Hatfield snooker player Alfie Burden

Hatfield snooker player Alfie Burden reached the last four of the Sangsom Suphan Buri Cup in Thailand.

HATFIELD’S world amateur snooker champion Alfie Burden struck his third competitive maximum 147 break within a year to reach the semi-finals of the SangSom Suphan Buri Cup in Thailand.

The father of two became only the second player to achieve the fabulous feat in the eight-year history of the Thailand Ranking circuit.

That break helped the 33-year-old to defeat Noppadon Noppachorn 4-2 to make the final four of the event earlier this month.

Unfortunately the Herts-based player was knocked out 4-2 in the semi by former Asian champion Issara Kachaiwong.

Kachaiwong went on to the final where he was beaten 5-1 by Supoj Saenla.

Burden, who became the International Billiards & Snooker Federation world champion in November, was using the South East Asian event as a warm-up ahead of his return to the main professional tour later this year.

For further coverage see this week’s Welwyn Hatfield Times.