Career
He reached the Quarter-Final of the 2000 Benson and Hedges Championship, with wins against Darren Morgan and Dean Reynolds, as well as others, before losing to Mark Davis 4-5. He reached the last 48 of the 2006 World Championship and the 2007 China Open. In the 2007 China Open he defeated Jeff Cundy, Tony Drago and Dominic Dale.
In the 2007 United Kingdom Championships qualifying in 2007, he defeated Jimmy White 9–7 in arguably one of best results during his career, but he lost 8–9 to Andrew Higginson in the following round.
At the 2008 China Open, Spick defeated Ashley Wright, Rod Lawler and Mark Davis, before losing in the Last 48 to Dave Harold 0-5. 2008/09 season started relatively quiet for Spick.
However, after recording impressive wins over Stephen Craigie (10–5), Barry Pinches (10–5) and Adrian Gunnell (10–2), he was within one match of reaching the Crucible for the first time in his career but lost narrowly 8–10 to Steve Davis. After having missed the opportunities to return to main tour via Q School in 2011 and 2012, Spick announced his retirement from snooker.
Spick"s return proved to be short-lived however, as he only played two matches, losing both, and had multiple withdrawals due to lack of sponsorship and the resulting depression.
He never entered another professional tournament after 2013 United Kingdom Championship. Illness and death World Snooker announced the death of Spick on 26 January 2015, after a liver-related illness.
