FORUM CLOSING ON 14th JANUARY

Luckylewis · Even if you beat me I’m STILL THE BEST ;-)

How long YOU been playing ?.

Barney · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

Barney

1981

1992:

The Dew Drop Inn, Ross-on-Wye

The Ashburton, R-o-W

The Barrel, R-o-W

The Eagle, R-o-W

The John Radcliffe Sports and Social Club, Oxford

The Osney Arms, Oxford

Next? Any offers?

-- Edited by Barney at 14:25, 2005-11-02

The Pool Shark · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

The Pool Shark
Ash
1980 (down my Grandad's Golf Club)
1997 (Walter Mittey's in Monday League)

pots · Senior Poster (Pots off the break)

POTTER

SHAUN TAYLOR

20_

PoolQueen · Ultimate Poster (1-0 up in a best of 7)

User name - PoolQueen (though you might of guessed that as I posted this).

Real name - Hazel Dabrowski. (I hope you can all spell it right now).

Nicknames - H, Bag Lady, PQ, Demi Moore (Plus a few others no doubt).

Started playing - 1979. (Yes, there were pool tables in England by then).

Competitively - 1982 if you count league, 1984 in National competitions.

-- Edited by PoolQueen at 20:05, 2005-11-02

sir_ramrod · Regular Poster (Wins the toss)

Jimmy Cairns

started playing pool 2002

competitively 2002 also, as i was asked to play on the opening night of the abingdon sunday league's season at the last minute for pete maconochies team (oracle) loved the game and kept on playing.

Sad thing is, i now nearly have as many pool trophies as i do my snooker ones.

BIGBADRICK · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

BIGBADRICK

Ricky Clarke

1983-4 (cant remember adsactly)

1992 for The kite Inn aged 14

MOst of you know the rest of the story.

Luckylewis · Even if you beat me I’m STILL THE BEST ;-)

"LUCKY LEWIS"

Malcolm Lewis

1972 (started) in the Duke of Edinburgh - St Clements

1978 (playing competitive league pool)

Bearded Clam · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Never played pool b4 in my life until late 2004.

Won some stuff and still winnin stuff.

The Chin · Senior Poster (Pots off the break)

"The Chin" (don't know why, just started at Yarmouth a couple of years ago.

Lee Challis

Started playing snooker - 1988 quit in 1994

Started playing pool - 2001 - Portcullis Club (Wallingford League)

Have been studying at the Ming "School of Pool" ever since!!

Luckylewis · Even if you beat me I’m STILL THE BEST ;-)

Come on where’s all these other “interesting” player profiles

Minx · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

I'm not sure you'll count me as interesting, but...

Jaz Venning

"Minx"

2002 - Started playing for the girls university team.
(initially i think it was more hitting balls with sticks than playing, but I soon picked up!)
Played first league games with girls for Colours B same time

2003 - Joined the county ladies. Never looked back :)

2004 - Found myself a Thursday team to add to the collection in 2004 (Colours D)
Took over as Captain of Colours B on a Mon
Played the summer league as Chequers (nr station)

2005 - Started playing pool at national level
          Played summer league at the Berkshire House
          Joined Tuesday 3-man league half way through season for The George
          Left Colours B girls on Mondays for a very short stint with Berkshire B
          Started new Thursday pool team with The George

2006 - Joined A1 in the prem for the summer league
          New Mon team with the Catherine Wheel!!
          Join A1 for Sunday League
          Still at the george for Thursdays

2007 - Took over from Malcom as 'president' of the osney... hee hee

Considering the short 4 yearsI have been playing, you could say I get around!!!

Beefy · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

Minx wrote:

2007 - Took over from Malcom as 'president' of the osney... hee hee

You have two hopes here Bob and No - take your pick....

Considering the short 4 yearsI have been playing, you could say I get around!!!

Careful what you say on here !

Minx · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

MOO · Veteran Poster (Potting like a demon)

Someone might be interested

USERNAME Moo
REAL NAME Sheree Houseman
NICKNAME Doris, Daft Cow, Moo

1996 - Thursdays
Red Lion Kidlington when the lovely Alan Davis ran the pub. At the time I'm sure he thought it would be laugh to enter an all girls team into the league. We are the only team left out of the 4 teams that played. After Alan left the Red Lion, the team then moved to the Black Horse Kidlington, then to the Red Lion Yarnton, back to the Black Horse and of next season playing from the Cavalier Marston. We are still an all girls team and we are still no better than when we started 10 years ago, but we all still haveing a laugh and playing pool in both winter & summer Captain from 1996-2000

2003 Just made it onto the ladies county squad, for 1 season

2005 Captain new Monday team Black Horse won league my 1 point, looking forward to next season playing from cavalier

2006 Captain new Tuesday team Kite B

10 years of playing pool!! you would have thought i got the hang of it by now.

Fingers · Newbie (50p on the table)

1986 : Started playing for the Kite Inn.

1989 ish : Studied at the Osney with Malc, playing on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday and Super League.

2000 : Took early retirement to look after my kids.

I have also played for the East Ox Cons, County EPA + County EPCF.

Currently on the bench at the Demo's, after coming out of early retirement.

20 years later i have just played for the Kite again in the Tuesday Lge, played 1 won 1.

The Pool Shark · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

Fingers wrote:

Currently on the bench at the Demo's, after coming out of early retirement.

Welcome to the Forum, Stuart. That's a pretty long, impressive bench this year! Was saying to Nathan on Sunday that you should give the Champs a good run for the title this year.

Miss MAX · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Not Interesting compaired to you guys in anyway but as Lucky Says...

USER NAME Miss MAX

Real Name Miss Michelle Anne X <-- yes that is my last name

Nick Names:Michelle, Mich, Chelle, Mush, Monkee, or MaX or choose a new one if you ever get to meet me (or care come to think of it).

Started Playing: (this is when I learnt a proper set of rules and didn't rely on the old pub ruleing that favoured the bossiest player) 2005. Started a Team for the Fitzharris Arms 2006 Sunday League and then handed the Captain position over to Christy when I realised I had no playing ability. Followed some really fab players about because I was very attached to COLZA

Sept 2006:now I am trying to remeber all the great tips and learn as many more as I can...

Because I live my life in a world of canabis I often forget who I am let alone you

but I hope to get better. MaX xxx

Miss MAX · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

EPA Oxfordshire Ladies County Pool... Sunday December 10th 2006... I was LAST! on the leader board stats... Out of 12 Games Played I had lost every single one so far... 100% loosing record... hard to beat that you know!

So... 4 games played on the 10th... in my official named T-Shirt I might add (you have to play 4 county games to get one so I recon thats an achievment in its self)...

1st game... I missed the black... pathetic. After that my opponent cleared up and took the win with a smile.
2nd Game... she was a good player and it was a good game
3rd Game... Amazing... With the exception of H Ihaven't really played any of the England squad and I was proud to have even been on a table for that game... lol stupid thing is... I can't remeber her name but I do know that the win she took effortlessly against me cemented her for a chance at the No1 Position... Going to the England Trials is Fantastic but going with free accomodation is big bonus...

3 games down so asically I amholding fast... still on 100%

YES! 100% Loss, but still an impressive amount... I'm a bit annoyed now, because Ihave made a deal with myself that I am not playing next year if I don't end on a win... 15/15 Loosing! so far!

4th Game... Great: This opponent is on a 3/4 win so far today and wants to bag her last game... not exactly a push over game...

AND I WIN!!!!!! I WIN! I WIN!! amazing it was... the crowd cheered (Hazel, dawn & a few others) and I was shocked when I realised they were cheering for me :) Awww I won my 1st ever County Pool Game and I end the season 2006 on a win. 1win out of 16played...

Not quite 100% but I don't feellet down...
Sorry If I bored you... I'm off to Spain for Christmas Break Now... C Ya'll in 2007!

Michelle X xxx

Stephanie · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Thought this thread was interesting, so to encourage more entries on it I thought I'd put in my

Stephanie Meidinger

Started playing in 1996

First competitive league 1998 - Wal-Mac (pub league basically, but organised across North America with finals held in Las Vegas every year) (not to be confused with Wal-Mart)

Learned to play english pool when I moved to the UK in 2004. As an example of the stuff I had no idea about, in Canada putting your opponent in a deliberate snooker is unsportsmanlike at best, and will get you thrown out of some of the rougher bars.

2004 - Oxford College League
2005 - University team and Monday pub league
2006 - County Ladies and Thursday Summer
2007 - County Ladies and County Men's B (still slightly shocked on that one)

Hope that was interesting and informative

Stephanie · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Forgot nicknames in the last post:
Red
Stephinitely
Legs

and a new one from men's county trials
"you're actually not a bad player!?"

what, do I have a handicap I hadn't noticed?

Beefy · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

Stephanie wrote:

Thought this thread was interesting, so to encourage more entries on it I thought I'd put in my

Learned to play english pool when I moved to the UK in 2004.

I know what you mean about learning a different game it seems everytime I go to the States to see my brother and play pool in the various bars the rules seem to change. I did have some fun against some local Fort Worth players one ninght after they explained the rules to me. 6 Straight wins and 3 captains wanting me to sign up (They were practicing that night as the league did not play that night) for them those pockets are so easy to pot in.

The idea of playing a "safe shot" got me though potting your ball and its their go, strange that one.

How much success did you have playing in the leagues over there becuase I thought the leagues were all based round nine ball in the US although 8 Ball seems to be getting more popular and TV coverage now.

Stephanie · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

In my home town nobody plays 9 ball in the bar, maybe some in the pool hall but we only played it for a lark when we were getting a bit bored of 8 ball. Did okay but not spectacular in Wal-Mac. Beat a couple of guys who made it to the finals in Vegas, but you know how it is with single frame match-ups - sometimes you don't win on merit. Our league was a 'mixed' version, meaning there had to be a minimum of one woman on each 5-person team, which is probably why I got invited to play. Compared to how I play now, I wasn't very good. (Thanks again to John and Ash for the coaching!)

The 8-ball v 9-ball thing might be completely different in the States. Haven't spent much time there.

bartman · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Real Name : Arron Simpson

Nick names : Bart, or Northern Monkey

1988 started playing team pool for the Sherpa (S****horpe)

1990 playing County pool (epa) Region 1 Humberside

2001 moved down South played region 5 bucks and reached 6th Round of England Trials

2006 Joined Oxon (epa) county and won Bicester Singles,

Hoping to find time one day to try playing a bit of Black Ball rules and maybe even County

-- Edited by bartman at 15:52, 2007-03-27

Mark · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

Name: Mark Harrison
Nicknames: 'The Marksman'

(not my doing)
Started playing: 1998 - then stopped from 2000. Restarted Oct 2006, when I had access to a free pool table again!
Competitively: If you don't count college matches, last Sunday.

Came to the university in the summer, which was why I started playing again. Was then recruited to the county team by Steph. Not much else to report really...looking forward to playing 'proper pool' for the first time!

johnny_cider · Veteran Poster (Potting like a demon)

Johnny Cider

aka. John Street

Started playing snooker 1979 - 2000, and now 2006 on...

...Pool from 2000 onwards... with various degrees of success!?

Drinking Cider from 1983 on... and on... and on...

lakeattacks · Veteran Poster (Pots the first red)

Steve Lakeman

Started in 1997 for the Cath Wheel Sanford on Thames.

Have played there mainly for the last ten years on Sunday's, Monday and Thursday's, But the 2 times I have played for other teams have resulted in me playing in league winning teams.

Cowley Com Club 2005 Thurs Summer section 1 winners.
George B (Botley) 06/07 Thurs winter League Section 1 winners.

Have been Capt of many teams in the Cath Wheel, which have either been winners or runners up in the last couple of years.
Now Capt of the Sunday and Monday teams

Also, I'm Chairman of the Monday Oxford pool League (sponsored by Bar Billiards)

-- Edited by lakeattacks at 23:55, 2007-03-27

Miss MAX · Occasional Poster (Racking up the balls)

I agree Stephanie... this is an interesting thread...
and if anyone ever encounters me outside the chat rooms... please say Hi because I am not unsociable I'm just dizzy and blonde at times...

& by the way Stephanie... You Go GIRL... You kick ass on a table! another icon for the ladies...

Up Date on me...

Last Minute (decided 1 week after the Team Knockout and about 12 hours before the first league match) to be the Captain for the Sunday Invitatin League Oracle B in section 2... I have a great team thanks to who I know, not what I know... SO:

2006 Fitz Captain (briefly till they got a team together)
Realised I knew nothing... Helped out EPA County on a few let down matches... Lost badly and ended season on a GOD saving 1 win...
2007 EPA County... Played 3 matches so far bad start but ended last match on 1 win... (That's equal to my personal best 2006 so what a start! ... stephanie you must be inspiring me along with all the other fab lady pool sharks I've met...) special thanks to Chris for not dropping me complety.
2007 Oracle B Captain... Played 2games so far... 1win 1 Loss
2007 Cavalier Player Thursday league... Not played yet... but what a busy year compaired to others...
I also would like to say thanks... not to one in particular but to everyone i have observed throughout my last year with yu pool freaks... I love being part of the gang! (and I got a BlackBall County supporters T-Shirt Now... But stay loyal to EPA for playing) Go 2007!!!

Love you all XXX

MOO · Veteran Poster (Potting like a demon)

2007 Cavalier Player Thursday league... Not played yet...

....This Thursday you will in a freindly match againist the Queens Head

We are glad to have you on board I hope you know what you've let yourself in for.

Cavalier team full of crazy chicks biggrin

This will be the teams 2nd season at our new home the Cavalier after 10 years of playing in Kidlington you'd think after all these years we'd manage to get out of the bottom section

Beefy · Ultimate Poster (Breaks off in decider)

Out of interest did Cath play for you at the Black Bull in Kidlington about 2 years ago on a Thursday ?

-- Edited by Beefy at 15:06, 2007-03-29