Shaun Murphy, Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel to represent snooker at the latest Paddy Power Perfect Challenge

It will be the second time that the bookmaker has staged the unique event, with stars from snooker, darts, and golf aiming to hit a maximum 147 break, nine-dart finish, or a hole-in-one in their respective sports in front of the live cameras.

Last year, career Triple Crown winner Shaun Murphy - whilst playing Mark Williams - was the only competitor across the three sports to achieve their set assignment, compiling a 147 with around ten minutes of the two-hour challenge clock remaining.

This year’s edition comes with a twist, though; the live coverage will not end until two of the three feats are accomplished.

With this new stipulation, the roster for each sport has been bolstered. Keen golfer Murphy - who previously claimed to have realised all three sporting feats - will this time be joined by green baize peers and fellow former world champions Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel.

The night before the challenge, Belgian Brecel is scheduled to face Ian Burns in the penultimate round of 2025 UK Championship qualifying.

On the oche, former PDC world champions Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries (who both return) and Gerwyn Price will be there along with TV event winners Johnny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall and Damon Heta.

Paddy Power are currently the title sponsors of the PDC World Darts Championship which is held at the Alexandra Palace in London and starts in only a few weeks time.

Outside by the greens and with a bucketload of balls for the golf element of the Challenge return Matt Wallace and Ross Fisher who be joined by newcomer Robert Rock. This trio have each won multiple European Tour event titles.

Live coverage from the 2025 Paddy Power Perfect Challenge begins from 10:00GMT and can be viewed on the bookmakers’ YouTube and social media channels. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Sky Sports Darts will also be covering the fun spectacle on its social platforms, too.

There has been an extraordinary amount of 147s made on this season’s World Snooker Tour. At the time of writing, 15 have been compiled during the ongoing term which equals the all-time seasonal high record which was set only last season (2024/25). With several months of the current campaign still to go, that benchmark will surely be shattered.

World number one Judd Trump - who contributed to this season’s tally at the Xi’an Grand Prix - believes that this incredible streak of perfection is now snooker’s ‘new normal’.

The calendar year record for 147s on the sport’s top flight has already been smashed. The previous target was 14 (from 2024), but Liam Pullen’s effort at the UK Championship qualifiers was already the 24th of 2025.

For the first time in professional snooker history, two 147s were made during the same match when youngster Jackson Page did the unprecedented during World Championship qualifying back in April.

Only a few months later, at the Saudi Arabia Masters, snooker’s greatest-ever break builder Ronnie O’Sullivan followed suit with two maximums during his semi-final.

Page and O’Sullivan each unlocked a special bonus prize for doing this; both pocketed £147,000.

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