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  1. 9th June 2012, 04:30 AM #1
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    Unhappy can the dream be realised

    Hi All

    I am over 45 and been playing for two and half years now, my standard is not great i have a highest break in a game of 28 in practice 38 and in a line up 53.

    i have been taking the game seriously now for over a year had a few coaching lessons and i am trying to i

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  2. 9th June 2012, 06:13 AM #2
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    Is this a srs thread?

    Sorry, but no. You have a great work ethic but unfortunately 25yrs too late. IMHO. Good luck tho! You never know..

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    Stick with it! Most people reach a certain standard and then dont really improve further. This is what happened to me. I reached a fairly high standar

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    I'm in a similar position to you cazmac. I gave up around a year ago and want to get back into it. The reason I quit was because none of my friends pl

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    A lot of folk started playing in the 80s on the back of a surge in snooker popularity generally. Then quit as the game eats up so much time, which the

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    As you said you wanted to hear from someone older so here goes. During the boom years of the late 70's and 80's I played in the UK for about 3-1/2yea

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    Thanks for all the replies and encouragement it helps to know others have been in a similar situation


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  10. 9th June 2012, 11:05 PM #10
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    hi alabadi i didnt realy start playing as a sport till i packed in football so i was in my 40s when i started in earnest i made my highest break at th

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