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[22 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 60 views]
Monklands Win First SPA Super 11’s B Championships

Monklands are the, inaugural 2010 Scottish Super 11s B Champions, beating Glasgow B1 6 frames to 2 in the final…

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 241 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…

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[3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 79 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…

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[22 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 157 views]
Future of UK Pool Needs “Spicing Up”

One of pool’s most high profile money matches of the last few years took place in Yeovil on January 16 2010…

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[14 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 278 views]
Potts the Likely Favourite in £20,000 Clash

Three-time World 8-ball pool Champion Gareth Potts faces a challenge of a different kind this weekend as he takes on former European Champion, Oly Bale, in a best of 59 frame match for a cool £20,000.
Gareth said recently, “Money matches like this do not come around very often so it is almost a once in a lifetime chance.”
Potts and Bale both make no secret of the fact that there is some dislike between them which should add additional bite to an already tense and exciting match.
Oly, who hails from Bridgwater, …

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[26 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 157 views]
Lovegrove Wins Super Tour Grand Final

Somerset’s Daryl Lovegrove produced an awesome display all weekend to lift the 8-ball Super Tour Grand Final event in Leicester last week…

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[23 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 247 views]
Pool Player’s Choice of Wear – Fashion or Playability?

Looking around the room, there is a range of choice of clothing in which to compete for approximately £3000. I would consider this quite a fair amount of money, of which, if I was playing to win, I would seriously consider what I’m wearing and how it will affect my state of play.
For example, I am currently watching two fairly young players, whom will remain nameless, one of whom is dressed plainly in blue jeans, black polo shirt and comfortable white trainers. The other has obviously taken more interest in …

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[17 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 420 views]
World’s Greatest Pool Players in Action at Super Tour Finale

The 21st and 22nd of November are the dates to mark in your diary as the 2009 8-Ball Pool Super Tour reaches it’s finale…

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[23 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 233 views]
Keynsham Return for 8-ball Super Tour

The 2009 8-Ball Super Tour returns to Keynsham Snooker Centre this weekend for event number three in the series…

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[8 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 266 views]
Home is Where the Hotel Is…

In a sport surprisingly eager to pick holes in itself, it is a genuine pleasure sometimes to be able to simply say, “Well done…”