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Anyone know if Jesters in swindon is members only or can non-members go along?

Or is there anywhere else that I can play apart from 147 and gangsters?

Jesters isnt members only (well not when ive gone during the day anyway) but you have to pay £1 to get in and the amount you pay per hour is more.

The link centre used to have tables,not sure if it still does as did the oasis..

You can join 147 there and then it isnt expensive

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Snooker - Link Centre

We have four full-sized snooker tables at the Link Centre. They are housed in a dedicated room to enable you to concentrate on your game.

The tables are available daily from 8.30 am.

The last table booking is 9.30pm, Monday to Saturday and 5.30pm on Sunday.

Tables are bookable on the hour or half-hour for a duration of 60 minutes.


Prices

Card Type Price
Swindon Card £5.90
Concession 1 Peak £5.30
Concession 1 Off Peak £3.00
Concession 2 Peak £4.70
Concession 2 Off Peak £1.90
Full Price(No Card) £7.60

 
 

Thanks Mr Y.

Probably give oasis a miss as you have to rent the sticks for £1.40, and can only book the tables for an hour.

its not sticks its snooker racquets dumbass

I played my mate at Jesters earlier in the year, both non-members. Think we just rang up before we went to check it wasn't a problem.

I managed a fucking magical break of 8. (red, blue, yellow)

Last time I played snooker was years ago and at the Link Centre. You have to get lucky with the table you get as the quality varies quite a bit.

There is also the club near Walcot, I used to play there. Think it was called the Green Beize club.

The haydon center gas two tables, and isn't normally too busy

After years of practice at school i'm shit hot at pool if i do say so myself, but it just doesn't transfer to a full size snooker table. fucking hard game. if i'm playing my dad i always lose and am lucky to score above 30. after he's won i try and clear up the rest but it takes ages.

i've probably said this before, but when my dad was younger he played jimmy white in cowley - got thrashed, young jimmy was a little bit good.

Swindon Snooker club is alright... £1 for non-members i think.

We played in Jesters in the end. £1 each to get in. The the table was £7.50 for two hours.

Not bad, what was your highest break

1.

not a lot.

come on, what was it.

23

Thats not to bad mate assuming you do not play very often.

1st time in a year so chuffed.

Fair play mate. Ever fancy a game let me know

Don't do it Sippo, he's a hustler.

Haha cheers sam i am happy to play for no cash

Oh I'd play for cash!

He must thrash you if there's still a lot of balls left on the table when he's won.

I've only played on a full sized table once, when I was about 14. I remember thinking 'this is fucking massive' whilst holding a rest that was twice my height.

anyone from the bath area know where there are any snooker clubs/tables?

The Crucible

i want to start playing again, i used to be OK as a kid, this is going back about 7 years now, i remember i used to skive school and spend the whole day in swindon snooker club.
pocket money well spent

yeah i want to get back into! its the classic seeing it on tv and wanting to have another go! anyone got any ideas then?

Keynsham is your best bet. About 20 tables, 8 american pool tables and some proper pool tables as well.

Think it;s £2 to sign in as a non member, about £20 a year for membership. It's about a fiver an hour to play.

Randomly, they close at 6pm on a Saturday.

In Bath itself there is Widecombe social club, only 1 table there and you need to be a member. There are also 2 tables in the Harrington Club, a quality "gentlemans club". Membership is expensive at around £80 per year but the 2 tables run on meters and it's £1 for about 35 minutes. no jeans and and no women (except behind the bar).

I think there are still 2 tables at the Sulis club near the Uni.

Failing all of the above, if you fancy venturing as far as Trowbridge, there is Steven Lee's club there, not that I've ever been.

cheers bo, shame there is no decent snooker club in bath city centre, might try keynsham

I went to Trowbridge yesterday *shudder*

Have you sprouted extra digits yet?

Keynsham is good and you can get the train for about £3 each way, club is about 10 min walk from train station.

It's a crying shame there is no club in Bath. Several times a mate and I have discussed finding a site to open one!

i always imagined the old quasar site would make a good snooker/pool club

Hang on, aren't you from Purton?

Yes, what's your point? Purton is perfectly normal.

I use to be a copper there - fucking shithole

It was that town that nobody wanted to work in so if you got in the shit and got disciplined they would move you there...  As soon as I completed my probation in sleepy Chippenham I figured I would play them them at there own game and asked for a voluntary transfer there, needless to say they thought I was mad but I knew that if I ever did get in the shit they would have no choice but to move me somewhere nicer as punishment :D

Purton's a lot of things, but normal's not one that springs principally to mind!!

Have you ever been to Purton?

Play cricket there at least twice a year and thus have been in a couple of pubs there, an Arkells one called The Angel (?) springs to mind.

Do you know a chap called Tom Bowler?

I was hounded out of purton for having 5 digits on each hand.

Was it the 3rd hand they didn't like?

The ginger hair didnt help.

I know of him, yes. He's quite good friends with my sister.

Well there you go.

WTF? What does that prove?

that this tom bowler is a cunt

Basically. Chuck in Toby and Dale and you've got a right bunch of tools.