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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/higgins-apology-letter-for-sale.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="An apology letter written by Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins after he punched a press officer is to be sold at auction" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-higgins-apology-letter-for-sale.jpg" alt="An apology letter written by Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins after he punched a press officer is to be sold at auction"/></a></p>
<p>A letter of apology written by Alex &#8216;Hurricane&#8217; Higgins after he punched a press officer in front of the world&#8217;s media is to be sold at auction.</p>
<p>Snooker champion Higgins, who died on July 24 at the age of 61, wrote the letter minutes before he appeared in front of a disciplinary panel after a bust-up with Colin Randle, who at the time was working as a press officer for the sport&#8217;s governing body.</p>
<p>Written in upper and lower case it contains remarks from Higgins including, &#8220;i was very upset at the time in respect of personal and financial matters&#8221;, auctioneer Charles Hanson said.</p>
<p>Mr Randle, of Findern in south Derbyshire, was officiating at the Crucible World Championship in Sheffield on the evening of April 14, 1990.</p>
<p>Higgins had just crashed out of the world tournament to Steve James and as he was entering the media area for a post-match press conference he turned around and &#8220;walloped&#8221; Mr Randle in the stomach.</p>
<p>Mr Randle, 60, said the player may have already held a grudge against him after he reported him for not attending a press conference the previous year.</p>
<p>He told the Derby Telegraph: &#8220;On entering the press area, as I always courteously did, I thanked him for coming. I just said &#8216;thank you, Alex&#8217; and he turned around and walloped me in the stomach. He said words to the effect of &#8216;I don&#8217;t have to take any more nonsense off people like you because I&#8217;m retiring&#8217;.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Randle said he responded by pinning Higgins up against the wall before the pair were eventually pulled apart.</p>
<p>The tussle resulted in Higgins being suspended for a year and docked so many points that his ranking fell to 120.</p>
<p>Mr Hanson, from Hansons Auctioneers, said the letter was expected to fetch between £1,500 and £2,000 when it is sold at the Mackworth Hotel in Derby on November 25.</p>
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