York on the up...

[barbelman]

Nice bit of publicity from our friends in York....

www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11204788.Bar_billiards_game_rises_from_the_ashes/

[thorperoo]

Thanks for noticing! we hope to have another piece in the paper at some point in the next staging of our local league. bit of a shame the comments on this arrive descended to ludicrous bickering so quickly. give us a shout if you're in the area ever!
www.yorkbarbillliards.com

This match report from Thorperoo on the York Bar Billiard website:

Fulford Arms V Knavesmire 29-5
31/05/20140 Comments

"It's a real test of your endurance" and "I've never been so amazed by those guys stamina". Such words were uttered by the patrons of The Fulford Arms last night as the Knavesmire team crossed the river to face the Fulford Arms. Admittedly they may have been talking about the Race The Sun endurance challenge which Imphal barracks had been taking part in but we like to think that the statements were being made about the first match for the Knavesmire in the York league.

There was a good turnout for the away side led by Stu Weston including their superstar player Chesh (nobody knows his real name) as well as 7 other brave players.

After a quick practice to allow the knavesmire players a chance to get used to the extra width of "Claribel", the Fulford Arms original table, Rich and landlord Chris took to the table to face Stu and Will. For the Knavesmire there was a theme of good scores followed by mushroom drops as they struggled to get used to the speed of the table. Steady breaks from the Fulford team took them into an early lead and clinched them the first game in what seemed a very quick time 870-180.

Next up Rich and Flow took to the table to challenge Chesh and Pete. Again the knavesmire curse of scoring highly but knocking over mushrooms continued and the father and daughter team capitalised with a win of 900 to 340. Flow stayed on the table to team up with Chris and lead the Fulford arms to a 3-0 lead with a win of 910-270 playing steadily with some high breaks and near misses.

Stu was unphased even though the clock was ticking for him to head back to the knavesmire and run their quiz. Next at the table came Persia and the Irish Rocket Ruth, Co team-captains of the Arms after their brief practice on The Fulford Arms other table Annie. For the knavesmire this game pretty much summed up their night as mushrooms went flying and they ended up with just 30 points whilst Persia and Ruth racked up some big scores each ending up on 1320 and secured the win for the Arms.

After a short break for a buffet to rival that at The Golden Ball the youngsters took to the table to try and reclaim some pride for The Knavesmire against Ruth and Chris. Fulford took an early lead but the landlord placed a jinx on the game when he suggested Ruth should go for the 200 and she did but knocked over the black mushroom at the same time. This let the Knavesmire back in and they made the most of it winning their first game 530-270.

This put the boys in better spirits and they went on to take the next game as well 760-350.

Thoughts went to the league standings as a pep talk from Chris made it clear that a 5-2 win would bring them to the top of the league. Flow and Persia delivered the goods with a well fought win by 720 -340 and the night was over. Members of both the Golden Ball and Phoeniz team had travelled down to enjoy the match and it was clear that both teams had much be fearful of and The Fulford Arms were still a strong force despite the lack of their Superstar player Mark.

Next we see the Golden Ball travel to the Fulford Arms where they last suffered a whitewash and the University playing their first game in the league at The Phoenix Inn

Excellent stuff ! Keep it up !

[thorperoo]

Thanks - I should defer the praise to Chris Sherrington of www.thefulfordarms.co.uk who put that together for me as i couldn't be there that match. Incidentally that pub is in the midst of a £150k refurb after which the 2 bar billiards tables will be situated on the new stage area!