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sambaDTR said:
As far as playing snooker in Middlesbrough now, a lot of my mates have joined the Conservative Club near the Little Theatre. It is not political like it used to be. I haven’t been in for years, the last time in the 1980s when you had to wear a tie and a bloke used to set the balls up and shout you when it was your turn to play! However, I think it still has five snooker tables.
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We play in the Erimus club, walk past the Conservative club on the way, I hear its easy to get a table in there but I just couldn't bring myself to cross it's threshold
 
I used to be quite good at pool and captained The Broadway pool team for a while in the 80’s
Could never make the step up to be classed as very good
As for snooker I reached my heights with a 27 break in the Steelies.
 
sadgit said:
bastrd... :D I keep saying we should replace the dining table. Never happened... Can I pop round and pay you 20p a game?
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Get one of the combined ones, look like a dining table but the top the top lifts off to reveal a pool table 😁
 
ConcourseColin said:
The Cowpen club in Billingham still has a dedicated pool/snooker room with plenty of tables
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That's where I used to play with our old feller whenever I was home for the weekend. And Billingham Town on the Saturday if Boro were away. That was before Parkinsons robbed him of life's simple pleasures.
 
Scrote said:
Thought he had it at the end. That brown to blue was so unfortunate/careless.

You should sue for negligence...
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Yeah same here, Selby is such a machine....
Hawkins was 4th in the year rankings list so worth a punt at 40/1
Couldn't have got any closer to getting through but Trump next up for Selby 👍
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Couldn't have got any closer to getting through
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Did so well to keep coming back from two frames down. It's a funny sport where I rarely want either player to lose. Maybe I should start having a flutter but then I'd just end up jinxing the poor b***ds (like you did :ROFLMAO:).

Nobby_Barnes said:
Trump next up for Selby
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Hope they're both firing on full cylinders. Could be a cracker.
 
sadgit said:
After reading the Ronnie thread, it made me think. I used to be VERY VERY good and table ball games. i.e. I'd go to the Linny at 14/15 drink a pint of coke and put in 20p, then with winner stays on, I would play all night for that 20p. I learned from playing billiards in the Emirus club on a Saturday morning from 10/11 how it worked, angles etc

Does anyone still play? I went to a place in Hartlepool last year and paid £6 to play on my own. It doesn't appear to be that popular now? Anywhere local that you can go and pot a few balls on you own? local as in Marton?
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Aye still play in the erimus
 
sambaDTR said:
As far as playing snooker in Middlesbrough now, a lot of my mates have joined the Conservative Club near the Little Theatre. It is not political like it used to be. I haven’t been in for years, the last time in the 1980s when you had to wear a tie and a bloke used to set the balls up and shout you when it was your turn to play! However, I think it still has five snooker tables.
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Profits go to the tory party, so on that point iam out
 
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