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Snooker legend Jimmy White
played his fans in a charity match at Maidstone's 147 Club. Among
his opponents was Kent Messenger reporter, and devoted Whirlwind
fan,Chris Hunter. Watch our exclusive
video, above.

"Whirlwind" Jimmy White turned up
at Maidstone’s 147 Club on Saturday fresh from a meeting with his
own personal hero - boxing legend Roberto Duran.

One of the greatest boxers of all
time, the durable "Hands of Stone" fought in five decades, so it’s
unlikely White would have tried taking-on the 58-year-old in a
sparring match.

Perhaps Kent Messenger
reporter Chris Hunter should've followed suit,
because the Whirlwind pulled no punches when Hunter
slipped up early on in the frame, missing a red to the middle
after a mini break of seven.

Jimmy's reply? A 104 break which
left Hunter wondering if all that time spent
perfecting a showbiz "walk-on" to Led Zeppelin would
have been better spent practicing snooker.

But if the walk-on was misplaced
arrogance of the highest order, it was just the thing to get the
Whirlwind (who had chosen to walk in to Sex On Fire by Kings of
Leon) up to speed.

Even KM news editor Rob
Bailey's dubious attempt to put the brakes
on White by foul means - by "accidentally"
tripping him up with the legs of a camera
tripod - couldn't halt the Crucible legend's march
to the century mark.

He seemed to take the trip well.
“That’s got to be a first,” he joked, with only a slight hint of
redness in his face, then cleared the table mercilessly.

Earlier frames in the exhibition,
in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital, had seen little of the flair
which took White to six World Championship finals and won almost 30
professional titles.

James Albert - a regular player at
the Mill Street club - ran the "People’s Champion" close, while
92-year-old Ron Osborn, from Croydon, also got the chance to
show-off his style and impressive Dennis Taylor style specs.

Club regulars Roy Jones and Mike
McGregor played well, but by the end White had hit form to see-off
a challenge from top club player Jamie Shelford.

Shelford missed a black for the
frame and left White an easy chance. He finished with a piece of
vintage "White magic", sending the cue-ball off six cushions to pot
the winning ball.

It
was The Whirlwind's 14th exhibition at the club,
owned by lifelong friend John Smith - a "top lad" and "one of the
people in the game I adore" says Jimmy, who had earlier
entered the building, fake cigarette in hand, to cheers and
chants.

"You do lose the odd match," Jimmy
warned beforehand, but Saturday was not to be one of those
nights.

His fans can be reassured; the Whirlwind is off the ciggies and
- like his hero Duran - hasn’t run out of puff just yet.

See Jimmy's 104 - and Hunter's
seven - above.