Alfie Burden, a 33-year-old from Hatfield, has won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Championship.

The event, also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship was held in Hyderabad, India and the other finalist was Brazilian Igor Figueiredo. It’s regarded as the most important non-professional snooker tournament in the world. 96 players from 43 countries participated in this competition.

The victory also means Burden will be returning to the pro tour next year.

He dropped off the circuit last year and has been eager to return ever since. Burden is quite happy about this and says it was his goal all along.

Jimmy White, who won the IBSF World Championship in 1980, is the mentor of Burden and was of course thrilled to hear that he’d won. He found out just after he returned from the jungle where he’d been living during the television show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Burden’s next tournament will be the Oneforseven in Cardiff next week.