Doesn’t time fly? When the Coral UK Championship returns to York on Tuesday it will be the tenth time the York Barbican has played host to top class snooker.

To mark the milestone, we’ve looked back through the years, scoured the photo archives and snooped round youtube, to put together ten remarkable moments during the tournament's time at the Fishergate venue.

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The Press will be at the Barbican every step of the way as the 13-day tournament, the second biggest on the snooker calendar, reaches a conclusion on Sunday, December 7.

And so, in no particular order, let's enjoy a journey down memory lane...

Mark Selby - the 100th maximum, 2013

A wonderful moment in the history of snooker, and it happened at York.

In the seventh frame of his semi-final against Ricky Walden, defending champion Mark Selby struck the 100th professional maximum.

It was far from straight-forward, which only heightened the tension, and was capped by a wonderfully difficult black.

 

Teenager Ding Junhui halts Steve Davis' revival - 2005

York Press:

Ding Junhui had already served notice of his talents when, after just turning 18, he won the China Open in April 2005.

That December at York, he saw off Jimmy White, Paul Hunter and Joe Perry before finally ending the fairytale run of the then 48-year-old Steve Davis 10-6 in the final.

Ding was the first player from outside Britain or Ireland to take the UK Championship crown. 

 

Ronnie O'Sullivan destroys Robert Milkins in just 70 minutes - 2013

Responsible for so many of snooker’s spectacular moments, Ronnie O’Sullivan delivered yet another in the last 16 of last year’s UK Championship.

Taking barely 70 minutes to dispatch Robert Milkins, the Rocket was in irrepressible form - breaks of 76, 63, 93, 58, 67 and 57 condemning his shell-shocked opponent to one of the most crushing defeats of his career.

 

Judd Trump unleashes 'naughty snooker' on York - 2011

York Press:

With a knack for outrageous potting, a style the tabloids would brand ‘naughty snooker’, Judd Trump swashbuckled his way to the UK Championship crown as the tournament returned to York following a five-year break.

Pitted against Mark Allen, what looked like it would be a procession - with Trump leading 8-3 - saw Allen won five of the next six, only to fall 10-8.

The evening was a special session of snooker. Trump hit breaks of 109, 78 and 74 while Allen hit three centuries before the Essex potter sealed the title with an effort of 91.

It confirmed Trump, who had lost the World final to John Higgins six months earlier, as the star of the new generation of snooker.

 

Mark Allen's vow of silence - 2011

Having shot down Adrian Gunnell in the opening round, Mark Allen lived up to his Pistol nickname when he launched a bitter attack on World Snooker chief Barry Hearn for tinkering with the UK Championship format in his post-match press conference.

Arguing the traditions of snooker had “gone to pot”, Allen called for Hearn to resign and swore. Faced with a subsequent disciplinary charge, the Northern Irishman continued to court attention at his next meeting with the media - arriving with black tape over his mouth.

 

The Rocket walks out - 2006

York Press:

One of the most remarkable moments ever seen in tournament snooker. The Rocket, trailing 4-1 in his 2006 quarter-final against Stephen Hendry, played a poor positional shot on a black and missed the subsequent red.

The Scotsman came to the table only to be left bemused as O’Sullivan walked up, shook his hand and that of referee Jan Verhaas, and walked out of the arena having conceded the match.

O’Sullivan would write in his autobiography ‘Running’ that the incident could have happened in any of his previous half-dozen matches and admitted the fall-out was worse than he had imagined.

“I wasn’t feeling well, I was depressed,” he said. World Snooker subsequently fined him £25,000.

 

Robertson joins the triple crown club - 2013

York Press:

With his 10-7 victory over Mark Selby in last year’s final, Australian Neil Robertson joined an exclusive club of snooker players.

Only the ninth player ever to win the triple crown of major tournaments - the UK Championship, the Masters and the World Championship, Robertson was also the first overseas player to achieve the feat.

He joined a list including Steve Davis, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Terry Griffiths to have won all three titles. His beaten opponent, Selby, would join him when winning the Worlds earlier this year.

 

Luca Brecel takes Shaun Murphy to the brink - 2012

The young Belgian stunned 2011 semi-finalist Ricky Walden 6-5 in the first round of the 2012 tournament before fighting back from 3-0 down against Mark King to reach the quarter-finals.

A fearless potter, the 100-1 outsider endured a titanic battle with Shaun Murphy in the last eight - a game which ended in dramatic circumstances.

 

John Higgins' maximum break - 2012

With his back against the wall, trailing 5-2 in his second round match with Mark Davis, three-time UK champion John Higgins showed characteristic grit, in the face of some poor form, to fight his way back into the match.

His comeback, which would be halted in a final frame decider, began with this superb maximum in front of a Barbican full-house.

 

Ronnie dominates the first final - 2001

York Press:

It must end with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

York welcomed top class snooker for the first time as the Barbican Centre played host to the UK Championship in 2001.

It was a remarkably one-sided final, though, as O’Sullivan crushed former world champion Ken Doherty 10-1, and merely established his position as the game’s top player following his first World Championship victory six months earlier.