They take it so seriously out there !

Breaking news................
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If you're a bit of a 'donkey' taking part in the World Championships this November, take care if someone offers you a polo mint ! ;D ;D ;D

Hope they don't do drug tests at the Jersey Open! :D

I DON'T TAKE ANY, BTW! 8-)

[Ice Man]

Have heard that they are giving out polo mints after each game even if you win or lose.

By the way Johnny its not called the Jersey Open its actually called "THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS" and will be for a very long time i hope.

It's an open, I am not bothered if people call it the "World Championships". If 90% of players around the world don't even play by the Jersey Bar Billiard rules! Then how is it the "World Championships"!

[Ice Man]

Unfortunately sunshine it is called the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS and will be until the license expires. The english off the spot way of playing just defeats the object of using the cushions for angle shots. The Jersey game requires alot more skill.

I wouldn't knock it, Johnny.

Just suppose a few years from now, under the same set-up, you yourself managed to win it. Would you then say "I got through nine rounds of the toughest competition in the whole world, beat all comers, but please don't call me the World Champion, because it was under more difficult constraints than 90% of the competitors, myself included, were used to playing under".

It became the World Championships after having been run as the British Isles Open Championships for 20 years, and it happened by default as there was no other possible challenge or evidence from elsewhere in the world of an event of similar stature being staged.

I can think of maybe five players who live outside the sphere of its influence, who might be capable of a last four finish. They are not barred from entering and one day one or two of them may put in a surprise appearance. (Les Green formerly of Kent, now residing in Greece being one of them).

If you can make the effort and go over to Jersey this year, you will, I'm sure, be impressed with how expert some of the Channel Islanders are, and realise that they're not just good because they are used to playing under rules that are slightly different.

You will return with new found respect for their abilities and for their warmth as genuine human beings.

So no more of this silly talk, please.

[Ice Man]

Thanks tommo, couldn't of put it better myself.

[fazza]

sithlord said:

It's an open, I am not bothered if people call it the "World Championships". If 90% of players around the world don't even play by the Jersey Bar Billiard rules! Then how is it the "World Championships"!

We've been here before, Johnny, but unfortunately you have not.

You may be able to change the world (in the future), but you ain't gonna change this!!! Give it up!

If you ever carry out your threat and go to the World Championships, you will undoubtedly change your mind.

[fazza]

iceman said:

couldn't of put it better myself.

Don't you start James!!!! ;D
Couldn't you of put that better?

Welcome to the madhouse, by the way. Don't know if anyone else has said that yet!

Who needs to say it Fazza ::)

I understand that its different but its like playing football but only passing backwards like rugby! It's not the way I and LOADS of other players play Bar Billiards!

I can understand the respect it has gained. Surely the World Championships would have the rules that are played mostly accross the globe (meaning "World Championships").

Before you think I am disrespecting you, I am not. I admire how Bar Billiards can be played "off the spot" I even play that way in friendlies sometimes!

sithlord said:

I understand that its different but its like playing football but only passing backwards like rugby!

Have you considered how Channel Islanders might look at our game, though - they playing football properly and we rugby (ie. making it easier by picking the ball up) ::) ;D :-X ;)

[Sir Chancelot]

tommo said:

sithlord said:

I understand that its different but its like playing football but only passing backwards like rugby!

Have you considered how Channel Islanders might look at our game, though - they playing football properly and we rugby (ie. making it easier by picking the ball up) ::) ;D :-X ;)

The latest on the pony doping story is the police are not bringing any charges. Drop the dead donkey theory gone for a burton now.
The debate about playing off the spot will continue for years to come Johnny.
I am not knocking the way the English tables are set up, but think about it - why was the original English version of the game called 9 Hole Snooker ?
Why have cushions all the way down the side of the table if you can hit a ball behind the 10 direct from the D ?
You will find it difficult at first however apart from one or two shots the game is basicly the same, as the majority of English competitors have discovered much to us Channel Islanders costs !