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I find myself agreeing with Bob almost invariably, when I read his posts or replies on this forum. He is factual, and he knows how to choose his words.

A 2020 edition of the McCreery was in the works, in an advanced stage of preparation, when the pandemic hit. Everybody involved, the Mercer family included, was deeply disappointed. Efforts were then made to put the event on the calendar for 2021, but Mr. Mercer had multiple health issues and...

Bob, I think the maximum suspension the UMB uses is one year. At this point, it looks like a reconciliation with PBA and a return to UMB are both fraught with difficulties for FC. One of our greatest talents ever, this is really a sad situation.

Fantastic run, so many naturals. But I do think this is a 9 foot table, not a 10 (284 x 142).

Very nice post, thx. One detail: his eldest son who is in that team is Koen, not Kurt. Koen is the father of Peter and Bart Ceulemans.

Dick Jaspers played his 200th career match over 3.000 average last week in Egypt. Column about it coming up soon on BBP.

So would I.

Thank you, much appreciated.

The day the free game died. I am not enthusiastic about telling this story, because it's not exactly promotion for our sport. But this is what happened, and it had some impact in Europe. Early nineties, Dutch championship free game, two flights of five players. Harrie van de Ven played some of...

You may want to consider this place as well: Mr. 100 in Lier (Belgium), the Ceulemans stronghold. Not even an hour away - by car - from Zundert. Highly recommended.

May well have been, I neglected to ask. Actually, we haven't heard from Cees in years.

Two tables with history. My team played a league match this evening in Zundert (Den Hoek), a legendary billiard room near the Belgian border in the Netherlands. No other room in the world can claim that two runs of 28 were made on their tables. Owner Louis Havermans, a former top player...

They used to play 1-C to 200 points in the Ceulemans / Dielis days, then it was 150 for a while. These days, 1-C matches are mostly to 125 or 100 points. The 500 points (with two intervals, if I remember correctly) took anywhere from four to five hours. That was of course, helped by FC's swift...

The final of the World Junior 3-cushion championship, that included Vietnamese and Korean youngsters, was played between a Greek and a Turk. The UMB's future looks pretty bright. You're 0 for 2, as usual.

With two or three balls in the "Parker's Box", the referee will announce the balkline position first (for instance, "entree"), then the Box position (for instance "á cheval"). He will also let the player know if the cue ball and one of the object balls are frozen, and count down with five or...

It would not be the last World Championship in Bolivia. The event returned to Santa Cruz in 2017, and it was again chaos, with a change of venue two days before the start of play and four Gabriels tables being "impounded" by a local crime boss. Seems unlikely that Bolivia will see another World...

If you like these, here are a few more (you may have seen them before). Jaspers played Caudron in the Agipi invitational, had a 44-7 lead and LOST 47-50. Zanetti played Sayginer in the Crystal Kelly event, trailed 1-27 and WON 50-33. Caudron ran 28 (world record) against Zanetti in the European...

We also did English commentary during the Ankara and Ho Chi Minh World Cups in 2022.

There are excellent Verhoeven, Gabriels, Horemans, van Laere and Wilhelmina tables on the market in both Belgium and the Netherlands, for a fraction of that 5K you mentioned. Depending on condition, I'd say 500 - 1500 euro. These are 2.10 x 1.05 tables and you could have one shipped and still...