Snooker Equipment in general

When it comes to snooker equipment you need 4 things: a table, cues, balls and chalk. The table: professional snooker tables are 6ft wide and 12ft long. They have a slate bed, and are as solid as a house. The slate bed gives you the ability to control the cue ball, and therefore aids professional play. Not many of us have the space or money (a couple of grand even second hand) to store these beasts, so we end up buying smaller tables. A word of warning: a 6ft by 3ft table is going to be very small to play a full game of snooker on. Unlike pool, there are a lot more balls, and the positional play from reds to colours are much tougher to navigate ...  Read the complete review

It’s widely accepted that the game of Snooker got its name in 1875 courtesy of Sir Neville Chamberlain, a Colonel in the British Army stationed in Jubbulpore India at the time. Then snooker was not as we know the game today but was more like what we refer to as Pool. It is told that first year cadets within the British Army were known as ‘Snookers’ whilst training and when Chamberlain saw a young officer playing ‘Pool’, miss a relatively easy pot he called him a ‘Snooker’ referring to his lack of experience. From that point on the game became known as Snooker. --- The Table --- In the early days the tables were made of wood and had no cloth covering ...  Read the complete review

Snooker is a great way to unwind after a hard day at school or where ever you are, so why not try the game out. The equipment itself isnt perticularly expensive, you can buy a snooker cue for about £5 but that would be bottom of the market! The cues that most people buy on the market are Riley. this is who sponser most of the profesional snooker players. their cues are superb, and can range from £20 to an astonishing £2000, which i would say is alot of money to be spending on the abre essentials. you can also get chalk, which is what you need to use when your cue becomes rough on top. this stops the cue being put through the cloth on ...  Read the complete review