 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akafarikanya kumukazve muchimiro mukati megore ra198485. Akasvika kumagumo eGran Prix, kwaakarasikirwa naDennis Taylor 210. Mumutambo we semi-final, Thorburn akanga akunda mukwikwidzi wenyika Steve Davis 97. Akasvikawo kumagumo eClassic muna Ndira 1985, kwaakasangana naThorne, neyekupedzisira ichikunda mafuremu mashanu mumutsara kuhwina 138 mushure mekunge vaviri vacho vakabatanidzwa pa88. Thorburn akanga ari zvakare mumhanyi muClassic ya1986, nguva ino akarasikirwa naJimmy White mumutambo wekupedzisira 1213. Thorburn akarova mbiya pa the muchikamu chinogumisa, kusiya White achida kubva kuna Thorburn kuti akunde. White akaisa brown muhari uye, ipapo akaisa snooker pa. Thorburn akakundikana kurova pink, izvo zvakapa White zvikamu zvechirango zvaaida, uye White akabva aisa pink uye nhema kuhwina zita. 