Not all superheroes wear capes. Some brandish snooker cues. The wonderfully uplifting story of Robert Milkins in north Wales over the past few days is one of those glorious feel-good tales that remind you that professional sport is not merely about emerging victorious from combat.
Ad It is about something entirely different, a sense of purpose hewn from a higher plane. Welsh Open'He's come good!' — Milkins celebrates with Welsh Open trophy after beating Murphy in final17 HOURS AGO The significance of sporting success continues to carry greater weight set against the ongoing personal hardship of everyday life.
It would be simple to say Milkins deserved his career-defining moment in lifting the Welsh Open – checking out of his lodgings in Llandudno with a veritable suitcase stuffed full of the folding stuff after a career-defining 9-7 win over Shaun Murphy – but that would be doing him a disservice.
Most people in life do not get what they deserve as Milkins has discovered in searingly painful fashion away from potting balls, but if you stay upright, you give yourself a chance of the momentum changing.