Map of Public Bar Billiard Tables - Updates

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please add this as a new Oxford Bar Billiards League venue:

Littlemore Rugby Club, Northfield Cl, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4NH

Cheers,
tommo

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
This new venue has been quoted on the Norwich website:

Marlborough Arms, 43 Spencer Street, Norwich NR3 4PB

4-Pin, Non-league at present.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Following a report on a recent investigations by BilliardsMichael, please remove the following London venues from our Map:
Marks Bar at Hix   - W1F 9UP
Riley Sports Bar    - SW1Y 4TE
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese  - WC2Y 3LD
Jamies Wine Bar    - EC4M 7JZ
Marks Bar at Hixter   - EC2M 4AE
Jamies Wine Bar  - EC3A 5AY
Amersham Arms  - SE14 6TY
Royal Albert   - SE14 6TJ
Anchor Tap  - SE1 2LN

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please action the following changes in the Cambridgeshire area:

1. White Horse, Milton CB24 6AJ - change from 3-Pin non-league to new 4-Pin league venue for Newmarket & Cambs League;
2. Bottisham Community SSC  CB5 9DD - change from 3-Pin non-league to 4-Pin non-league;
3. Burwell Social Club  CB25 0DU - change from non-league back to a 4-Pin league venue for Newmarket & Cambs League;
4. Dykes End (Reach)  CB25 0JD - change from Newmarket & Cambs League to (4-Pin) Non-League.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Two new ones to add, please:
1. The Hoops, School Lane, Barton, Cambridge CB23 7BD   (This was missed earlier)
2. Maids Head, 12 High Street, Wicken, Cambs  CB7 5XR    (Re-opened a week ago under new management, with bar billiards)

Both 4-Pin, non-league.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,

Jul 12, 2023 8:55:01 GMT Chris_Sav said:

Leave it as a league on the map and review in the autumn.

Have reviewed the Marshland venues and have the following changes for you:

Deletions
Plough, Jekils Bank  PE12 0NT
Swan, Wisbech  PE13 4HA
Chequers, Tholomas Drove PE13 4SL  (table restored to the Bell)

Please change:
Wisbech Town Cricket and Hockey Club PE13 1RL from non-league to Gedney Hill Snookerette League

Please add:
Louth Town and Country Club, Cannon Street, Louth LN11 9NP  (as per prior request)  - Non-league, 4-Pin

Please restore as a Gedney Hill Snookerette League venue
BELL INN, 8 MURROW BANK, MURROW, WISBECH, CAMBS PE13 4HB
  
Cheers,
Clive

[milko]

Abingdon Snooker Club (Oracle) have two tables, one league & one non league.

[Chris_Sav]

Dover Sea Angling Club's table removal to Dover Road Social Club Folkestone reflected on the map.

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please add the following as a 'gold star' venue for WBBA events:

Aviator Hotel, Sywell Aerodrome, 1 Wellingborough Rd, Northampton NN6 0BN

Cheers,
Clive

[Chris_Sav]

Is the Aviator more than a one-off event hosting?

[tommo III]

Dec 15, 2023 8:31:23 GMT Chris_Sav said:

Is the Aviator more than a one-off event hosting?

Yes, Chris.
Events 1 (04,05 Feb 2023) and 2 (27/28 May 2023) were held at the Aviator Hotel, Sywell, Northampton.
Event 3 (09,10 Dec 2023) was staged at Emsworth SSC, Hants.
But it's back to Sywell for Event 4 on 03/04 Feb 2024.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Another new one please, as advised by Joe Foxon:

FRETWELLS, 36 SCALE LANE, KINGSTON-UPON-HULL HU1 1LF


Formerly a printing shop.
3-Pin, Non-league (pic of table on Yorks thread shows mushrooms, but configured for normal 3-Pin).

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Just systematically checking through the Suffolk venues, and find that these are still showing on the Map and need to come off:

Six Bells, Lavenham  CO10 9NG (my report of visit 30/7/21 refers)
Ye Olde Bell and Steelyard, Ipswich  IP12 1DZ (Daveuk1 report of 07/11/22 refers)
Thatchers Arms, Bure  CO8 5AT  (no table, as per Daveuk1  06/09/23)

also, have recently discovered that a pub whose team dominated the league in the late 70's and who kept a table until comparatively recently, was closed in September 2022 for housing development, this being:
Five Bells, Cornard  CO10 0HU.   - so please delete.

Cheers,
Clive

[edit -  One more Suffolk deletion please]:
It is reported that the Bedfield Crown IP13 7JJ has been closed since June 2021 (unsurprising maybe in a village with a population of 324) 

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Last one today.....

Please delete:
The Jubilee, 26 St Leonards Road, Norwich NR1 4BL
According to Pubs Galore, no b-b's there since Sep 2021.

Cheers,
Clive

[Q]

One today that saddens me as it was the only close(ish) table to me.

Frog & Bucket (ex-Winds Of Change), South Petherwin, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 7LP

Table has been sold to a private buyer

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please add this new one to the map:

Plough & Fleece, High St, Horningsea, Cambridge CB25 9JG

4-Pin Non-league.

Cheers,
tommo

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please add the following (non-league, 3-Pin):

Manor House Hotel and Sports Club, Okehampton EX20 4NA

Cheers,
tommo

[Chris_Sav]

Feb 27, 2024 17:43:09 GMT tommo III said:

Hi Chris,
Please add the following (non-league, 3-Pin):

Manor House Hotel and Sports Club, Okehampton EX20 4NA

Cheers,
tommo

Think this is AKA Ashbury Golf Hotel? same post code. Will look closer in the morning

[tommo III]

Sorry Chris,
Got this one second-hand.
I'll do an in-depth investigation too. 

[Chris_Sav]

They appear to be twinned hotels two miles apart so one of the post codes needs correcting.

Extensive snooker and pool but I have found no mention of bar billiards at either.

[tommo III]

A further investigation reveals that there are indeed twin hotels, the Ashbury Golf and the Manor House, both with Snooker Halls:
www.manorandashburyresorts.co.uk/activities/snooker/

But of the two, only the Manor House mentions a bar billiards table (the Ashbury Golf doesn't)

So the address for our map is:

The Manor House Hotel, Fowley Cross, Okehampton, Devon. EX20 4NA

A "how to find us" instruction to be found here:
www.manorandashburyresorts.co.uk/info/find-us/

The postcode for the Ashbury Golf is slightly different: ends in 4NL.

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
This one is mentioned on the Norwich BB League in their recent AGM minutes as a venue which have offered them a challenge in the form of a couple of friendlies; i think it had been part of the old Newmarket and BSE League in the dim and distant past:

Star, The Street, Lidgate, Newmarket CB8 9PP

Please add as Non-league venue, 4-Pin.

Cheers,
tommo

[tommo III]

Hi Chris, 
Please re-instate this as a Billingshurst League venue:

SPRINGBOK CLUB ("Care Ashore"), Main House, Satchel Court, Springbok Estate, Alfold, Cranleigh GU6 8EX

Please also remove the nearby Three Compasses  (GU6 8HY) from the map, the table has been re-located from the latter to the former as the pub has closed.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Some changes have been advised to Northants League venues thus:

Please DELETE Red Lion, Cranford  NN14 4AA;

Please add:
SNOOTY FOX, 16 MAIN STREET, LOWICK, KETTERING  NN14 3BH
and
BRITANNIA WORKING MENS CLUB, 21 NEWMAN STREET, BURTON LATIMER, KETTERING  NN15 5SH

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,

May 11, 2024 11:54:26 GMT tommo III said:

Whilst de-touring through four other counties (Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset) on the way back from the IOW on Tuesday, we dropped in on the Grove Arms (Nr Shaftesbury) - separate report to come - and the chef there advised that bar billiards is played at the following:

THE ODNEY CLUB (John Lewis Partnership Social Club), ODNEY LANE, COOKHAM, MAIDENHEAD, BERKS SL6 9SR

Please add the Odney Club as above as a non-league (3-Pin) venue.

Rather sadly, also, the Grove Arms (SP7 9ND) can be removed from the map.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,

May 20, 2024 11:53:54 GMT tommo III said:

Last subject to an enjoyable visit on a day out in Jan 2015.......
Prince of Wales, Hammer Vale (near Haslemere) GU27 1QH now to come off the map.
(Reference Pubs Galore 18/8/21)

Please delete the above.
Cheers,
Clive

[Chris_Sav]

I hear there is a table gone into the Goudhurst Club, added.

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Crawley Jubilee Club can be removed from the map: Had a chance meeting the other night with a pool-playing friend who was on his way home from a match there, and he confirmed that it no longer has a bar billiards table.    Post code is RH10 1LQ.

Cheers,
Clive

[tommo III]

Hi Chris,
Please add the following Norfolk venue:

Angel Inn, 15 High Street, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 6ET

(4-Pin, non-league)

Cheers, 
Clive
 

[tommo III]

Good morning Chris,
Please change the Old Chestnut, Earlswood (RH1 6HP) to a Redhill & Dist League venue, as they have joined the league for the new season.

Cheers,
Clive