tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299468112012-01-28T05:50:27.362ZNews, instructional articles, product launches and tournament results from the world of pool, snooker and billiards.Pete Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03297971770247801612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29946811.post-60598638120095316822012-01-10T12:24:00.002Z2012-01-10T12:27:31.405Z

Watch the Video below for details on this fantastic snooker cue giveawayTerms & Conditions (link to BilliardsBoutique.com)

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More and more people are taking the plunge and making space in their homes for a games room. This has seen a massive rise in the number of American Pool Tables sold in the UK, this is due to these factors, the variety of pool games that can be played, the colourful balls, easier corner pockets and modern styled tables on offer.All American Pool Table have the following characteristics in common,

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I was reading through a number of blogs this morning and came across this post by Dave Hendon (of Snooker Scene and Eurosport fame), the post Trouble in Paradise deals with the growth of snooker since Barry Hearn took over the sport.Whilst for the fans and, in some respects, the players it is a massive step forward in terms of the number of tournaments available there is always a negative side to

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Last Christmas and New Year we were offering a special deal on the Cannon Azure 3/4 Jointed Snooker Cue.Only 100 of these cues were ever made and at the time we had 40 of them. As it is now pushing towards Christmas 2011 I enquired to see if any were still available from the original batch and low-and-behold there were 9 left - just 9!So for a limited time only we are offering the Cannon Azure 3/

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We have spent some time looking at our pricing structure for the Cannon range of snooker and pool cues. Taking into account discounts that we can now receive from the manufacturer we have been able to dramatically reduce the prices on these items starting today.You can now pick up a Cannon Tornado 2 Piece Snooker Cue for just £33.00 including VAT and UK mainland delivery.We will continue to look

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We have been selling Peradon Snooker Cues since 2005 but the company goes way back. Watch this video about the quality of these english made snooker cues.

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Yesterday we posted that we were making some changes to the Peradon snooker cue prices, at the same time we have been adjusting the accessories that can be purchased with a cue. Across the whole range you will be able to save 5% on selected snooker cue cases and 5% on selected snooker cue extensions when they are purchased via the drop-down menus at the same time as the cue. In addition do not

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Over the last couple of days we have been updating some of the information on the Peradon Snooker Cues pages. Back in April this year Peradon increased their wholesale prices quite dramatically which has meant margins have been squeezed, something we have soaked for as long as possible. Throughout the course of this week Peradon prices will be changing to reflect the differences, some of the

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1st August, traditionally the real start of the snooker season, and Billiards Boutique has started the new month with a brand new website design.The new layout has some lovely graphical elements but maintains a clean and crisp design that is very easy to navigate and to purchase from.Please let us know what you think of the new look in the comments of this blog, on Twitter or Facebook.

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On Saturday July 23rd Money Match TV history will be made as for the first time two current champions go head-to-head.Arfan Dad, with a nine match winning streak, will be aiming to reach double figures in his match against Matt Lawrenson.Lawrenson himself was a winner last time out against Kevin Uzzell and the former European Junior Champion will be looking to knock Arfan off his perch.Money

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Throughout January we decided to soak up the additional 2.5% VAT imposed by the government on January 4th, this was always due to be a temporary measure.Inevitably our prices have now come in line with the increase in VAT and the increase we have had to take on from our courier firms.Our prices always include UK VAT and UK delivery, there is nothing hidden.The only price that has not been

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As of today VAT (Value Added Tax) has risen to an all time high of 20% in the UK. As a customer you need not do anything as our shopping cart provides you with a calculation on checkout anyway.However, we have decided that we will not increase our prices throughout the month of January, so the prices you see in store are pre-VAT increase. We are going to soak up the additional 2.5% for the month

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We are going away to visit family this Christmas so are closing slightly earlier than normal.Our last day for shipping anything out (if an item is in stock) is Wednesday 22nd December, we close at 3pm on this day.We return to the office on Tuesday 28th December at 10:00am, during this week our suppliers are also closed and do not re-open until January 4th in most cases. This will mean out of

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It has been an absence of around 2 years, due to exchange rates and a change of supplier, but two of our all time best selling tip tools are back in stock at Billiards Boutique.We don't need much of an excuse to celebrate but this is big news for you guys as you can once again purchase the Ultimate Tip Tool and the Original Brass Tip Pik from our online store.The Tip Pik is available for £12.95

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We always try to hold off longer than most at Billiards Boutique when using the Christmas word, but it is well and truly upon us now.Sales have been excellent over the last 6 weeks thanks to you guys but we just wanted to point out that delivery in time for Christmas is now getting a bit tight. Stock items should still be OK up until Monday 20th December but delivery of non-stock items (we can

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This is your chance to win a Cue Craft Marksman Snooker Cue made to your own specifications. These fantastic cues are made using the finest Ebony and ash and are worth £165.00.For your chance to win this cue all you need to do is follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/BilliardsBoutiq) and find the competition tweet posted on 4/11/10. Once you have found the tweet hit the retweet button to enter the

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At Billiards Boutique we believe that Christmas does not have to be expensive, this is why that between now and midnight on 31st December you will be able to get 10% Off everything at Billiards Boutique when you spend £45.00 or more in a single transaction.The offer cannot be used in conjunction with other offers or discounts and is only available in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.Visit

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Peradon have recently released a whole new range of Cannon cues for the 2011 season.The range has in the past always been a budget line with decent quality materials and good design, however, this year is the first time they have added some genuine hand spliced snooker cues to the range.All of the hand spliced models feature the extra advantage of the supplied 6" mini butt entension.The models

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Daryl Peach: Sarajevo Open: "Just got back from sarajevo Open event....one word.....EXCELLENT! The tournament was ran to perfection, and the hospitality was second to no..."

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A website is an ever evolving thing and since we changed to the new design earlier this year there have always been a few niggles. We have just spent some time today ironing out those problems.You will not notice much on first impressions but the In Category descriptions are back, now sitting perfectly underneath the bread crumbs. This means that all of our articles have also miraculously

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After a delayed honeymoon, we are now back in the office and fully raring to go at Billiards Boutique.Thanks very much for your patience last week whilst we were away. Hopefully it did not cause you too much grief and inconvenience?We are back in full swing now so feel free to place orders and our usual delivery times are back in operation, basically if you order something in stock you should

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After two years of being married myself and my wife are finally going on a honeymoon this week!Recently we downsized the business in order to cope with the turbulent financial climate, this has meant that for the first time there is no cover whilst we are away.From 6pm on the 9th August until 4pm on 16th August we will not be able to accept calls or process any orders.The website will still be

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Just spent some time this afternoon adding a brand new product line for Billiards Boutique. For the first time we are supplying snooker and pool table lighting with free delivery to mainland UK and Northern Ireland.The prices start at only £109.00 for a 3 lamp set with brass bar so are very affordable for the home.Things you need to consider when purchasing a lighting set for the home.1. Your

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Thanks very much for bearing with us throughout June whilst we made some dramatic changes to the Billiards Boutique website. Those are now almost complete but we still have a few tweaks here and there to make.I meant to post this earlier but we are running an offer throughout July. If you spend £50.00 or more in one transaction then you will get 10% off applied in the checkout process.The offer

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So what of this 'Golden Era' of English footballing talent? Well, for one they were completely outclassed yesterday by a much better organised and exciting German side.So many times we fall foul of the German's but yesterdays performance ended up being our worst ever World Cup finals defeat.I, like many, was touting the chances of England to lift the World Cup before the tournament began, we had

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Until further notice please do not use the RBSWorldpay payment processing system on Billiards Boutique. We are changing the integration so it is currently running in 'test mode' - any order placed with the system will actually not take any money.This should only be for a couple of days whilst it is tested by the Worldpay techies. Why is it still live then? I hear you ask. Simply because in order

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We are continuing with our additions to the American Pool cue range that we offer, this week will see ranges from Poison and Predator Pool Cues added to the store.Poison are owned and manufcatured by Predator products and the Anthrax range has been added this morning. Find it here: Poison Anthrax American Pool Cues.We were one of the first stores to originally stock Predator products back in 2005

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A cue tip tool is an important piece of your pool or snooker armoury. These four reasons below explain why they could be important.1. Glazed or hardened cue tips. As a tip gets older the top layer of it can become glazed (shiny) and hardened, having a tip tool in your cue case can enable you to loosen up the cue tips fibres. By loosening the fibres it means the tip will hold chalk more evenly and

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Well it was announced last week that Barry Hearn (& Matchroom Sport) have been handed 51% control of World Snooker after players voted in favour of his plans.Personally if you look at the success of the PDC darts circuit I don't think snooker could be in better hands. Already a further 13 tournaments have been announced for next season giving far more opportunities for players to participate.What

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It is going to be a regular occurrence over the coming weeks and months to see BilliardsBoutique.com populated with new products.The latest batch of pool tables to be made available are the fantastic new SAM KSteel2 American Pool Tables.These tables are built on the reputation of the old SAM KSteel, a table which is found in a lot of pool and snooker clubs in the UK.What has made these tables so

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Orca American Pool Cues are the latest additions to our product catalogue, although not a wholly new product on the market it is the first time that Billiards Boutique have made them available in the on-line catalogue.The name Orca comes from the shortened Latin name for the Killer Whale (Orcinus Orca) the largest species of the oceanic dolphin family.These cues are all quality controlled and use

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Throughout the duration of the 2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championships you can get 10% off Peradon Snooker Cues and Cannon Snooker Cues at Billiards Boutique.Simply select the cue you want to buy and the discount will automatically be applied in the shopping cart.Plus all through the Championships we will be providing score updates and results plus news items on the days goings on.Who do you

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For some time now I have felt we have concentrated on the snooker aspect of our store and not paid enough attention to the Pool Cues.Last week I spent some time sorting the whole category out, all of the American Pool Cues now appear in the same category.This means that we have finally binned the Predator products as we could not find a reliable supplier in the UK. The only recognised supplier in

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Web TV channel Cuesport TV have this week released two demo videos in 720p High Definition.The videos are believed to be the first snooker videos to be streamed in High Definition online. The HD content shows the true capabilities of the platform that the company adopted in April 2009.The HD videos that have been made available were recorded at the recent TCC Snooker Pro-am in Wales. The

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CueSport TV will be once again showing live coverage of the CueSport TV £50,000 Pool Series - this time from Dublin, Ireland.The world's best Blackball pool players including Simon Ward, Scott Ross, Andy Lucas, Ben Davies and Craig Marsh will be competing for the £3500 guaranteed first prize.It is completely free to watch - simply click the Live Event link on the left hand side of the website.

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Press Release: CueSport TV, the Internet Pool & Snooker Channel has been successful in its bid to broadcast the European Blackball Association Masters in April.The deal struck with the EBA makes CueSport TV the official streaming media partner of the EBA Masters and the 11-person team World Championships.Vice-Chairman of the EBA, Ross McInnes, said, “The EBA Masters in it’s previous incarnations

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Powerglide have a name steeped in history when it comes to snooker cue manufacture. They recently launched a brand new range of Powerglide Snooker Cues and we have the Powerglide Professional range already in stock.Over the coming weeks you will also be able to see the two more affordable ranges, the Tournament and Classic ranges meaning there is a snooker cue available for every budget.Now owned

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Well it has been a while since I last posted and things have not changed much, well apart from the lovely Becky leaving Billiards Boutique for a new job (meaning I am back on my own!)Things have been a bit slower this summer (there is always a summer slowdown but this seems different) not sure if we are being hit by the credit crunch?It is strange though as the majority of the goods we are

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The GB 9 Ball Tour that is broadcast by online pool * snooker channel Cuesport TV will have a live broadcast for the first time across the weekend of 12th/13th July 2008.The Yorkshire Cup that will feature Daryl Peach, Tony Drago, Imran Majid, Mark Gray, Darren Appleton, Karl Boyes and Raj Hundal amongst others will be LIVE online from 12pm on the saturday and 10am on the Sunday. All the best

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The weekend of the 21st-22nd of June see's the eagerly anticipated £100-per-man Blackball event at Pool World in Neath.The tournament, limited to 32 players, features a string of high quality talent including, Mick Hill, Ben Davies, Steve Munro and Christophe Lambert.Internet Pool & Snooker Channel, Cuesport TV, will be broadcasting the event live across the two days for Free! If the live

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Imran Majid made it three wins out of three in the GB 9 Ball Tour with an 11-10 victory over Raj Hundal at the GB9 London Classic in Wealdstone at the weekend.The final was the best one yet with Raj leading 6-0 at one point until Imran made a spirited comeback to take the victory, title and £1200 winners cheque.It was a repeat of the Southern Masters final and also the same winner, amazing that

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Thomas Engert has won the German Open 9-ball event in Sindelfingen, part of the Eurotour series.In the semi-final he beat remaining British competitor Karl Boyes 9-3 to set up a final match with Italy's Fabio Petroni.The final was a very one-sided affair with Engert romping to a 9-1 victory that gave him the title in front of his home crowd and the 6000 euro winners cheque. The win also propels

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Billiards Boutique have become the exclusive stockist of CueSport TV DVD's this means all of the titles from the Scottish Super 15s event and the GB 9 Ball Tour can be bought exclusively online at Billiards Boutique.So if you fancy watching Tony Drago in action or want to keep a momento of your time at Craig Tara get online and purchase today.The DVD's retail for £10 inc. UK P&P and the list of

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Mark Selby has been eliminated in the first round of this years 888.com World Snooker Championships.In a tough match against Mark King he lost by the scoreline of 10-8.This is a great result for King who has not been in the best of form this season, but will be a massive blow to Selby who has had the best season of his career winning both the Masters and the Welsh Open.First Round Results:John

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That's right the most eagerly anticipated tournament in the snooker calendar is upon us with the 888.com World Snooker Championships starting today (19th April).John Higgins will start the defence of the title he won last year against a former world finalist in Matthew Stevens, they are playing as I type, the match started at 10am in the Crucible and on the other table is Neil Robertson against

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The Saga (and not the Masters sponsor!) continues.Ronnie O'Sullivan's comments at the China Open in a post press conference have been dubbed as 'unacceptable' by World Snooker chief Sir Rodney Walker. He has personally apologised to the promoter of the Honghe Industrial World Snooker China Open and also sent his apologies to anyone in China that may have been offended by O'Sullivans comments.Why

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The Maharaja Does it Again!Imran Majid has continued his fantastic form on the GB9ball Tour by winning his 3rd title in four tournaments.At the first outing in Solihull he won both the Pro Division and the main tournament to take home £2200.On this occasion at the GB9 Southern Masters he lifted the Main Tour event again. It could have been a double-double though had he not arrived late for his

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After his defeat to Marco Fu in the 2008 China Open Ronnie O'Sullivan has again caused massive controversy in a post match press conference.The video is apparantly on a Chinese video sharing site where Ronnie aparantly made lewd remarks and sexual innuendo's in front of the assembled media in China.He was fined last year for walking out of his match with Stephen Hendry at the UK championships and

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Now you can watch Cuesport TV via the Billiards Boutique Blog!This has come about through the development of the Nbed player which means Cuesport TV can be shown on any website.You can currently watch any programme being shown in the main schedule, which is action from the GB9 event in Solihull and SPA Super 15's Blackball tournament.

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Down where I live in Dorset we have limited access to decent quality snooker clubs and facilities - recently four snooker or pool clubs have been made available for sale.The reasons behind these sales may be due to a number of factors, however, one club in question Dorchester Snooker Club has been forced to close due to a downturn in business. This downturn, according to the owner, has been due

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The £1000 per man US 8-ball Pool Challenge between Gareth 'Darkside' Esprit and Lee Rigby is now showing in the schedule and on demand on Internet TV station Cuesport TV.If none of you have visited Cuesport TV and you are looking for your next hit of pool, snooker or billiards televised action then this website is going to become the place to visit on the Internet.Not only will you get quality

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The 14th Mosconi Cup, the annual 9-ball battle between USA and Europe, starts tonight live on Sky Sports in the UK and via the Internet on PPV via www.mosconicup.comTeam USA have won for the last 5 years and are again the bookmakers favourites with Stan James having them as 4/7 to lift the title.Team USA features 2007 US Open 9-ball Champion Shane Van Boening plus Mosconi regulars, Jonny Archer,

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Italian Bruno Muratore has won his first ever European tour event by beating Radoslaw Babica of Poland 10-9 to take the title and 5000 euro first prize.Muratore had a great weekend beating European Number 1 Konstantin Stepanov in the 1/4 finals and then beating last tour stop winner Mark Gray in the semi-finals.All results can be found here:www.eurotour.nu

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Day One of the Maplins UK Championships has already seen two former world champions beaten in the first round.Stephen Hendry was the first to fall to rising star Mark Allen - the scoreline over these longer matches was also a surprise as Allen beat him 9-4.The second champ to be dismissed was Ken Doherty defeated by another player currently climbing the rankings and finding a bit of form. Nigel

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The final Eurotour event of the season is underway with 40 British players taking part including World Championship bronze medallist Karl Boyes and World Champion Daryl Peach.There are a number of British players playing in their first Eurotour event, Colin Gray, Andy Jeronimidis and Alan Millership.Jeronimidis has won his first two matches to set up a tie with World Champion Daryl Peach.All the

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We are currently experiencing a very busy period in the lead up to Christmas. It is advised that you order as early as possible to enable us to deliver your goods in time for Christmas. Whilst most parcels will arrive within our normal estimated delivery times - there will be some that take longer.If you require high-end American Pool Cues or shafts then you need to order NOW! We do not stock

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After a week of intense competition at the World Snooker Centre at Pontins in Prestatyn, 16 players have qualified for the games second most prestigious tournament the Maplin UK Championship.The qualified players are listed below:Ian McCullochJoe SwailRicky WaldenMark AllenNigel BondAdrian GunnellStuart BinghamPaul DaviesDave HaroldAnthony HamiltonMarco FuJoe PerryMichael HoltMark KingBarry

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Royal London Watches Grand Prix champion Marco Fu has been given the final wildcard place for the Masters in January.Fu, who defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan in October's Grand Prix final joins snooker's top 16 elite players plus qualifier Barry Hawkins.Fu will play Steve Davis in the first round.

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Get your entries in for the Billiards Boutique Christmas Pool Open.Saturday 15th December is the qualification event, £10 to enter in advance and each player will be given a time slot to play their qualifying matches.The qualifiers will be run as best of three frame matches in a double elimination format.This means everyone is guaranteed 2 matches for their money. Two players from the winners

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This weekend see's the semi-finals and the finals of the Partybets.com Premier League snooker.The league which started in September with 7 of the worlds best snooker players reaches it's finale this weekend at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.Stephen Hendry on home soil will play the bookies favourite to lift the crown - Ronnie O'Sulliavn in the first semi-final - followed by

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The Barnsley 9-ball Open takes place this weekend 1st/2nd December at the fantastic Rileys club in Barnsley.Highly regarded tournament director Shirley Ang will again take the reigns in what is anticipated to be a high quality field - it is believed that 2007 World Pool Champion Daryl Peach will be in attendance.Saturday night will see the £250 per man special event take place - straight KO, 8

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1. Learn about splicingThe butt timber is spliced (joined) onto the ash shaft, this is done in one of two ways, by machine or by hand. The two methods produce cues of very different appearance.Machine splicing is less expensive than hand splicing but is a very effective way of adding the butt timber to the shaft. The butt timber (usually ebony) is cut to provide four points, which are glued into

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Due to the success of the last tournament at our snooker cue shop in Portland we are running our second monthly competition on Saturday 13th October.It is £5 to enter with £40 added. All entry fees paid out in prize money. This particular event is played to WEPF world rules and all matches will be best of 5 frames (final best of 7).Limited to 32 runners so book early on 01305 822132.The last

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It has been a long time since we posted on the blog and the reason has been the fact that Billiards Boutique has been so damn busy!The beginning of September saw the launch of our brand new store at Southwell Business Park, Portland. On the opening day we decided to run a free entry pool tournament with £100 cash up for grabs. The event attracted 28 local players and was won by Dorset County Pool

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The quarter-final matches are now set for the 2007 Shanghai Masters with the remainder of the round two matches finished this afternoonRound 2 ResultsStephen Hendry (Sco) 3-5 Stephen Lee (Eng)Stephen Maguire (Sco) 4-5 Matthew Stevens (Wal)Ding Junhui (Chi) 1-5 Graeme Dott (Sco)Adrian Gunnell (Eng) 1-5 Dominic Dale (Wal)Stuart Bingham (Eng) 5-4 Stuart Pettman (Eng)John Higgins (Sco) 3-5 Mark Selby

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In the second round of the Shanghai Masters (the 2007-08 season opener) Mark Selby has gained revenge for his world final defeat to John Higgins in May. Selby won the match 5-3 to progress into the 1/4 finals.The other big shock of the day was Steve Davis being thumped 5-1 by a resurgent Dave Harold. Harold has now beaten two former world champions en route to the 1/4 finals.Other results:Stuart

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The date and venue are set for the second ever World Cup of Pool. 32 nations of two man teams will be competing for a share of the $250,000 prize fund with the $60,000 first prize.Defending champions and Number 1 seeds the Phillipines (Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante) will be looking to make it two from two and in the first round have what on paper looks like an easy match against Scotland (

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Round 1 of the Shanghai Masters is complete with Tony Drago, Fergal O'Brien, Dominic Dale, Adrian Gunnell and Stuart Pettman having easy passages through the difficult WILDCARD round.The only two "tour regulars" to fall at this stage were Scott MacKenzie who lost a tough match 5-4 to Yang Qintian, Michael Judge who lost 5-3 to Xiao Guodong and Mike Dunn who lost 5-3 to Yu Delu.This means the

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Well it has been a few months in the making but we have finally moved from our tiny premises in Brewers Quay, Weymouth.The new shop, at Southwell Business Park, is about 12 times larger than the last cupboard!The new store will have room for 120 cues on display plus many more in storage, you will also be able to try out a pool or snooker cue on our newly installed slate bedded pool tables, there

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Former Snooker pro Chris Small has threatened legal action against World Snooker if his latest bid for funds from the Snooker benevolent fund is refused.The 33-year-old former LG Cup winner had his first application for funds refused and now he is trying again.The fund was set up for just this scenario so I don't understand whay it is not being paid out.Some other people make some very

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The qualifying matches of the first ever Shanghai Masters Snooker Tournament have now been completed with some well known and not so well-known faces making it into the draw.Tony Drago, who has had some major success at pool recently, has made a comeback to the main tour TV stages and will have to play one of the Chinese Wildcards in his first match.There are 8 wildcard matches that put the

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We have just introduced a limited time offer on two great ADAM snooker cues - each of the cues feature high quality ash shafts, blue diamond tips and machined spliced rosewood butts. They also have inlays of exotic timbers such as Paduk.Both cues come with a black leatherette case with burgundy leather trim and an extension.The limited time offer is whilst stocks last and the cue pictured is 21%

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The BPPPA have announced that thismonths proposed UK 9-ball Open Championships, due to be held at the City of Manchester Stadium, have been cancelled.This latest announcement is one of a long running series of disappointments for Britains players, the British Open was also cancelled last year. It leaves a lot of members with a bitter taste in their mouth asking the question was it just a carrot

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Billiards Boutique Provide Student Support via Sponsorship of the UPCBilliards Boutique of Weymouth has become an affiliate of the Universities Pool Council (UPC) this week in order to provide support to our countries youth.The Universities Pool Council (UPC) promotes the sport of pool at Higher Education institutions in the United Kingdom and exists for the benefit of players at this level. They

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Thomas Engert has won the 2007 World Pool Masters this last weekend in Egmond-An-Zee in Holland.The field of 16 of the world's top 9-ballers were invited to this annual even by Matchroom Sport and will be televised later in the year on Sky Sports in the UK.Undoubtedly one of the biggest surprises was that not one US player was invited to this event for the first time in its history, whether this

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Ronnie O'Sullivan has been fined a massive £20,000 for walking out in his Uk Championship Quarter-Final against Stephen Hendry.The fine is broken down as £4050 in forfeited prize money, £5000 court costs and then an £11,750 fine.Although this has been drsagging on for some time I never thought that the fine imposed would be that big.I suppose that it brings the game into disrepute and that paying

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The dates for the 2007/08 World Snooker Tour have been announced with (as previously reported) one addition to the series.In addition to the Shanghai Masters World Snooker has also announced that prize money will increase by £250,000 this season with over £1 million available at the 888.com World Snooker Championships, including £250,000 to the eventual winner.The additional prize money will see

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A cue by Gus Szamboti - one of the foremost American makers - is being sold on eBay at the moment, at the time of writing the cue was already over $36000.This cue is a real rarity and a one off, plus Gus has passed so will no longer be making cues.Follow the link here:http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-SIGNED-GUS-SZAMBOTI-Pool-Cue_W0QQitemZ290119607898QQihZ019QQcategoryZ21212QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Daryl Peach is only 50 points away from being Europe's number 1 pool player.His win in this months German Open (his first Eurotour win) has catapulted him into 4th place behind Niels Feijen, Fabio Petroni and Oliver Ortmann.Also this week the EPBF has released the full 42 participants from Europe that have qualified for the 2007 World 9-ball Championships held in Manila in November. The nation

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It was announced today, by World Snooker, that China will host two world ranking events next season. The first event (and a new event to the calendar) will be the season opener running from 6th-12th August.The new tournament will be known as the Shanghai Masters and will be underwritten by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association. The contract that has been signed between the WSA and the

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Tony "The Tornado" Drago won the Rileys 9-ball Knockout held at Rileys Southfields on Sunday.The event attracted a number of high profile players including Drago, Imran Majid and Rico Diks.The tournament was straight knockout race-to-5 racks in all rounds so the matches were short and sweet.In the final Drago defeated Anthony Ginn 5-3 to take the £1000 first prize.Craig Osborne picked up 3rd

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9 year old Shane Castle knocked in an amazing 61 break against Jason Hildyard at the Chandlers Ford U-21 Roll Up snooker event.This is Hampshire reports that: Castle started on full-sized tables less than two years ago but has quickly established himself as one of the country's top players in his age group.On his debut at the Pontin's Prestatyn Star of the Future' tournament in February, he

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The BCA 9-Ball Pool Championships including 128 of the worlds greatest pool players both male and female are competing in Vegas this week.A number of British hopefuls are playing including former World Masters Champion Raj Hundal and Darren Appleton.Best place for updates is: www.azbilliards.comOr to view the draw visit: http://www.azbilliards.com/brackets/showbrackets.cfm?tourneynum=2506

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Daryl Peach continued his excellent run of form by winning the latest installment of the BPPPA Tour in Stafford.Peach came from behind to beat good friend Stuart Colclough (his first final) 11-9.This caps off an amazing week for Daryl as the previous Sunday he won the German Open Eurotour event - a win that moved him to number 5 in the European rankings.

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Act Now on this Amazing Cue and Case DealVery limited cue and case offer from Cue Craft - Buy a Cue Craft Triumph Professional range cue in May and receive a Free Aluminium cue case in your choice of colour.The price of this amazing offer?- RRP is £320 for the package- Buy Now for only £195.00 including delivery.Stock is limited so please do not delay or you may be disappointed

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I made my long awaited return to the tournament scene on Sunday with a trip to Mickey Flynns in Cambridge.A quality field of 40 players contested this 10-ball event.The first round was a group stage with each match consisting of 8 racks. All racks had to be played meaning a draw was an option.I lost my first match to a mate of mine (keeping the score a secret!!!) which meant I had work to do to

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Britains Daryl Peach has won the latest Eurotour 9-ball event in Sindelfingen Germany.Peach came through a field of over 200 players to take the title and 5000 Euro winners cheque. The result moves Daryl up to number 5 on the Eurotour rankings.It was a good weekend for the Brits with four players in the last 16: along with Peach, Raj Hundal, Mark Gray and Richard Jones made the last 16.

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Finally! I am playing a tournament this weekend for the first time since the BPPPA Harrow Open in January 2005.The event I am partaking in is the Mickey Flynn's 10-ball Open in Cambridge. A quality field is already assembled and it will be a great day out at least 3 matches in the group stages.Difficult game though 10-ball, especially if you don't make a ball on the break!Anyway I will give it my

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I have been watching a lot of the snooker over the last week and in all of the matches I have watched I have doubted the consistency in the cushions.Is it me or are they playing very inconsistent? A number of shots are coming off the cushions a lot faster than the way they went in this means that players are over-running position on a lot of occasions. Never have I noticed this before, also there

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Stephen Hendry made, what in some people's eyes would be regarded as mad, a decision to change his trusty cue 2 weeks before the start of he 2007 Snooker World Championships.It did not look to be the right decision either as he struggled past David Gilbert in the first round after being 4-1 down.A snooker cue is generally seen as an extension to a players cueing arm and it takes some time for

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Unlucky goes out to Joe Swail who was on a maximum attempt when a kick left him low on his next red.He potted the red quite easily and then left himself what would have been a thin cut into the corner on the next black - he decided to take the pink after long deliberation and attempted what would have been a Crucible first - 146 break. It was not to be as he missed an easy black off its spot off

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Kicks have always been part of professional snooker but as each tournament goes by why do we see more and more?I have noticed more in the first week of this years world championship than any other tournament - I could be looking for them though!There are many arguments as to what causes a kick, or bad contact between the cue ball and the object ball these are some of them:Chalk residue - when

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The 2007 888.com World Snooker Championships started at 10am this morning with defending champion Graeme Dott against Ian McCulloch and Peter Ebdon vs Nigel BondThe Dott vs McCulloch match was slow going with only 2 breaks over 50. After the interval Dott shot to a 4-2 lead but a missed black on frame ball let McCulloch in for a clearance. He then took the next 2 to lead 5-4 going into the second

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The 2007 World Snooker Championship is only days away and a fortnight of snooker bliss begins.This year will in my opinion see one of the closest fought championships in a long time. Nobody has this year dominated the Ranking events, which leaves a lot of players in a position to grab the games ultimate prize.Lets start with the favourites. Ronnie O’Sullivan, undoubtedly the games most natural

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-04/03/content_842170.htmThe China Daily (link above) has reported that China are aiming to stage no less than 10 World Ranking events.The thinking behind this move (although it would not happen for a good number of years yet) is that as the game is enjoying rapid growth in China it is important from an awareness point of view that Chinese players are

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After a couple of months with a new site design we have taken the decision to revert back to the old style. The main reason for this is that the old design allows us more freedom with the content that we want to make available.We have also added a couple of neat little extras to help your browsing pleasure. If you have an account with Billiards Boutique then you can now add product reviews to the

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A bit delayed I know but in case you weren't aware my prediction was correct!!!Graeme Dott defeated Jamie Cope in the final of the China Open by a score of 9-5. Dott, I predicted he would win from the 1/4's onwards, went home with a cheque for £35,000 and another ranking title - only his swecond ever ranking event win - the first was last years World Championships.Jamie Cope, who is only 21, has

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The 1/4 finalists for this years China Open are now decided.Marco Fu is the only Asian player left in the tournament and will be an unlikely hero to the Chinese crowd should he manage to go all the way in this event. Crowd favourite and former winner Ding Junhui went out in the 1st round 5-3 to Barry Hawkins, Hawkins had not won a ranking match all season until this match.1/4 Final DrawJamie Cope

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This last 10-15 days have been an absolute nightmare at Billiards Boutique!First we could not take any internet payments as our change of business status meant we had to change banks and then our telephone number decided to go down for 5 days whilst BT changed the numbers over.Never work with children, animals or BT!I hate telecomms companies I have never found one that acts fast and puts the

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The China Open started on Sunday in Beijing with the wildcard rounds.In total 6 Chinese players made it into the first round proper with home favourite Ding Junhui one of them.Ronnie O'Sullivan has blasted into the last 16 with a 5-1 win and another crowd favourite Jimmy White, after two poor seasons, has reached the last 16 also. Jimmy's route was rather diferent though as Stephen Lee withdrew

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