If anyone has a line on a 9' Snooker table (preferably Brunswick), please let me know. I know they were mostly deployed in Canada, but I'm sure some flowed over the border
9' Snooker table needed, any out there?
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Geosnookery
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You are basically looking for a Chinese 8 ball table which is more or less a 9’ snooker table with 3.5 official snooker cut pockets. There is a slight difference in rail height but I’ve played Snooker for decades and can’t tell the difference.
I don’t doubt there were 9’ snooker tables but I’ve never personally seen or played on one here in Canada. I’ve played on 10’ Snooker tables and have played Snooker on 9’ ‘Joy’ brand Chinese 8 ball tables.
In China billiard students and the top players like Ding and Yan play Snooker. Pool is seen as a step below but retains some prestige in incorporating a snooker-like table. This also encourages top Britiish snooker players to enter Chinese 8 ball tournaments which makes them big television events and attracts sponsors.
I don’t doubt there were 9’ snooker tables but I’ve never personally seen or played on one here in Canada. I’ve played on 10’ Snooker tables and have played Snooker on 9’ ‘Joy’ brand Chinese 8 ball tables.
In China billiard students and the top players like Ding and Yan play Snooker. Pool is seen as a step below but retains some prestige in incorporating a snooker-like table. This also encourages top Britiish snooker players to enter Chinese 8 ball tournaments which makes them big television events and attracts sponsors.
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Brunswick made 9' snooker Centennials, Anniversaries, Gold Crowns for sure, sold by BBC of Canada.
Toronto had lots of 9-foot Anniversaries and Gold Crown snooker tables when I was a kid...little ten table rooms
with limited space....some got re-railed when the pool boom hit...most disappeared...no idea where they are...
...haven’t seen one for 40 years.
Mt Vernon IL had a bunch...but that was 40 years ago also...some must be in storage.
It sounds like it is just a Brunswick 9’ pool table but with different rails and pockets.
I believe, but am not certain, that the slate is also different. The cutouts for the pockets may be different.
The slate IS cut different....I gambled on a converted pool table with snooker rails...table looked trap, but balls went in along the rails because of the generous slate cut.
And different slate
That's why I am searching for them
There was a regular member here, about 5 years ago, who had a legit GC snooker table for sale. I think it was a 10'. I can't recall who it was, maybe someone else will remember. I do recall he had it listed for something like a year (for cheap) and it never moved. Just no interest. Maybe he still has it...
I have a really nice 10' GC snooker already, hoping to find a 9' or two also. Snooker cloth brushed to show the nap.
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Oh, to be able to make a snooker ball rolling along the rails...
Oh wow, that is nice! So question: If a snooker table is perfectly level, will a slow rolling ball curve due to the directional nap? I've read over the years it will, and additionally its uphill in one direction, and downhill in the opposite. I've never seen an example of either effect with my own eyes on a professional match. (I barely follow snooker casually...)
Very, very slightly when going against the nap. Essentially, the last few inches may lean half an inch out of line. Overall, plays very fairly and level, the ball just goes uptable slower
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The slate IS cut different....I gambled on a converted pool table with snooker rails...table looked trap, but balls went in along the rails because of the generous slate cut.
directional nap is nonsense....it’s there because of a historical accident. They make a table as level as possible, ( British billiard mechanics are terrific, they have to go through an apprentice system)....THEN they install a cloth that guarantees it’s crooked. The black ball rail rolls in, the balk rail rolls out....side spin is tricky, with, against, or cross nap.
The worst thing ( it was really bad when they played on heavier cloth) is that after a few games the nap gets disturbed by bridge hands....so the surface can send the ball off course on a slow shot. I seen a former world champ have to dead weight a ball, table length, and miss by ten inches.
At least it’s better cloth now....but I’d rather see worsted.
I think I posted pics of a very nice antique 3x6 snooker table years ago. Most houses in Europe are smaller then us wasteful Americans so less room for a home table. Table used standard snooker balls and was really high quality. At least it appeared tthat way to me. Price was around 4 G and store assured me it would sell for that!
Geosnookery
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I live in Calgary. In the local ads, a Snooker table comes up for sale about once a month or so. Usually listed at about $1000. 10’ tables a bit more common. Like Pool tables they likely sell for half that or are given away.
I can sink a snooker ball all the way down my long long rail...the key? Just have to make it spin like a top and try 300 times
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trivia: my Snooker table weighs 30 lbs more than our Toyota Corolla.
I can sink a snooker ball all the way down my long long rail...the key? Just have to make it spin like a top and try 300 times
.trivia: my Snooker table weighs 30 lbs more than our Toyota Corolla.
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