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[3 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 129 views]
Jonathan Mathers – In the Chair

At the midway point in Season Three, arguably the most important season in the history of American Pool in Great Britain…

American Pool, Articles »

[24 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 115 views]
Book Review: THE ART OF WAR VERSUS THE ART OF POOL

Substitute the battle field for a pool table; a bayonet with a low deflection shaft…

American Pool, Articles »

[5 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 272 views]
Book Review: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LOSING – TRICKS, TRAPS & SHARKS

An understanding of the art of gamesmanship is a valuable string to any sportsperson’s bow. Does Rafael Nadal realise…

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[14 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 177 views]
Top 6 Online Snooker & Pool Stores

This article uses 6 general and well used search terms and Google.com to give us the top 6 online stores for snooker and pool products…

Articles, Snooker »

[18 May 2010 | No Comment | 328 views]
Adventures in Snooker City

The number of people waiting for trains at London’s Kings Cross station was reminding me of Penn Station back…

Articles, English Pool »

[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 552 views]
Breaking News: Familiarity does in fact Breed Contempt!

Imagine the scene; The World 8-ball Championship Final. In front of a packed crowd of thousands, Mick Hill and Rob Chilton are introduced by…

Articles, English Pool »

[3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 299 views]
The Emergence of the Catalonia Pool Festival

Only those within the fraternity realise that the Catalonia region of Spain have been playing english style pool for the last 25 years…

American Pool, Articles, Coaching »

[26 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 282 views]
Raj Hundal Nominated at British Asian Sports Awards

World Pool Masters Champion, Raj Hundal has been selected as a nominee for Most Up and Coming Personality of the Year Award at this year’s BASA…

Articles, Snooker »

[11 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 2,904 views]
Snooker Won’t Survive the Decade?

This article is written in response to article in the Observer Newspaper on Sunday 10th January. You can read the Observer article here.
Barney Ronay in his article claims that snooker will once again become an amateur sport by 2020. Within the article he quotes Ronnie O’Sullivan, a quote that I must add came from the previous season so is a little out-of-date to be used as the current opinion of O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan was one of the voices from within the player base that backed Barry Hearn to become the new Chairman …

Articles, Interviews »

[4 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 590 views]
Cliff Thorburn Interview

Cliff Thorburn remains the only ever overseas player to win the World Championship a feat he achieved in 1980 beating Alex Higgins in the final. His second indelible mark on the Crucible came in 1983 when he recorded the first ever 147 maximum break against Terry Griffiths. Play stopped on the other table as good friend Bill Werbeunik peeked around the screen to see the final few colours potted.
Now some 15 years after retiring from the game, and 30 years on from lifting the World Crown, Cliff is returning to …