Professional Snooker Supplies

Snooker is another version of a billiards game; the table it is played on is the size of 12 x 6 and has the same holes as a regular pool table.  The balls that are used are the cue and 15 red balls that are worth a point each, and six different colors of balls, usually yellow worth two points, a green worth three points, brown that is worth four points, blue worth five, pink that will count as six points and a black ball that is worth seven points.  The way to win a game of snooker is to get the most points in a certain amount of frames.

The games popularity is in China and some of the Commonwealth countries.  The game is to have thought to been started in the last part of the 19th century.  Thought to be a variation of traditional pool it was popular among the British officers in India.  The name snooker is thought to have come about in term to those players who were inexperienced.

Growing in popularity by the year of 1927 a snooker championship took place.  Organized by Joe Davis who was a professional player, it vaulted the game into the limelight for a bit.  But the popularity began to decline in the 1950’s.  In 1969 it seemed it might come back to the forefront when a game was televised by the BBC.  It helped the game out tremendously and in 1978 the championship for the game was televised.  Most people in the UK took up the game and tournaments were held all over the place.

The game is still played but mostly in China and Ireland and other commonwealth countries.  It’s popularity seemed to be hurt by the tobacco companies not investing as much in advertising as it once did.