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[22 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 791 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 | 824 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 | 681 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 | 916 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 | 2,718 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 | 738 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 | 990 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…”

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[24 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 1,442 views]
Cuesport TV Partner with Leading TV Distribution Company to Secure Sky Sports Coverage of EBA European Blackball Championships.

Cuesport TV through a new partnership with leading TV Distribution company, Boulder Creek International, have secured a contract between Sky Sports…

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[8 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 617 views]
There’s an Ice Rink Around the Corner…

“There is no pleasing pool players” goes the oft quoted mantra, and judging by the regular and sometimes gruesome evisceration (metaphorical, sometimes….) of almost everything and everyone associated with the game, far from there being a grain of truth in the statement, there is a boulder sized lump of both perceptiveness and clarity in it.
The problem may stem from the standards set by some truly brilliant clubs across the country. When players that travel see the way things can be, the natural progression is to ask why on earth things …

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[7 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 906 views]
Marsh Magnificent in Leicester

Craig Marsh put on a near faultless performance at the second 8 Ball Super Tour event of 2009 to lift his first World Rules title…