Jamie Burnett the first man in history to achive a break higher than 147 with his 148 break in the 2004 UK Championship qualifiers.

 Jamie, from Hamilton, Scotland, made his mark in the 1997 German Open by reaching the quarter finals and equalled his best run the following year in the Grand Prix of 1998. In a 1997-98 season dominated by Stephen Hendry, Burnett claimed two victories over the world number one as well as recorded victories over Stephen Lee and Mark Williams.