Eight full-size
snooker tables.
Not pool tables with a snooker cloth on them. Twelve feet by six, rounded pocket jaws, and a bed big enough that the black looks a very long way away.
Drawn to the real measurements: a 3569 mm playing surface, the baulk line 737 mm from the cushion, the black spot 324 mm from the other end. The reds go on the table first and the colours come back every time one is potted.
“Snooker tables are in excellent condition, and they have 8, so there’s usually at least one free.”
That is the thing people say about us most often. Across six years the reviews come back to the same three words, well brushed, good condition, smooth, from people with no connection to each other. The tables are brushed every day and every one sits under its own light raft.
The tables
- How many
- 8 snooker tables, in the long room
- Size
- Full size, 12 ft by 6 ft
- Cloth
- Worsted cloth, brushed daily
- Rate
- $18 an hour, per table
- Cues
- On the wall by every table, with a rest and a spider. Chalk and balls included.
- Glove
- $10 if you want one
If you’ve never played
A full-size table is a shock the first time. Shots you would make on a pool table simply do not go in, the pockets reject anything struck slightly off, and a frame between two beginners can take the best part of an hour. That is not a reason to avoid it, but it is a reason to know what you are choosing.
The scoring looks harder than it is. Seven values, and only one rule about the order:
- 1red
- 2yellow
- 3green
- 4brown
- 5blue
- 6pink
- 7black
Eight tables, and usually one free.