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My only surviving Uk pool cue was purchased 44 years ago. Was used a lot in its first 20 years or so but has only been very sparingly used in the last 20 years (and hardly at all in the last 10 years lol). It's a Power Glide "ORIGINAL" model, hand made in England. It's ash, two-piece, 58 inches...

I see Ding is playing "Yu-De-Lu" right now. I wonder if he'll have "Peek-A-Boo" in the next round?

:lol: I lurvs me some biscuits lol. Nice golf course at Newark though. Anyway, won't have to do that 'short' journey again. Moving to Burnedge near Rochdale in a few days time and unfortunately we will then be real close to the wife's family who are all about 25 mins down the M62 in West Yorks :)

I used to fluke a ball or two Wally with Ross McInnes, Pat the Chat, Keith Brewer and others. Mind you, back then unlike now, we all had a clue whether it was New York or New Year. Time has not been very kind :) I can even remember the early 80's in a bit of a haze of drink, debauchery and...

Here's what my golden oldie pals dug up..... The games were played on 8x4 Hazlegrove tables, Old E.P.A rules. The venue was The Forum in Kentish Town, London. He used an American cue, played Maltese Joe in the final and beat him 6-5. Every frame he broke he won and every time Joe fudge broke...

Feck.....so did I, that's age for ye :)

Yes it was most definitely "Old EPA Rules" (no need for a ball to contact a cushion if no ball was potted, foul shot resulted in one loss of visit, or if you prefer it described otherwise "two shots carry"). Played on standard 7' x 4' English pool style tables/balls/pocket cuts) and yes some...

Oi Professor! Lay off we greybeards :)

It was a very different game from today back in the early 80's flyingjohn. No internet then either :) I'll try to get a message to Ross McInnes or Pat the Chat and see if they can remember any details.

They have been regularly used at the televised stages of the "World Championships" in Blackpool.

This one I gave earlier is working fine right now... http://www.coolsport.tv/skysports4.html

Thanks Jen. Am aware of that but understood from someone else it's not quite as good with IE (which I'm using) as with Chrome and to be honest I don't need to download anything when these ads pop up. It just takes twenty seconds or so, if that, to click the ad features away. Norton tidies up any...

I have been watching the live Sky Sports coverage free here... http://www.coolsport.tv/skysports4.html Unfortunately right now Sky Sports 4 is covering a Netball match with the Pool on the alternative "red Button" coverage and the streamer hasn't activated the red button. The Pool will be...

He will be pleased to know his former user name is being put to good use by no less than a fully fledged Professor :)

Who else would be as lippy? :smile: Been on here nearly as long as that too H, lol :smile:

Pah! What would you know about it anyway :wink:

Aye, I remember them too....the model I had in mind and mentioned earlier was basically one of those but 7'. Absolutely no way to pot down the rail without a roll on the table to that side or some kind of fluke bounce off the far knuckle. Ironically the very first pool tables in bars in the Uk...

Not saying I have a huge disagreement with any of that and for sure I wasn't thinking along the lines of any 'smashing' of balls down the rail on either table. However I do remember having a similarly themed conversation on this subject with Selby and others at the Jersey pool festival a few...

Most English pool table pockets are cut differently from snooker table pockets. It depends on the individual diferent models/manufacturers as to how exacly they are cut but in relative terms they are usually quite a bit more forgiving for shots along the rail. On the other hand I do remember...

Live streaming of a money match at uk style 8 ball going on right now in Uk. Rob Chilton v Tom Cousins - approx $50,000/- in the pot. Race to 29, currently 16-8. Not the best of quality stream but watchable. Noisy crowd. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/world-maters