Updates to Tables in Devon

[Paul Watts]

Anybody know of any Bar Billiards Tables in Devon?

[Colemanator]

Dunno, but there will be some in Dorset in about 6 weeks time :D

The Colemanator's cheesy :D reference is to the National Pairs tournament to be staged soon at the Queens Hotel, Bournemouth - but there's no permanence about the tables: they'll be whisked away immediately afterwards.


Sorry Paul, I have actually played on a bar billiards table in Devon, this one, which we chanced upon on the last night of a holiday...........
www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/28/28334/Royal_George_Inn/Appledore
...........but that was ten years ago, and when we paid a return visit a couple of years later there was a revolving Pool table in its place.


We have touched on the subject before when investigating tables in Dorset and Somerset, but concluded there is nothing west of Bristol/Bath/Shepton Mallet - if that !

[Colemanator]

tommo said:

The Colemanator's cheesy :D reference is to the National Pairs tournament to be staged soon at the Queens Hotel, Bournemouth
- but there's no permanence about the tables - they'll be whisked away immediately afterwards.

Sorry Paul,

Tommo, you don't have to apologise for me :-/

chimp said:

tommo said:

The Colemanator's cheesy :D reference is to the National Pairs tournament to be staged soon at the Queens Hotel, Bournemouth
- but there's no permanence about the tables - they'll be whisked away immediately afterwards.

Sorry Paul,

Tommo, you don't have to apologise for me :-/

I have re-vamped the previous message, with slightly better punctuation, so that you don't think I was apologising for you, Ian. ::)

[Colemanator]

But there's nothing stopping him coming along for the weekend ;D

[Chris_Sav]

Hi and Welcome Paul;

Basically Somerset is not in the All England association of counties, thus we have little or no knowledge of tables in the county.

I doubt that either of the principal hire companies have many in the South West, but I would make contact with Bar Billiards Ltd of Ascot at www.bar-billiards.co.uk/. They are the only likely source if info apart from Google.

HTH

Sav.

Just one more place to check - Branscombe Beach.

Apparently you find all sorts of things down there!!

reformedcharacter said:

Just one more place to check - Branscombe Beach.

Apparently you find all sorts of things down there!!

Hmm Sav would be down there at the slightest hint of a table going for free. But he'd be more likely to come away with a BMW.
;)

[Q]

I've not found anything in Devon yet but my search for Cornwall has come up with this:

q said:

In my search I have found one pub so far
www.pubinnguide.co.uk/pubdetailsidx78903.asp
rest assured, if/when we move it will be one of the first places I shall visit and report back here

Keep in touch Paul, 'cos there is a very good chance that I will be moving down to Cornwall in the near future and I will be looking for venues and players to hopefully start if not a league then at least a group of like minded individuals to have a regular game or two.

Bernie

[Q]

Just resurrecting this thread in the hope that Paul Watts might come by again.

Where I play is just over the border in Cornwall.
The Cornish Inn at Gunnislake

there is also a table at the Royal but I have been told that its about to be removed and sold ;) I am checking ;D

[Q]

Jan 13, 2009 14:26:08 GMT Q said:

there is also a table at the Royal but I have been told that its about to be removed and sold  ;) I am checking  ;D

Checked this one out a while ago, the table is in storage, apparently it has been sold but not yet collected, they wouldn't let me have a look :'(

Plenty in Devon according to the AEBBA map, several in Exeter apparently:

maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104694377102614712000.000485981969d13618db1&ll=51.44716,-1.192017&spn=1.900042,6.696167&z=8

As Q says, no active league though.

[milko]

It looks as if I'm going to be busy checking those venues out next week, Lin will be pleased! 8-) ;)

You'll see I've thinned the list out for you a bit, so now there's only eleven for you to visit. ;) ;D

Evidence of 4-Pin being played in Devon:

www.flickr.com/photos/samyooell/5220471611/in/photostream/

[gandalf the untidy]

Nov 29, 2012 18:09:53 GMT tommo III said:

Evidence of 4-Pin being played in Devon:

www.flickr.com/photos/samyooell/5220471611/in/photostream/

Looks like a break outside both white pegs, is this the way to start? hmmm

regs cs

This is the best advice I've been able to find, Gandalf:

Jan 14, 2009 19:21:27 GMT BFG said:

I have visited the Wellingborough 4 pin league since honchair moved up there.
The 4 pins are over the main pockets, 30 and 10 holes reversed.
I am assured by one of their players that the perfect break pushes the red to the 20 or 10 and leave the white so next shot you stun the red into the 200 pocket off that white!
You have to play the red if available.

Tell you what, after a couple of sessions of practicing 4-Pin, it doesn't half make the 'normal' game seem a doddle ! ;D

[oldblue]

I checked out the Journey's End in Ringmore last night and alas there is no longer a table - the landlady told me it went about two years ago. A shame, particularly as it's such a great 13th century inn. :'(

OB

Mar 6, 2014 9:19:45 GMT barbelman said:

This morning I have added the rest of Tommo's GPG finds to the map;

Sea Trout, Staverton, Nr Totnes, Devon TQ9 6PA
Royal Inn, Horsebridge, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8PJ
Tony

Thanks Tony,

That Royal Inn looks worth an investigation by Q......just the other side of the Tamar.

Sept 15, 2014 13:01:15 GMT milko said:

There is a BB table in The Bank in Exmouth next to the Number 9 Sports Bar that I go in regularly when I'm down that way, it's a supreme and is in an unplayable position just inside the door.

The Bank
5A St. Andrews Road, Exmouth, EX8 1AP

Milko

A landlord in Devon has advised on Twitter that he now has a bar billiard table:

Here's a pic:


DREWE ARMS, THE SQUARE, DREWSTEIGNTON, EXETER, DEVON EX6 6QN

Another one in Exeter, this being a cocktail bar:

licklist.co.uk/the-monkey-suit-exeter

MONKEY SUIT, 161 SIDWELL STREET, EXETER, DEVON EX4 6RH

Another one for Milko to check out during his next Devonian holiday..........

GOLDEN LION (NON-LEAGUE), 65 NEW ROAD, BRIXHAM, DEVON TQ5 8NL

www.bestpubs.co.uk/cgi-bin/layout0.asp?id=116741
www.goldenlionbrixham.co.uk/pub-games/

Jan 13, 2017 18:16:20 GMT Chris_Sav said:

Had contact from the Swan Inn at Noss Mayo near Plymouth re converting his £1 clock in his bar billiard table to take the new £1.
Seems likely the pub has a table, will advise.

The Swan Inn, Pillory Hill, Noss Mayo, Plymouth PL8 1EE

Another one in Milko holiday territory:

OLDE CIDER BAR - NON LEAGUE - 99 EAST STREET, NEWTON ABBOT DEVON TQ12 2LD

Another one in Devon, Beaford being due north of Dartmoor, on the way to Great Torrington:

GLOBE INN (Non-League, 3-pin) EXETER ROAD, BEAFORD, DEVON EX19 8LR

Pic of the table being played here:
globeinnpub.co.uk/about/photos/dsc_0345/

[bobhall]

Jun 1, 2018 14:23:40 GMT tommo III said:

Another one in Devon, Beaford being due north of Dartmoor, on the way to Great Torrington:

GLOBE INN (Non-League, 3-pin) EXETER ROAD, BEAFORD, DEVON EX19 8LR

Pic of the table being played here:
globeinnpub.co.uk/about/photos/dsc_0345/

Doesnt have a bar on the table as has been covered so im guessing that table could hold the highest everbreak if playable

Jun 1, 2018 15:45:10 GMT bobhall said:

Doesnt have a bar on the table as has been covered so im guessing that table could hold the highest everbreak if playable

You're right in that the French mechanism has at some stage been removed. But I have seen similar where an electronic timer has been fitted, with a coin slot round the side of the table.

With so many sad tales of pub closures, it was good to find this report of one, originally closed in 2011, saved by the local community and (after refurbishment) recently re-opened under new management:

scpl.org.uk/news

Kings Arms Inn, Stockland, Honiton, Devon EX14 9BS

Whether the bar billiards has been retained is a matter for future investigation !