IT was a moment that he and his connections had worked all year for. And now it can be seen in its entirety on the internet.

At just ten-years-old Shane Castle won a dramatic final to clinch the Pontin’s, Prestatyn, under-12 national title in February.

And by the wonders of modern science the whole match can be seen on video.google.com under 2008_Juniors_8-11-1.wmv.

Yes, the camera was static. Yes, the presenter was not quite Des Lynam. Reading from the results sheet he told the camera that Shane had eased through the knockout stage.

Obviously he wasn’t down in the dungeon watching poor Rob Jones follow the final black in with the cue-ball, and he wasn’t watching the titanic semi-final struggle with Isle of Man under-21 champion Darryl Hill.

But to those of us who didn’t have a television until our late teens, watching a video of a junior snooker match from North Wales on a laptop on a living room table in Southampton makes one wonder where technology goes next.