Return of the Rev
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Whats the type of breaks good team players get?
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Anyone playing bar billiards regularly?
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Good players can rack up several thousand on a good break. I have seen people make this look very simple indeed. As an occasional and limited player, I am delighted with anything over 500, when my nerve starts to go and those pins seem to grow bigger with every shot. Great game of skill, I just wish I had some talent for it.
Return of the Rev
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I was watching some guy last night must have racked up 5,000 points plus,bloody machine left me open mouthed
JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS NORMAL FOR A PUB TEAM?
surrey jim
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Love bar billiards but hardly any pubs have a table these days.
brightonrock
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- Jan 1, 2008
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Depends on the standard. My dad plays, won his game last night with 9000 and was still the lowest score on his 5-man team.
BensGrandad
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A lot of pubs have taken them out, as we did at out last pub, because a good player will stay on a break until the bar drops.
I play in the brighton league and my best break has been around the 9k mark with top score about 14k. To give an idea i think the top break last year was around 21k in around 19 mins. Still a few pubs in hanover / elm grove area have tables. Montreal, Albion, Horse and Groom and The Branch.
Yes that was the other weekend in Jersey. Around 140 entries this year and the final was won 17k - 15k, this version is played off the spot. Playing every shot off the spot and not the D makes the game even harder.
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s I used to play in the Worthing League for a variety of pubs and the general rule was if you could get a total score of between 4500 to 5000 you'd win more games than you lost. For ordinary players (which I most definitely was) a break of anything over 2000 was considered 'good', but there were a select group to whom that was a poor score, they were the ones who would play out the table from first shot to potting the last ball. Can't remember all the names but Terry Denyer was one. Also Dave France (or Francis), plus Tony Lewis and Mark James
BensGrandad
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I worked n The John Selden Durrington part time as did Terry Denyer in the late 60s . We had a pub by 1970 so Terry worked with me and played bar billiards before then. I thought, but maybe wrong, when he worked at The John Selden he had virtually packed up playing bar billiards so surprised you say it was the early 80s.
Czechmate
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Dave France is correct , they are all still playing . I gave up a year and a half ago as moved to Czech , played in Worthing and Mid Sussex league , great old game , not so good if your on the other end of a battering but in my book its a very social game , everyone knows everyone and if you lose 99% of people are very graceful in defeat. My highset break is about 15,500 and have played the table out a couple of times. Normally played in good boozers too with Real Ale .
BensGrandad
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Is Terry still playing as he must be best part of 70 now.
Czechmate
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Yes , still playing at the Swan , with Vernon Blake , Dave France , Edge Butler , John someone and Chris Scott .
Glad it's still going, it seems that now that the casual 'make up the numbers' players like me wouldn't get a look-in now. I can't remember the last time I saw a table. But yeah, it was very social. If you lost you always bought the winner and drink, and the home team used to provide a plate of sandwiches or stuff.
I last saw Terry about ten years ago. He remembered me as he once lost to me. Note I said 'lost' not that I 'won', as he was absolutely thrashing me when with the bar down he knocked over the black! That must have been about thirty years prior and he still remembered it as if it were yesterday!
Czechmate
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British Bar Billiards - Worthing & Dist. Bar Billiards League , check the site out , they play Thursday evenings so you can see the fixtures and scores
Czechmate
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Brovion , there are teams looking for players still , some young players coming through the ranks but still short of players , even teams with a full team still need reserves so you will easily get a game , 2 or 3 teams are really good but the rest you will have a chance to win after a bit of practice.
My current working arrangements mean I can't be sure if I'll be around on the evenings, I'll have to wait until I retire! The other thing with bar billiards of course was that women played on an equal footing with men. There was woman I remember who I THINK was called Anne Richards who was a decent player. Pretty sure I'd heard she'd sadly died as well.