After a summer of celebrating, holidays and VIP appearances, Kyren Wilson found himself not knowing where to look heading into the 2024/25 season. The new world champion naturally wanted to soak up his £500,000 Crucible triumph in May with the people that matter most in his life, his loving family who, in his words, have “suffered” as he traverses the world with his cue. He also got to parade the trophy around the pitch at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, was invited to the British F1 Grand Prix and made a heart-warming trip to visit sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
As a world champion, there were numerous other media and PR commitments. After all that, there was the not-so-small matter of returning to the table and he briefly found himself wondering how he would get himself up for the new season. “I had quite a lot of time off after winning the World Championship,” he says in an exclusive interview for Reach’s UK Championship magazine.
“I felt quite drained and went on a number of holidays. My family have to suffer with me being away all year round in different areas of the world. “I’m the sort of person who needs structure in their life.
I’m quite an obsessive person so if I get a taste for something, I can go a bit crazy. I think I got a taste for the beer while I was celebrating! “It’s hard to get yourself up after reaching the pinnacle. I didn’t really know how to handle that, I didn’t really know where to look.
“So it was time to r.