Meet Abigail Davies – World Snooker interviewer who idolises Jeff Stelling

Sports presenting all-rounder Abigail Davies has been a regular face on the BBC’s coverage of the World Snooker Championship.

The popular Welsh reporter has been on hand to interview Crucible stars over the course of the tournament. Regular followers of darts and football will also be familiar with Davies and the 60s-style outfits she loves to wear on air.

Davies is a regular on the darts circuit, interviewing players before and after matches for Sky Sports. The Swansea City fan is also a reporter for the network’s Soccer Saturday.

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Snooker isn’t the only cue sport the freelancer covers as she also reports on pool. Away from her day job, Davies has bravely spoken up about suffering from an eating disorder and her mental health struggles.

Earlier this year, after the World Darts Championship, Davies revealed she had visited a mental health hospital in December to help her cope with suicidal thoughts and anorexia.

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“Went to The Priory the day before the WC started. Final q before I left: ‘Can you promise you’ll keep yourself alive over Christmas?’ wrote Davies, who interviewed Luke Humphries on stage after his victory over Luke Littler in the Ally Pally final.

“So yeah, proud for doing what I needed to do, to deal with anorexia/suicidal thoughts. Posting this for everyone in the same boat. We’ve got this.” Davies uses her platform to highlight those issues and is an ambassador for Beat, the UK’s leading eating disorder charity.

The Staffordshire University graduate has received high-level support from now-former Sky Sports colleague Jeff Stelling, who made a passionate speech on Soccer Saturday about the lack of provision for eating disorder sufferers in the UK.

The show of support meant a great deal to Davies, who counts Stelling as her “ultimate idol”. She said: “I can’t describe how great it is to have someone like Jeff talk so eloquently and passionately about a topic like that when it feels, to me and many other sufferers, that nobody wants to listen, that nobody cares or gives it the time of day.”