Clive Everton has been following all the action at the UK Championship at the Barbican Centre, York.

Events both on and off the table have been making the news.

Jim McKenzie's sacking as chief executive officer of snooker's governing body, with no explanation given, has raised a few eyebrows.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association hold their annual general meeting on Monday and promise to reveal more information.

Clive Everton joined us to answer all your questions and queries.

Ed King, Ireland

Is Ronnie the most naturally gifted player you have ever watched, and where does he rank among other greats such as Stephen Hendry?

Unquestionably, Ronnie is the most naturally gifted player that I've ever seen. I used to think that Jimmy White and Alex Higgins were, but I think that his natural ability and sheer hand/eye co-ordination is superior to theirs. I don't think we should ignore how hard he's practiced from a very young age.

He made his first century at the age of ten and he's practiced a lot of hours to make it look as natural as it does. As for his place among the pantheon of greats, I think there is only one way to evaluate that, and that is what a player has won.

Ronnie has won on world and three UK titles, and he's still got a way to go before he gets anywhere near Stephen Hendry, who won seven world, five UK and six masters titles, or for that matter Steve Davis. But for sheer ability, Ronnie obviously has the capacity to get up to those levels.

Keith, England

I think the UK Championship proves that we need fewer, but longer matches between the top players. Do you agree there are too many meaningless 'Best of nine' formats around?

I don't think they're meaningless, but there is no doubt that the longer a match, the truer a test of ability it is. Economic factors come into this - the circuit can't sustain too many tournaments comprised exclusively of best of 17 matches. It's rather like tennis really. The 'staple diet' is best of three set matches, and then for the majors you get best of five sets.

I think that for a combination of reasons, including economic factors, you've got a situation in snooker where you have the world championship which is the longest distance, UK Championship which is second longest and the other events underneath that. They're certainly not meaningless to the players in terms of money and world ranking points.

R White, Manchester

Should players be judged on the number of tournaments they win or on their natural snooker ability?

I think you can only judge on results. I've seen lots of players who've looked a million dollars but haven't delivered.

Charles R, London

Can you provide any more insight into why Jim McKenzie was sacked?

I think that this will emerge in the next few weeks, if not days. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) have been very cagey in what they've, because I think there may be legal action of one sort or another against them from Mr. McKenzie.

At Monday's Annual General Meeting the WPBSA's new chairman Jason Ferguson did say the board had lost confidence in Mr. McKenzie. Precisely why they've lost confidence is yet to emerge, although I do know there have been concerns about the extent of expenditure on various things during his time in office.

A Holland, England

Do you know what the lowest score for a player is to win a match?

There have been a couple of frames that have been won with a score of 38 or 39 - those sorts of frames where a succession of single reds have been potted. I remember on semi-final at the Masters at Wembley between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Nigel Bond, and in the deciding frame the highest break was eight.

Eric Smith, England

Do you think the old rule, whereby it was a foul to snooker your opponent behind the object ball, should be reinstated? To lay a snooker by rolling up behind the object ball requires, in most cases, little or no skill.

The Billiards Congress of America has different rules to snooker than the ones that adhered to on television, and you're not allowed to snooker behind the nominated ball unless either the nominated ball or the cue ball reaches a cushion. It would be the sort of thing the might just be worth a trial in an experimental tournament.

Tom Barker, England

What is the greatest game of snooker you have ever had the privilege to watch?

There have been so many, and it's really difficult to compare. I tend to think of how they've actually ended up in terms of drama, and I think that the Dennis Taylor v Steve Davis final frame in 1985 has to be pretty high.

I was very moved by Doug Mountjoy winning his second UK title in 1988, ten years after he'd won his first. It seemed that he was irretrievably on his way down the rankings, and his coach Frank Callon put him together again. I found it quite emotional to see that, but there are so many others to choose from.

Gary Hill, England

Do you play snooker yourself?

I did play, although billiards was mostly my game. I won the British Junior championship, the Welsh Amateur Championship five times, and I was quite useful at snooker as well. I got to the final of the southern section of the English Amateur Championship, and I won the Midland Championship, as well as getting to two welsh semi-finals.

I beat some decent players at times - Willie Thorne, Mike Hallett and John Parrott, although they were just starting out at the time. What did me in as a player was a back injury that I sustained in 1977. My bottom disc just wore away, and although I had an operation to take the pain away, I hadn't got the same natural twist in my back when I took my stance.

Therefore, everything was just that little bit out of line, and it wasn't wrong before I realized that was never going to be able to get back to the standard that I had previously reached. Although I carried on with billiards for a while afterwards, I basically decided to retire and concentrate on my media work.