World Snooker

[Fosterbloke]

Not sure if this belongs in here but **** me what a shot -

https://video.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championships/2019/gary-wilson-s-amazing-shot-against-judd-trump_vid1193313/video.shtml

[Shaggy]

Wow

[Kenneth]

Indeed

[Fosterbloke]

Wow

[geofberry]

not many snooker fans here
FYI, snooker just (re)started. In other news, here's an endless source of entertainment:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/10/ronnie-osullivan-wants-five-years-lockdown-crashes-championship-league-12830041/

[Shaggy]

Interesting first post Geof.

"Anybody here called Jeff?"

Jeff: "Yes"

Geoff: "Yeos"

Anyway I like snooker. I'm also a big fan of Ronnie's new 70s porn star tache

[ChesterDave]

Kurt Maffin Fined for fingering the ball

"Snooker player Kurt Maflin has been warned for giving the cue ball the middle finger in the 16th frame of his World Championship win over David Gilbert on Sunday.

Maflin directed the gesture towards the table after his bid for a maximum break ended when he ran out of position on the penultimate red."

More...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news/snooker-player-kurt-maflin-warned-for-giving-cue-ball-the-middle-finger-during-world-championship-win/ar-BB17vVXS

[rodo]

[ame]https://twitter.com/_NicholasBaker/status/1292551683688497153[/ame]

[Shaggy]

[Shaggy]

I think there's a lot to be said about the loss of the old school snooker hall scene, from which you'd get basically scally working class lads who'd spent days and nights on end hustling in these places - like Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, Ronnie. That scene, I assume, is dead now. I used to knock about a bit in my local all night snooker club and it was rough as ****, but there'd be some seriously good players in there. I can't imagine that's a thing at all now.

[ChesterDave]

I can't think where a snooker club is. Sure you've got Riley's knocking about and they have a table at the local social clubs but no proper snooker halls anymore.

The one is Chester wasn't making any money and Ricky Walden took it over and it didn't make any money still. Flats now.

[dom9]

I think there's a lot to be said about the loss of the old school snooker hall scene, from which you'd get basically scally working class lads who'd spent days and nights on end hustling in these places - like Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, Ronnie. That scene, I assume, is dead now. I used to knock about a bit in my local all night snooker club and it was rough as ****, but there'd be some seriously good players in there. I can't imagine that's a thing at all now.

We spent a summer about 25 years ago going to the snooker club after the pubs shut to get more drunk on cheap beer and completely stoned. By after midnight we'd be pretty much the only people in there and the buxom blonde permed granny doing the night shift didn't seem to mind.

If course, not being remotely into snooker, we always asked for "pool balls", cos it's a lot easier than snooker when you're in that state. I think my record beak otherwise was like 21

[Buzzo]

21 is amazing. Thats at least a 6 ball break if you were on the black after each shot.

I reckon mine is waaaaayyyy worse than that.

[Shaggy]

We spent a summer about 25 years ago going to the snooker club after the pubs shut to get more drunk on cheap beer and completely stoned. By after midnight we'd be pretty much the only people in there and the buxom blonde permed granny doing the night shift didn't seem to mind.

If course, not being remotely into snooker, we always asked for "pool balls", cos it's a lot easier than snooker when you're in that state. I think my record beak otherwise was like 21

That was the thing - the cloudy, smokey atmosphere...we'd all be smoking weed in there too. Every chance you'd get your head kicked in, but it was late beers and somewhere to hang out, right?

[Shaggy]

I can't think where a snooker club is. Sure you've got Riley's knocking about and they have a table at the local social clubs but no proper snooker halls anymore.

The one is Chester wasn't making any money and Ricky Walden took it over and it didn't make any money still. Flats now.

Yep. I'm a member of my local Rileys but it's mostly about pool - hardly anyone plays snooker.

21 is amazing. Thats at least a 6 ball break if you were on the black after each shot.

I reckon mine is waaaaayyyy worse than that.

My highest break is 30 something, had a few in the 30s. In my head I'm brilliant, but alas.........