Mr Jones bites his bronze medal he won at the European Blackball Championships in Malta in November
A male who purchased a swimming pool table after winning ₤ 2.4 m on the National Lottery has actually now won a bronze medal for England in a competition in Malta.
Previous tiler Neil Jones, 59, from Stoke-on-Trent, won the cash with his partner prior to Christmas in 2010.
He retired and purchased a professional-grade swimming pool table so he might practice.
He dipped into the European Blackball Championships previously this month after being selected to captain the England B1 group in an over-50s Masters classification.
Speaking with the BBC ahead of the competition, he stated: “There was an open trial for anybody who wishes to trial for England, and I got in. That’s when it ended up being genuine.
“It’s frustrating and you simply believe, I want my daddy was here,” he included. He has actually now devoted the bronze medal to his late dad.
Mr Jones stated that before the lottery game win he had simply ₤ 13 in his pocket and did not have sufficient cash to make it through Christmas.
An event at a swimming pool hall with good friends led to Mr Jones determining up his dining space so he might purchase a good swimming pool table.
At the competition, his group played other second-level over-50s sides from France, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and Gibraltar, before losing to Wales in the semi-final. Scotland won the gold medal in the last.
Mr Jones stated: “It was the most remarkable journey and I can’t think that we won a medal. I am so happy.
“The [lottery] win enabled me to retire and practice, which I could not have actually done while I was still working.”
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The 59-year-old states he could not have actually managed a professional-grade swimming pool table before the win
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