Gray Day For David
Global-snooker.com echoes the concerns of 110Sport boss, Lee Doyle for David Gray, after the former Scottish Open champion was found unconscious in the street during a holiday in Thailand.
Gray’s Management group, 110sport issued a statement after a Thai newspaper reported that the former Scottish Open champion had been found unconscious in a street in Pattaya wearing only his underpants:
The 30-year-old former Scottish Open champion from Chiswick, a regular practice partner of Jimmy White, was rescued by paramedics after being found collapsed and wearing only his underpants in a grove beside a busy road in the Thai holiday resort of Pattaya.
Doyle, head of 110sport Group, says he is willing to do whatever it takes to help Gray who has admitted he blacked out after drinking with friends and woke to find himself on a trolley in the Banglamung Hospital.
"Reports are still a bit sketchy as to what actually happened with David. But these are highly irregular circumstances for anyone to find themselves in - especially a professional sportsman visiting a foreign country," admitted Doyle to 110sport.tv.
"Naturally we are concerned about David. I think it only right to hear David's version of events and try to piece together the full picture before taking the next step.
"David is a hugely talented player and has to give himself every chance of getting back to where he once was in the game. And the first move to achieving that might be confronting any problems he might have."
A succession of poor results have seen Gray steadily slide down the rankings since that 2003 win in Scotland, and in fact he is on the ‘Tour’ this season thanks only to a Wild-card invite from World Snooker.
So far this season, Gray has lost in the first qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters to Bjorn Haneveer and in a final deciding frame against Peter Lines after beating Lee Spick five-nil in Grand Prix qualifying.
