variety Branch of Equity.
