Most down the 200 hole

[Chris_Sav]

OK,

One slightly different.

The most number of balls down the 200 hole in a serious game?? I had seven reds tonight in a league match. Total score around 14k.

An old boy called Burt Newman from Whitstable used to play the short one-up / single 50 / 400 & 50 double. I love it!!

Any better??

Sav

I'm trying that routine out at home, having seen Alec Hastings do it quite a bit last year in his last season before he emigrated.

But only as a bit of fun, I wouldn't dare attempt it in a league match. :o

[Martin Leach]

I once witnessed an old friend of mine, Tony Woolvin, play five 200s after the bar had dropped to come back from a deficit of over 1000 and win the game.

We used to play "200s only" as the last game of the evening after league matches whenever we visited his pub. It wasn't often anyone else but Tony who won it!

[Chris_Sav]

tommo said:

I'm trying that routine out at home, having seen Alec Hastings do it quite a bit last year in his last season before he emigrated.

But only as a bit of fun, I wouldn't dare attempt it in a league match. :o

It's a very powerful tool on any table with a bit of right hand roll that makes 50 potting / Oxfords difficult. I have only ever blacked once doing it. The secret is pace of the red, just get it there.

I used to watch old Bert play it when he was nearly 80, shortly before he died. Bugger beat me with a 10k break doing it a few years ago. Its now known as the 'Sav shot' around here as I will always go for it, but it's not!! It's Bert Newman's.

Sleep well Bert!

Sav

As you say, it's a definitive shot, get the point of contact correct and the pace correct and it should drop nicely without ringing the hole.

Scoring 1000 after the bar has gone is another skill, and usually only achieved with shots from the back cushion to the 100 and 200 pockets.

I've done it myself at the Windmill Crawley against a chap called Alan Maybee from the Blue Ship, who nearly swallowed his pipe in surprise, and Lorraine Hall did it to Margo and me a few years ago at the Greyhound in the deciding leg of a Mixed Doubles Semi-Final.

Again, you have to judge the angle and the pace just right.

Sounds a bit too tough for me.