Snooker · Table size
12 ft by 6 ft — a playing surface of 3,569 mm by 1,778 mm, the largest in mainstream cue sports Joe Davis with 15 (1927-1946); Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry share the modern record of 7
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Snooker · Table size12 ft by 6 ft — a playing surface of 3,569 mm by 1,778 mm, the largest in…
Snooker · Snooker is the slowest-burning of the great cue sports and the mSnooker is the slowest-burning of the great cue sports and the most…
Snooker · What makes it distinctive is that failure is public and totalWhat makes it distinctive is that failure is public and total. There is no…
Snooker · Its geography is changing fastIts geography is changing fast. Britain and Ireland supplied almost every…
Snooker is the slowest-burning of the great cue sports and the most punishing. Twenty-two balls sit on a table twelve feet by six, with templated pockets only a few millimetres wider than the balls themselves, and the striker must alternate red and colour, red and colour, assembling a score the opponent can only sit and watch.
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Snooker · Snooker is the slowest-burning of the great cue sports and the m
Snooker is the slowest-burning of the great cue sports and the most punishing. Twenty-two balls sit on a table twelve feet by six, with templated pockets only a few millimetres wider than the balls themselves, and the striker must alternate red and colour, red and colour, assembling a score the opponent can only sit and watch.
Snooker · What makes it distinctive is that failure is public and total
What makes it distinctive is that failure is public and total. There is no clock, no teammate and no hiding place: a missed pot hands the table to a player capable of clearing it, so a single loose shot can cost a frame outright.
Snooker · Its geography is changing fast
Its geography is changing fast. Britain and Ireland supplied almost every champion for a century, and Sheffield still hosts the world final over four sessions and two days.
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- What makes it distinctive is that failure is public and total. There is no clock, no teammate and no hiding place: a missed pot hands the table to a player capable of clearing it, so a single loose shot can cost a frame outright.
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- Its geography is changing fast. Britain and Ireland supplied almost every champion for a century, and Sheffield still hosts the world final over four sessions and two days.
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