Snooker referee Tatiana Woollaston has been on duty at the UK Championship, but wasn’t allowed to officiate one player.
The 38-year-old is one of the top referees in the game and is a regular on the World Snooker Tour.
She officiated at the World Championship at the Crucible in 2020 for the first time and took charge of the 2023 British Open final.
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She also had the honour of refereeing last year’s UK final between Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins.
Woollaston has been on duty at the 2025 UK Championship – the first Triple Crown event of the season – which began on Saturday.
Her husband Ben Woollaston was also in the field at the York Barbican, who booked his place in the 32-player field by coming through qualifying.
In an interview with The Mirror in 2024, she revealed that she is not allowed to referee Ben’s matches for obvious reasons. She said: “He’s on the circuit as a player, I’m on the circuit as a referee. We’ve never really mix that.
“I’m obviously not allowed to referee his games and I wouldn’t want to, to be fair.”
