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[Odrl]

Welcome to the forum Sanji. :smile:

[Sanji]

Hello fellow snooker fans.
I'm new here but i love and follow snooker since 12-13 years.

Looking forward to talk about snooker with you guys.

[titus21]

Greeting to all! Great to be here. Hope to find some great stuff here. Thanks

[itsnoteasy]

Good post Rich, welcome aboard(stay away from the coaching bit ,it will drive you nuts lol).

[pottr]

A month ago I decided to treat myself to a new cue so I spent 11hrs over 2 visits to craftsman cues in Kippax trying out over 40 cues until I eventually decided

That's the best way to do it if you're unsure of what to get.

Welcome to the forum.

[Rich G]

Ha ha I made another post but it was awaiting moderation and then nothing happened??

Anyway, thanks for all the welcomes!

I play in Hull and up until a month ago, I've played with the se cue I've always played with since I was 12yrs old; a 57", 15 3/4oz, 2 piece, cheap machine spliced, Riley ash cue with a 30.5m butt and a 10mm tip. It has 20 chevrons on the first piece so I can really feel it as I cue a shot.

A month ago I decided to treat myself to a new cue so I spent 11hrs over 2 visits to craftsman cues in Kippax trying out over 40 cues until I eventually decided on one of the new Maximus cues from Thailand; a 57 3/4", 18oz, ash 3/4 cut cue with a 28mm butt (I think) and it's pretty amazing though it's naturally taking a little getting used to.

Thanks again for the welcome!

Rich

[DeanH]

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[Rich G]

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[coomsey76]

Good see to your back playing Rich......

Welcome to TSF bud!!

[jrc750]

Hi Rich, welcome aboard the good ship TSF, good to hear your back in the game

[Neil Taperell]

Yeah , great first post Rich .

Where do you play ? What cue do you use ?

[SouthPaw]

Welcome Rich, that was a great first post, enjoy the forum

[Rich G]

All right everyone.

The first time I went on a full-size snooker table was back in 1989 when I was 12 years old; I knocked in 36.

Back then all I wanted to do was to be a professional snooker player and be World Champion but unfortunately due to a lack of parental support, my "practice time" only consisted of a couple of hours a fortnight until the age of 15 when I could "upgrade" to a couple of hours a week because my local club used to have free table time from 9 - 11 every Saturday morning.

Despite my severe lack of table time during my teens, I knocked in 30s & 40s and got to a couple of club tournament finals which included scratch league players 2 years on the bounce.

But the week after Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first UK title in '93, someone said to me "if that guy's just won a tournament at the age of 17 and he's only a year older than you, don't you think you've missed the boat?". It was a pretty profound statement and from that point on, I stopped attempting to pursue my dream as it dawned on me there was no way I could get the money or table time to practice and even if I did, I'd missed out on those "prime" years when I know I could have made some real and significant progress.

8 years later in 2001, a mate asked me if I fancied a game before we were going to fly to Majorca that night for a lads holiday to kill a bit of time. Despite many years off the table, I knocked in 47 effortlessly but this still didn't prompt me to start playing properly again as I knew I'd never be the player I could have been as well as the fact I had other things going on at the time.

4 years after this another mate asked me if I wanted to start playing regularly, once a week, so I played during this period for around 6 months and I knocked in a few 50's, 60s and a 70 before other commitments meant I no longer had the time.

Now, 8 years after this I've started playing again to take my mind off some other bad things happening in my life at this time and I've found it harder than ever - obviously because I'm now 36 and I find myself thinking about a lot of technical things that I rarely ever even gave a thought to.

So for the first time ever, I decided to treat myself and spend a couple of hours with a well known coach. During the session he told me that had I had the time on the table during my teens, I would have been a pro which was a bitter-sweet thing to hear.

I'm now playing a couple of times a week practicing alone still making 40s and 50s every time but I just find the game tough and a bitter-sweeet experience as I'm virtually no where near the player I know I could have been but having said that, my love for the game is still there.

Sorry if my post comes across a bit bitter but I feel better for getting it off my chest.

It's great to find this forum anyway because it's great to talk about snooker with others who love the game also.

Rich

[PatBlock]

Hi Boss, welcome to TSF!

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[boss21ro]

hello,

I am new on this forum! nice to meet you all!