Top 10 shots of 2021/22 snooker season: No. 9 – Mark Allen's 'toughest' yellow in iconic 147 at Northern Ireland Open

After the conclusion of another extraordinary snooker season, we pick 10 of our favourite shots from the 2021/22 campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal favourite when we reveal our final list of contenders this month. No.

9 – Allen thrills Belfast fans with fearless yellow during iconic 147 Ad/> Losing in front of your home crowd. World ChampionshipTop 10 shots of 2021/22: No. 10 – O'Sullivan's magical 'cocked hat double'YESTERDAY AT 12:10 It is a sinking sensation that came as a regular to Mark Allen in Belfast as potting balls in recent years.

A 5-2 loss to Anthony Hamilton in the last eight of the 2016 Northern Ireland Open – the maiden voyage of the rejuvenated ranking event at the Titanic Exhibition Centre – was Allen's relatively modest highlight on home soil until he washed up at the Waterfront Hall last October. A tournament opener with Si Jiahui wound up taking on greater meaning for the former Masters winner on his way to claiming the Alex Higgins Trophy in some style a week later. Having shipped the first frame, the proud Antrim man compiled runs of 76 and 50 in recovering to lead 3-1 before he sealed victory with the second competitive 147 of his career, a wonderfully adventurous break that seemed to take in the Giant's Causeway with cue ball allowed scope to travel.

As in most maximum knocks throughout green baize history, there is one money shot that remains memorable in its glorious execution. For Allen, it was the maximum-saving yellow that salvaged the moment. Having despatched 15 reds and 14 blacks, the adrenaline was clearly pumping when he overcooked the white ball by some distance in slotting the final black, leaving him a nasty yellow down the length of the