Hello there fellow Escapists/Escapees/Escapians/Es....
I was watching the finals of the Players Championship Tournament yesterday and we've got two big competitions coming, China Open begins tomorrow and World Championships later in April, this got me wondering how many of my fellow Escapistians know this sport, follow it, or even play it themselves?
Personally I've been following the sport for close to 10 years now, it caught my interest at the age of about 16/17. I've been playing it for that same amount of time. I'm not good at it, but it's fun and challenging, and different to the other stuff I do (gym, football, tennis...). I used to live in a small town with just one table (that I knew of at least) but about 2 years ago I moved to a bigger city and here are a few good pool/snooker clubs around.
The one I go to is the same our (Finlands) only professional snooker player, Robin Hull, trains in. We also have a weekly tournament every Tuesday which I usually take part in. It's for fun but costs 6? to take part and winner gets 50% of the pot, second 30% and 3rd 20%, so there's still something to play for, I've even won it a few times and even had to play against Robin 3 times so far. We use handicaps and it's 6 red snooker (just one frame) so he (Robin) had to give me 40 points ahead which even makes it quite challening for him when he joins in. It's mainly for fun but still competative. I try to go and play/train once or twice a week other than that.
As I said above I'm no good, my maximum break in a match (in the 6red snooker tournament) is 38 and in training I haven't even broke the half a century limit yet. I'd say my strength is in the safety department and that's also the parts I enjoy when watching it on telly, when there's just one or two reds left and no good chances and both try to snooker each other
So, what's your Snooker story?
If this thread gathers enough interest I might even make a user group, if you're interested in one then feel free to announce the interest and I might make one (didn't find one when I looked in the user groups, if there is one, feel free to direct me there).
I was watching the finals of the Players Championship Tournament yesterday and we've got two big competitions coming, China Open begins tomorrow and World Championships later in April, this got me wondering how many of my fellow Escapistians know this sport, follow it, or even play it themselves?
Personally I've been following the sport for close to 10 years now, it caught my interest at the age of about 16/17. I've been playing it for that same amount of time. I'm not good at it, but it's fun and challenging, and different to the other stuff I do (gym, football, tennis...). I used to live in a small town with just one table (that I knew of at least) but about 2 years ago I moved to a bigger city and here are a few good pool/snooker clubs around.
The one I go to is the same our (Finlands) only professional snooker player, Robin Hull, trains in. We also have a weekly tournament every Tuesday which I usually take part in. It's for fun but costs 6? to take part and winner gets 50% of the pot, second 30% and 3rd 20%, so there's still something to play for, I've even won it a few times and even had to play against Robin 3 times so far. We use handicaps and it's 6 red snooker (just one frame) so he (Robin) had to give me 40 points ahead which even makes it quite challening for him when he joins in. It's mainly for fun but still competative. I try to go and play/train once or twice a week other than that.
As I said above I'm no good, my maximum break in a match (in the 6red snooker tournament) is 38 and in training I haven't even broke the half a century limit yet. I'd say my strength is in the safety department and that's also the parts I enjoy when watching it on telly, when there's just one or two reds left and no good chances and both try to snooker each other
So, what's your Snooker story?
If this thread gathers enough interest I might even make a user group, if you're interested in one then feel free to announce the interest and I might make one (didn't find one when I looked in the user groups, if there is one, feel free to direct me there).
