Snooker @ Sh88ters

Sh88ters has 4 excellent snooker tables situated upstairs in the club [Pic of all the tables from distance]. These tables are good quality with XXX cloth, XXX lights and are made by XXX. XXX balls are also used with all the tables. You can use your own cue or one of the well-made house cues. Each table has a scoreboard so you can keep score when practicing or during competitive matches [pic of folk playing]. There is one professional championship standard table in the club that all budding snooker players should have a go on. This table is lightening fast with XXX cloth, XXX lighting and XXX [pic of this table and marc davis playing?].

Sh88ters can cater for those who want a friendly game of snooker with friends but is also the ideal place for top local amateur players to practice their skills. Sh88ters also have a resident coach, XXXX, and you can book lessons to improve your game. Any age of player can beenfit from this coaching experience. Sh88ters can also provide the ideal venue for your snooker team to play out of and is also well placed to organise and run local snooker tournaments.[pic of coaching] 

Snooker - The Game

Snooker is governed by the World Professional Snooker & Billiards Association and you can check out the rules of snooker on their website [Pic of famous player].

The object of the game is to score more points than the opponent by potting object balls in a predefined order. At the start of a frame, the balls are positioned as shown and the players take it in turns to hit a shot in a single strike from the tip of the cue, their aim being to pot one of the red balls and score a point. If they do pot at least one red, then it remains in the pocket and they are allowed another shot – this time the aim being to pot one of the colours. If successful, then they gain the value of the colour potted. It is returned to its correct position on the table and they must try to pot another red. This process continues until they fail to pot the desired ball, at which point their opponent comes back to the table to play the next shot. The game continues in this manner until all the reds are potted and only the 6 colours are left on the table; at that point the aim is then to pot the colours in the order yellow 2, green 3, brown 4, blue 5, pink 6, black 7. When a colour is potted in this phase of a frame, it remains off the table. When the final ball is potted, the player with the most points wins [picture of table setup].

Points may also be scored in a game when a player's opponent fouls. A foul can occur for numerous reasons, such as hitting a colour first when the player was attempting to hit a red, potting the cue ball, or failing to escape from "a snooker" (a situation where the previous player finished their turn leaving the cue ball in a position where the object ball cannot be hit directly). Points gained from a foul vary from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 7 if the black ball is involved.

One game, from the balls in their starting position until the last ball is potted, is called a frame. A match generally consists of a predefined number of frames and the player who wins the most frames wins the match overall.

Snooker - In and around Aberdeen

Snooker is locally promoted and organised by the Aberdeen Licensed Clubs Billiards & Snooker Association. Sh88ters is an ideal place to base your snooker team in the league and is also well placed to run local events and competitions [Pic of winner from website].