Manchester snooker toddler secures Guinness World Records

A two-year-old snooker prodigy has secured multiple Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform two trick shots.

Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on 12 October 2025. Just weeks earlier, at two years and 261 days old, he completed a snooker double pot.

The achievements make Jude officially the youngest person ever to perform both trick shots – and one of the youngest double record holders in Guinness World Records history.

When asked about his favourite shot to play, Jude said: “A trick shot.”

“I think for me, Jude’s achieved quite a lot in such a short space of time,” his father Luke Owens said.

“But for him to achieve not just one, but two world records, it’s probably the pinnacle moment. How do you even beat that in life?”

He first noticed Jude’s natural ability at home, where snooker quickly became the toddler’s favourite hobby.

“I started playing when I was 10 and obviously Jude started playing when he was two. But I’d say Jude’s got a lot more natural ability than myself,” he said.

“I think I realised once he put the cue through his fingers and it was dead natural the way he did it.

“At first it was really difficult. We used to have to use bar stools from anywhere that we went.

“But we ended up sourcing a stool which we mainly used for cooking at first, but then we utilised it into him using it for snooker shots.”

When asked who would win in a snooker match between him and his father, Jude replied confidently: “Me.”

Beyond snooker, Jude is also a devoted Manchester United fan. His family says he is “obsessed” with Bruno Fernandes and can sing every word to Take Me Home, Country Roads.

Editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, said: “Record-breaking has always belonged to everyone – regardless of age.

“To see someone as young as Jude display such skill, enthusiasm and determination is incredibly special. We’re thrilled to welcome him into the Guinness World Records family.”