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Post by taffy on Mar 26, 2018 14:12:01 GMT
an all-in-one-day tournament Dave?
How about 4 players arrive at 9.30 and then 4 at noon and then 4 at 3.30 and then 4 at 6pm? this is one table.
or double it for two tables. have a final league of 4 to call us back for another day and add something else to it?
so basically it's either a long day like saturday or a half a day and you come back again another time?
just an idea?
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Post by taffy on Mar 26, 2018 8:00:07 GMT
A great Day, well organised and run. food was great value, organisation top class.
I went into the hall yesterday for my reading glasses and the oldest members of the club were hard at it. reminds me of when i used to organise the Soham 10s rugby tournament. we had the 'Chippenham Allotments Society' marquee and it was put up by 8 octaganerians and they moved like the marine corps! every year we promised to be there to bring it down and only 1-2 lads would arrive blind drunk. so really well done to those that were still there yesterday clearing up....you're special (Chris!).
as for the competition i was so proud that Newmarket lads in their mid-fifties without a pub table, or a pub, or a league even for 23 years were able to play so well. we had two sessions on my wide table and then a fortnight ago we had one evening at the White Horse. I did well but on so little practice my 3 colleagues were amazing!
for those that don't know, Andy pollard couldn't do a thing right and indeed having lost all 3 league games he was losing the KO match 1450-450 when the lady unfortunately took the black skittle out. I mentioned that this would would be a turning point for Andy and so it proved.
As for myself, Simon deserved runner up in our group 9 table and he lost our game 2250-1750 and as we agreed when he said; 'I won't get 1750 too often today and come second!' and so it proved I think.
Jeff Bridges and I had the awkward table 6 and the game could have gone either way. I had a reasonable cushion as the gate dropped but he cleared up and I'm told someone whispered in his ear that the red in the 50 (100 points) would do. ah-oh!!! But Jeff was close!
I then played Chris Haynes over two legs on table one and about halfway through the first leg he discovered a break shot! OMG!! I clung onto my 1,000 lead for 6-7 minutes and knew that leg two would be tough if he had a great start. he also seemed to sober up! (I hope that's fair Chris) and luckily I stuck with him. he then had to chase the game which just made me safer but if he'd REALLY got that break shot going I would have been gone.
in the Semi's I played (I've forgotten your name, I'm sorry) some of my best Billiards and he reminded me of me when I was younger because he chased some big shots and again, that just made me more comfortable.
next to me was the other semi and I don't know Curt but I do know Steve Hayle and I thought Steve (who'd just put away my mate Colin Baxter who I think is a better player than me) was going to see to me. i said 'so it's me and Steve in the final then?' "no mate, you've got Curt Driver".
I guess that means I didn't have any pre-conceived ideas so I just settled in. Like all my games I missed everything for 1-2 minutes but nailed the centre section. I really piled it in that middle sector and I always stand to the left of a player. Jeremy moved the counter over and I thought I saw 3,000. so i moved to the right the next time and stood STARING at the score. someone else was pretending to be me and had scored 3,000! I still don't know who he was!!! there was still 5 to go and then, class player that he is, Curt went from like 750 to 1,500 and i had an 1,800 cushion for the second leg.
he never once resorted to speculative no-hopers and tried to break build from beginning to end....fair play to you Curt.... I thought I'd play to the end though and see if I couldn't go unbeaten in legs as well and so I sneeked the second leg as well.
so that's my story, an abbreviated one. I didn't know what i'd do rather than was hopeful. If i did anything well it was to break build relentlessly by "digging" balls off the back cushion and knowing what exactly both balls would do. I think it was the backk cush that won it. But i think anyone who gets the break going is still going to take some stopping next time.
everyone learns a little off everyone else and it will transpire soon enough how best to play. good players are still good players...
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Post by taffy on Mar 20, 2018 8:50:51 GMT
which car park Dave and a "ticket". we struggled last year and parked over half a mile away. made us later than we already were....
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Post by taffy on Mar 20, 2018 8:47:01 GMT
Just entered but didn't see where i put which area i represent?
anyway, I represent a defunct league formerly known as the Newmarket & BSE League so can we just put 'Newmarket'? that's what Dave is doing?
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Post by taffy on Mar 5, 2018 19:21:08 GMT
true but all the 2-3 tables I played on in the Gedney hill area also had 'cue above the rest' on them.
from what i can gather the money collector has to stay in a hotel or digs and cover a big area in a day mileage but not pubs wise. that gives you some kind of indicator I hope.
I used to empty space invader machines out on my trusty BMW R60/7 and I'd do about 14 a day on my motorbike but the guy in the car could only do about 10 and it was a 12-13 hour day. I have a friend at Tilney All Saints who is going to do a leading link fork for sidecarcross for me aso I may still see more gedney hill pubs soon!
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Post by taffy on Mar 5, 2018 16:25:13 GMT
well as I said before Tommo, the man at the Black Bear in Wisbech says that someone comes around once/twice a year from somewhere in south wales for the rent. I can't recall what i said but I hope I said it to you and PM'd you in on it perhaps.
but you are getting nearer Tommo!
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Post by taffy on Mar 5, 2018 9:41:05 GMT
yesterday Ally and I visited a table in North Norfolk right up on the coast line to the east of Hunstatnton and to the west of Wells-next-the-Sea. In the small village of Brancaster Staithe is The White Horse and it has a 4-pin table. sorry about the quality on this one. The table looks old, can't see a name on it but I'm sure someone will know what it it and its approximate age. It is a rented table with 'cue above the rest'. it had crap and debris all over the top but i daren't brush it down as people were eating. the D was so soft that it had about 20 sunken 'holes' in it. there were three fat skittles and a thin one. the pockets were easy drop AS I KNEW THEM with 4 grooves not 4 proud points. there was no chalk. but someone has already set the mechanism to the 'new' £1. met some rich southern people who decided the best way of asking us about the game was; how do you play this stupid game then or do you need two toes and three fingers to work it out? the game was incredibly short at i'd say 8-10 minutes. lovely old table....just neglected. regards Taffy
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Post by taffy on Feb 5, 2018 9:24:49 GMT
Well Tommo, I suppose it is what you mean by the word 'proper'. I take it to mean traditional or proper as it should be (meaning; as it has been in the past). did you mean a 'proper (good) game' or a good game on a 'proper' table?
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Post by taffy on Feb 5, 2018 9:17:28 GMT
The set I borrowed off Alan have 4 ribs...I was shocked, everyone mentioned 'easydrop' and I remembered them being great, we loved the tables with them.
and then they arrived, OH MY GOD!!! the bloody things had 4 ribs sticking out.
in my day, easy drop meant 4 GROOVES not 4 ribs. did exactly the same thing but didn't sound like someone hitting their own teeth with a fork!
my table holes are 53mm ID with a sharp 90d corner. the balls don't "rim", they are either going in or they are OUT.
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Post by taffy on Feb 3, 2018 9:15:10 GMT
I for one am looking forward to playing 'proper' 4-Pin on narrow tables. Will add to the charm of the event. Oh Tommo..... I've heard of altering history but never before a ball was kicked or a shot was fired. Taffy
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Post by taffy on Jan 23, 2018 17:44:21 GMT
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Post by taffy on Jan 4, 2018 17:22:03 GMT
Having done the team-4s on narrow tables, I know that there will be enough subtle differences in the tables to make it an issue. people will have to adapt or die!
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Post by taffy on Jan 3, 2018 17:15:05 GMT
I believe someone said last year that nobody from 4-pin had ever made the quarter finals or was it the Semi's before? kinda puts off the locals if the first is true! but with the dawn of the narrow table you may hope it is now a good mix otherwise if it all slops the other way 'they willo (not) come'!
can't see that happening as good players are just bloody good players wherever you go.
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Post by taffy on Jan 3, 2018 8:37:28 GMT
Taffy Do you think we will see any more entries from the Newmarket area? Hi Dave I dropped a text into both colin and 'Alfie' last week and the rest is up to them Dave. I can't get a clear answer from either of them. I do hope they enter but not sure.... regards Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 31, 2017 16:58:52 GMT
OK back up a couple of posts I have re-drawn my table more accurately. one dimension was out by 100mm and I've also added the 'spot' and the distance to the 50s this time! and below is how the break shot works on mine. I've left some important dimesnions in still. the object ball in the 10 directly is only with a firm shot. regards Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 29, 2017 12:37:26 GMT
what are you stopping at this year Dave?
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Post by taffy on Dec 23, 2017 12:36:09 GMT
In my old league we had a large D on normal tables. you could just about touch the edge of a ball behind the 30 hole around a plump skittle. so I reckon we had 70-80mm half moon Ds.
Wisbech have a smaller D around 60mm I reckon.
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Post by taffy on Dec 21, 2017 1:17:21 GMT
oh boy Tommo. I've scribbled out my notes a few times. I don't want to hear anymore mate until you get it.
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Post by taffy on Dec 20, 2017 16:48:23 GMT
dark horse? pa!!!
I wasn't asking you for facts tommo, i can quote them... We had the 4-pin team match so that is a good idea and of course Sudbury have their league games. In all honesty, i do a 10 hour day and walk the dog for an hour so a game at home is all i need now.
your a bit mean with your support, I did go around sudbury twice, wisbech twice and there's always a lack of people to play just when you need them.
we have asked two local pubs and they are non-committal so the next stage is to offer a table out of my own pocket to put a table in a pub at a cost to myself. do you have a view on that? now don't commit yourself now....!
anyway, the correct answer was: as you full well know
'LOTS and LOTS'!!! see, you didn't have to commit!!!
I reckon a good game is lots of great breaks, banging them in from everywhere, the lead changing regularly, the occasional peg (as a warning) a high score and something that makes you want to spend another quid. Most people have no idea where the shots are but then again someone else would say that Pool can be mastered from the first game which is where we fall down.
they say that they studied footie and the ideal scoreline is 2-1 for a thriller.... see Tommo, you learn so much when you come here.
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Post by taffy on Dec 20, 2017 11:11:54 GMT
yes but as I explained, my rings are now a (relatively) loose fit.
I'm certainly not trying to reverse mushrooms. just remarking on how perceptions got twisted by both parties! (point missed) and how we dodn't like them. but I reckon most of that is stuck-in-the-mud stuff. I enjoyed the mushrooms at the EAO, they are huge for mushrooms but at the end of the day have about the same waistline as the skittles i'd guess.
the weights really help, the mushrooms were too light before. how heavy is correct? well my initial thought for an hour was that 'not 25g, not 55g but maybe 40/45g' but now I like what i have and will just settle into these for a fewe months.
best to have a nice long look before you change something. lots of pause and reflect.
when are you coming up then Tommo! I reckon you need to see the light..... as james brown said; "can you see the light!"
Some big scores going down here Tommo. Carpenter came for his second session last night and reckoned it is a far better game than Pool and he did 3 x 1250. I did 2,500, 3,200 and 1,500. no money for guessing in which game I took out the red pin!
I reckon with a little more lubrication we'll have the wide cushions in in no time!
one thing I forgot to mention is that it is possible to get 100 getting a ball near the 10 hole off the back and across to the 100. it's a squeeze but i have done it.
How many points do you think you should get in a game then tommo? that's you and say a new kid playing for the first time?
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Post by taffy on Dec 19, 2017 9:01:08 GMT
This has been said before but the tables i see in the odd pub obviosly have 3 pins and are mushrooms. My old league only had skittles so I'd always figured that was the difference between 3 and 4 pin.
then I meet up with you all and because Sudbury use Mushrooms and you have skittles 'somewhere darn sarf' others have a visiom of our games the other way around!
Wisbech use skittles like us. Norwich Copy Sudbury as they had no 4-pin till recently. What is Wellingborough?
anyway, do you remember that for a couple of Friday nights I got my 3 old team mates out and we practiced at Dave's pub of choice: the White Horse in Sudbury? Andy and Colin hadn't played for 20 years, Alfie for 25 years except that Alfie had been around mine.
They didn't like the Mushrooms because they cast a shadow but of course they weren't fussed but when asked...that's what they said.
I just think people should have their ego massaged because that is what they EXPECT now.
One thing I never quite 'got' when doing the table was how the cloth stays in the pocket? I see some slates have wooden backing across the pockets so do the tips of the cloth glue to the wood? that isn't strong is it? My slate is 20mm thick and the cloth only just pokes down beyond the slate.
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Post by taffy on Dec 18, 2017 17:49:31 GMT
Below are dimensions of my table BUT it is NOT drawn to scale at all! THINKING of taking the side cushions outwards from 808mm to 816mm but not the ends so may have to put a strip of wood behind the top cushion rail so that the side rails remain a tight fit. If I did it all again I would move the 50s out towards the side cushion, the first 3mm or so would be to keep the same distance from the new thinner side cushions and then 7mm as well so 128/131 (call it 130mm) would be 120 (obviously drilling correctly next time!) which is actually a move of 10mm. Below is a diagram of the present problem. moving the pockets outwards would allow shot A so that you can 'get inside' the object ball shown and knock it down the 50 without any loses elsewhere. but I'm now getting shot B again because the cue ball is now going around the back of the 50 pocket twixt cushion and hole. balls 10-20mm away from the hole are easy as the cue ball goes around the back of the 50 skittle. But I'd hope that the move from 808 to 814/816/820 will give me the diagonal into the 200, THAT'S the one I want! yes Tommo, I have a semi circle of 80mm and although 75mm wouldn't hurt all this is judged on the narrow waistline of the 200 skittle. Are your Skittles Twiggy or Monsurat Caballiel? LOL!!!! Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 18, 2017 7:40:29 GMT
Hi Tommo
It came with 80mm wide and 40mm forwards and if a ball is hidden behind the 30 then it takes the utmost skill just to clip it so 80mm is about spot on.
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Post by taffy on Dec 17, 2017 12:27:27 GMT
The one shot I wanted and can't get is the corner shot. on the table in my local that we played at; the Tharp, Arms in Chippenham Cambs in about 1980 we could fire the ball into the top corner and it would go back in the 200. 'plain ball' means that the ball is coming back about 25mm from the 200 skittle. as soon as you put side on the ball it can 'fan out' anywhere. so II need to get it nearer so that i use a 'trace' of side. tests show that putting the 'D' further forwards will sort this. 40mm is the figure. the 'spot' then moves forwards 20mm and guess what...the friggin Oxford break is back on!!!! choices appear to be; A) a wider D to take the cue ball out to the side B) the 200 hole nearer the D C) widen the table D) thinner wood in the cuchions (so = same as C) If I move the D the 50s are screwed because the Oxford is back on. mucking with the cushions seems the best way. I shall be asking damon to take the first set he made and get them almost down so there's no wood looking 'from above'. it's cheap and easy to try. we just have to make a longer piece of wood for the back cushion but the rubber will stretch 4-6mm no worries. if you played on this table....you wouldn't use anything else. I'd love to see someone like Nigel Senior as mustard round the table as he is at the break shot and THEN on this table. after an Electric Light Orchestra evening we had a game.....Jeff would be proud of us! regards Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 17, 2017 12:02:44 GMT
Part 2 So let us look at what I wanted: I wanted a better reverse 100 and 200 twixt 30 & 20(shot 3) and a bigger space so a player can angle a shot for the reverse 100 OR another shot for the reverse 200 - there needs to be a distinction. so the top 5 holes were moved out apart by a further 3mm each and also the 200 twixt 10s and 20s would also now be "on" (shot 4). this would mean that the corner shot into the 200(shot 1)would catch the 10 pockets so I had to now push the top 5 holes back towards the top cushion and I did this by 25mm which allows that corner shot uninhibited. This also gives the balls less chance to just roll laterally across the back. I wanted make the Oxford break harder so I moved the 50s forwards by 16mm and this was done for three reasons, the break off and to get a 100 off the front of the 50s (shot 2) and also although the 100 went back making it harder to differentiate a 100 from a 200 the reward is hoped to be balls coming out of the top area being "lucky" and avoiding the 100 skittle. I also brought them in 3mm to make sure theat 2 balls pass each other outside the 50 peg for a reverse 'clip in'. the 200 hole moved the furthest to facilitate the 200 shots; 31mm towards the D!!! Table done and back on its legs I played with a new set of skittles from Alan again. He also sent me some 'Adams family' freaks, I mean, put this lot together and you'd call for the yellow van.... so how is/was it? Terrible. A phuqin disaster, a nightmare! Cut a 200 in and you wipe out the 50 skittle when it used to go through the gap. sob! The rings are a little proud although Mick cleverly left me a very thin but 0.5mm rim on the top which i could easily file down and so could make the rings lower in the holes and disappear. The cloth also seemed to ripple especially around my first 4 holes - the front 4. The new skittles weighing the usual 25 grammes were shocking and sometimes they fell over just thinking about my next shot!!! I swear it! about as much good as an Italian tank. Time for a re-think! Time for Cahunas!!!!! Cahuna time!!!!!! The balls were even catching the edge of the 10 pockets for the diagonal 200. nothing was right. So i did some checking and noted that Damon had added 5mm to the wooden batons for the new cushions he'd made and this was screwing with my shots! Two balls abreast wouldn't go around the back of the 50s, the diagonal shot.... So, new narrower rails with the rubbers were fitted; Then I re-clothed again. Then I flipped the slate and undid all the glue around the 200, 100, and 50 holes. I pulled the cloth through this time with DOUBLE, yes DOUBLE (isn't that incredible!!) crocodillo clips AND with the rubber gloves back from the bedroom I kneeded the cloth toward the holes from below (unsighted) and gained 2-3mm at each hole. I then re-marked all the pin marks further from the holes and now they are 4mm from the ring but more like 7-8mm from the hole's edge. Finally (or is it?); I decided to take my favourite skittles made of heavy African wood and drill them up the middle and add weight. The most efficient weight which is heavier than lead even, is tungsten and tungsten is used for fishing weights but they just didn't do the job and i had to put two in the first skittle. so i relaised that I need to go for dart barrels made of tungsten after a little work drilling i had what i needed, left a little of the tip on, tapped it into the skittle and then used Araldite 2-pack to glue them in. 3 darts...4 pins but there... I used the 28 gram weighted darts. the overall weight is now 55 grammes and the skittles are narrow as you can see. they are the minimum width where it matters. The 55 grammes allow liberty's and 'I got away with a scrape' this is no different to the Sudbury tables but the mushrooms do it by having a broad grip on the table surface. so I put it back together two weeks ago and the difference is night and day! I also changed the table from high at the far end to flat and now everything just WORKS!!!! all the angles have changed for the better. sure I have a couple of ideas but this thing is ace! The break shot; I can only do a 50 and 10 (called '110' here as we have strict Nmkt & BSE & district Rules). The Oxford break can't be done but also, here's one for DAVE; because I have square edged drop rings, a ball CAN'T GO IN THE 50 FROM THE SPOT. and this is with my narrower skittles! I have a couple of ideas which i'll discuss soon but the table is awesome. My mates came over and baptised it last friday and gave it a huge thumbs up. Whilst their break scores weren't amazing I was and am scoring 1,000 breaks and the other night i did a 3,000. I am lucky also that a 50 tapped in from the inside lets the object ball go on between the 20 and 30, reverse, and go in the 100 hole. this table is the future because it is FUN!!!! regards Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 17, 2017 11:07:45 GMT
Part 1 Time to report on my table refurb and i'll try and be brief-ish! First of all, just a reminder that I am doing this because i want what i call a 'better game'! also, I didn't want to do this but the wooden top and baize weren't up to snuff so i did what I can. It has been a lot of work but if it had been a straight slate job it would have been far quicker. the only tests done on the old wooden tp were to test the ID of the new square edged rings and after tests, 52mm was found to be 'fair'. So in February this year I hired a van and took s stand at the Classic dirtbike Show in telford. luckily an old Pool Table slate finished at ebay auction while I was there and i'd kept the number. A call secured an agreement for £50 and Ally and I collected it from Leek, Staffs on the way home. 6 months passed and finally we decided to tackle my addiction of 5 games per day by denying me the table. I went into DT (denied table) and had the old cold turkey which I prefer with ice and a touch of tonic. I decided to drill the 60mm holes with a circular steel hole cutter (mistake number 1,234,567) and bought acetal tube to make the drop rings from. I made one miscalculation and to this day i don't know how....I did the old measure twice cut once but luckily my old saviour came to the rescue! Isopons p-38!!! it really was a good repair. I then re-drilled correctly. having drilled the first practice hole on an off-cut of slate, mick, my engineer made the 9 drop rings. I carried on drilling for real and straightaway all the teeth disappeared on the hole cutter! after re-cutting fresh teeth i eventually got 3 holes completed and 5 holes started. If i did this again i would still have started all the holes with the steel cutter with its pilot but just started the holes. so I gave Mick back the rings to have a smaller OD done. I then bought a diamond cutter that did NOT have a pilot drill bit but it didn't matter as all the holes were already started. the diamond cutter went through like a knife through butter and it was done in 5 minutes (it seemed!). alas the offset of the steel teeth was the reason for the 59mm holes and now i had the right rings the diamond cutter was making 60mm holes 'again'. the rings are now a loose fit (mistake number 1 million, one.......) Damon the chippie made a wooden frame and screwed it into the table top, dropped the slate in and then drilled the slate. we should have actually turned the top over and just rested the whole lot on the cushions and then drilled through the new slate frame into the table top walls but well (mistake n.....) but at least we did it like this later. I then stretched the cloth around the frame on the kitchen table. I had approached the neighbour about this but he claimed a bad back and i had to walk from here (number 35) to number 45 before nobody had heard of what was required....turn the slate over. John is now claiming disability benefits....sorry john. I owe you a beer! i stretched the baize across the middle and stapled 6 times, then lengthways the same and then went back to the middles and removed the outside pairs of staples and concentrated on pulling away from the middle and stapling a little on each of the 4 sides. ace job done and just 30mm spare in one direction and nothing spare in the other I just did it! cut the holes and then flipped the slate when the mechanic arrived on the Monday. I struggled to think what could help me to do my (visions of clockwork orange) cloth pulling through the holes when i saw the floor mop bucket and wringer! with crocodile clips that really are brilliant off ebay and a few rubber bands i was off! If i had only used rubber gloves! but they aren't the only thing missing! Ally! you naughty girl! made by Alan - crazy guy!!! anyway, you can see how i did it. I used the glue that peradon were selling and it is BRILLIANT. so the cloth was glued in the holes and the rings were wedged in from below to put the squeeze twixt cloth and hole. as said before, the idea was to design a better table for a better game. I'm going to tell you that if you want kids to play this: they need to score lots of points! lots of reward and not a lot of pain. so that is the end of it to here. let us look at what I did for 'the better game'! Taffy
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Post by taffy on Dec 16, 2017 12:14:18 GMT
if it wasn't for bad luck....
Al, you nearly have me crying for ya!
I have to say your skittles, backboard and number board accross the ball bays is absolutely spot-on....truly! well done mate!
I must write up on my table refurb...we could all do with a laugh!
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Post by taffy on Oct 4, 2017 18:45:26 GMT
part of the attraction was that we all played all day for as long as anyone else did and therefore everyone was on hand for the presentations. maximum table time. at the end of the day I was there from 10am till 8pm and played 6 games. that's 6 games in 10 hours. only way forwards in the pub is in my mind to have more tables and have a way of getting them working all day. but even then I think your still looking at a 4th loop of matches and that's just too late. I agree with Sav, a great day out and it should ensure full grids next year. sorry biking background coming out of me! how about this: all day saturday, 8 local teams from Norwich, Newmarket and Sudbury etc to play and whoever the two finalists are, they come back Sunday and take on 6 national teams in an 8-team tourney? only the 6 teams can have a practice game at 9.30am Sunday while 'booking in' or after the Saturday tourney finished at around 8pm ensuring the landlord is a chappy! so the Bay Horse gets a two day tourney. how about somewhere in the south hosting a knock out the week before so they can come up to Sudbury? say play to a finish but the two finalists come up? maybe Norwich could do that themselves and Northampton. never mind that they aren't narrow tables. some ideas for you Dave. Still not a narrow table fan though Dave. I wish you would simply move the 'spot' forwards at the National 4-pin and some simple rule like 'no two shots the same can be taken'. dead simple. kills the 150 break. or consider delicate skittles and red on the D. red on the D is worth 110 to 150 so is it worth the extra risk. at the moment your white on the D means it is 70 v 150. but I finish by saying again that it was lovely tournament and we thoroughly enjoyed it-all of us! Taffy
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Post by taffy on Oct 1, 2017 14:51:41 GMT
changes? not many Dave, a bit like a handful of corn, put one on and two drop off!
only with more tables but in such a small pub?
if tables 2 and 3 could be angled in someway is about all I saw...
we all played and all finished at the same time.
double the tables, double the teams and you still have one more round of games at the end, what were all 'finals' last night would all become the 'semi's' and would need one extra round (the finals). getting late....
for a pub tourmnament I'd say that was tops!
Taffy
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taffy
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Post by taffy on Oct 1, 2017 9:57:14 GMT
well done to everyone involved in this great competition yesterday! thanks to Chris and dave and do think the guy that supplied the two tables, the White Horse for theirs and the landlord for being more than hospitable and going beyond the call of duty!
We started with old Alfie and I playing well and we drew 3-3 with the bay horse only to lose by a measerly handful of points when all the totals were added up! we then played in the plate semi against the northampton lads (2-4) and we struggled with the table and alcohol in equal amounts I'd say! but Col and Pol got the nerves out the system and both played really well in the wooden spoon shoot out when we came up against Ashburnham who were just getting into their stride! (3-3) and agin duffed up the count back!
The lads really enjoyed it and luckily Col moved somewhat nearer the Sudbury way so for them it was a smooth job. I'm pretty sure they'll be up for it next year!
cheers
Taffy
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