Where else in the UK.....................?

[Roo "Convoy!!"]

:) Can anybody help me (be careful how you answer that!). I am re-locating to the Reading, Newbury, South Oxfordshire or Basingstoke Area in the next six months and I am hoping somebody has a list of WHERE I can find pubs/clubs with a barbilliards table. Once I have an idea where the tables are, I can plan which table to travel to. Obviously, I would also like to join up with a team sometime.

Thanks for your help chaps/chapettes. :)

I'm surprised that nobody has come forward with a single suggestion for Roo.

Try this link with a "bar billiards" search on, Roo :

www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/ftsearch.shtml?search=bar+billiards

And if you want to know of ones specifically with League tables, I suggest you drop an e-Mail to Dave Alder, the new AEBBA Secretary, who hails from Berkshire.

[Kady]

Roo,

If you send me a PM of where you are going to be based (or does this answer help you decide that) I'll gladly send you a list of the nearest tables (that I know about).

I only have info about the tables which are used for league games but I can cover the Reading and High Wycombe areas (and with a little arm twisting I'm sure the info re the Oxford area is out there).

I hope I can help
Kady

[barbelman]

Roo

If you are looking at South Oxfordshire then Kevin Pringle (Wallingford's new secretary) is your best man to contact. I would imagine that all the other Oxon leagues would be too far to travel for you.

You can PM him as he's still on the BBB forum.

Tony

[Roo "Convoy!!"]

:) Thanks for the info. I am currently staying in Beenham (between Pangbourne and Thatcham area) and will likely be there until the summer. Any tables near there??

After that I will relocate and post back on the forum when I have a permanent address.

Thanks Kady by the way. Your link to Reading Tourist Info got me a B & B at the right price and location ;D

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

Sorry missed this thread boys :(
Wallingford
Portcullis Club
Dolphin
Comrades Club
Fairmile Social Club, nr Wallingford
John Barleycorn, Goring

Didcot
Didcot Conservative Club
Didcot Labour Club
Marlboro Club
Horse & Harrow, West Hagbourne
Rose & Crown, Chilton

I play at the Portcullis Club and we are looking for an additional player or two. Hope this helps, a few players come from out Reading area and beyond to play our league, it is a fairly nice drive into the area.

[Roo "Convoy!!"]

:) Thanks Kevin. What day(s) do you play. I would be interested to play at the Portcullis but need some more details if poss.

Thanks 8-)

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

richardhare said:

:) Thanks Kevin. What day(s) do you play. I would be interested to play at the Portcullis but need some more details if poss.

Thanks 8-)

Wallingford League is Monday night m8, we are Home this week if you fancy coming along for a look you will be most welcome. If you decide you wish to sign on then I can do it immediately as I am Secretary ;)

Matches are 5 games, starting at 8.30PM but we will be in from 7.30PM when we are at home for much needed practice :D
Let me know if you are coming Monday and will sort some directions out for you.

[Roo "Convoy!!"]

Let me know if you are coming Monday and will sort some directions out for you

:) Thanks Kev. Can you send me location details anyway and I will try to get down for tomorrow night (but cannot promise anything I'm afraid)

Cheers

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

OOPS made a coc*up, we are away tonight, hope you see this.
We are at the John Barleycorn tonight at Goring (nearer to you).


Address is:
The John Barleycorn
Manor Road, Goring, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9DP

Simple instructions

Onto M4, turn off at Theale
Through Pangbourne
On to Streatley
Turn right to Goring
Over bridge, Manor Road is on right
Pub up on the left hand side.

11.4 miles

[Kady]

Roo,

I have just sent you some info by e-mail (I hadn't seen these postings, until now).

I hope this helps
Kady

Use the bespoke threads to lodge any tables you come across in strange out of the way places - eg) Scotland; either side of the Pennines; Wales; the West Midlands or East Anglia.

If there is no existing thread for the county or region where you have found a table, you can start a new thread or simply add the details here.

[oldblue]

From my Lincolnshire visit this week -

The Red Lion in Market Rasen no longer has a BB table, they got rid of it when they went gastro, suggest delete from map

The Dambusters Inn in Scampton however still has its table, albeit rather worn. I also thought it a really excellent pub and well worth a visit (review on PubsGalore site to follow)

[Q]

I dont know if this has been reported here yet but it seems that York has now become a Bar Billiards city
Newspaper report of 'Boom' in bar billiards

Oct 18, 2013 12:14:08 GMT Q said:

I dont know if this has been reported here yet but it seems that York has now become a Bar Billiards city
Newspaper report of 'Boom' in bar billiards

Yup, we have a thread going here:
barbilliards.proboards.com/thread/14740/york

[Chris_Sav]

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