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Snooker game play
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Objective
The objective of the game of snooker is to strike the white cue ball with a cue in the direction of other object-balls and to pot these object balls in one of the six pockets. This must be done according to the rules of the game, which are described below. By potting object [...] -
Snooker table
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Snooker table, drawn to scale
Snooker is played on a rectangular 6′ by 12′ (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. At one end of the table (the ‘Baulk End’) is the so-called ‘baulk line’, which is 29 [...] -
Snooker governing body
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Action from The Masters Tournament in 2007
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), founded in 1968 as the Professional Billiard Players’ Association, is the governing body for the professional game. Its subsidiary, World Snooker, organises the professional tour. The organisation is based in Bristol, England. Some consider that the world [...] -
Snooker history
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Illustration of a game of three ball pocket billiards in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany
The game of billiards dates back to the 15th century but snooker is a more recent invention. In the late 19th century billiards games were popular among British army officers stationed in India, and players used to [...] -
Snooker
Friday, March 6th, 2009
Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12′ × 6′) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 [...]
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