http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog Snooker and Pool Table Blog Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:35:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ronnie O’Sullivan will be attempting to win the Premier League for the fifth year in succession when the championship starts in September. O’Sullivan’s first match is against John Higgins on September 11 and will take place at the Grimsby Auditorium. The final will take place at 7.30 on December 7. ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/premier-league-2008-sponsored-by-partypokercom.html 1. Ronnie O’Sullivan 29700 2. Stephen Maguire 25975 3. Shaun Murphy 23700 4. Mark Selby 20050 5. Ryan Day 19425 6. Allister Carter 18425 7. Joe Perry 18250 8. Marco Fu 18075 9. Stephen Hendry 16900 10. Ding Junhui 15869 11. Mark Williams 15100 12. Mark Allen 15075 13. Peter Ebdon 14975 14. John Higgins 14825 15. Stuart Bingham 14775 16. Mark King 13675 Ronnie O’Sullivan who has been world number 1 for three spells and a total of four seasons, is very well placed ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/top-rankings.html All dates/venues are subject to change. 2008/2009 Main Tour 24-31 August - Northern Ireland Trophy - The Waterfront Hall, Belfast 29 Sept – 5 Oct - Shanghai Masters - Shanghai Grand Stage 11-19 October - Royal London Watches Grand Prix - Venue TBC 13-21 December - Maplin UK Championship - Telford International Centre 11-18 January - Saga Insurance ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/the-forthcoming-20082009-season.html Band nights at the Qbar are not to be missed! DIABLOS are a classic rock band specialising in playing classic rock tunes from the the 70..s and 80..s right upto now. By classic rock tunes they dont just mean Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine or Aerosmith or Chilli ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/diablos-live-at-the-qbar-august-30th.html Stephen Hendry (pictured above) has lost his practise base at the Stirling club, Spencer’s, which also used to house the headquarters of 110 sport. Spencer’s is to be developed for other purposes by its new owners who acquired the club four years ago. Hendry is to create new snooker room in the ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/hendry-loses-his-practise-base.html Birmingham Billiard have recently manufactured and installed a lovely 'refectory' billiard dining table, developed in solid oak and polish finished to an attractive walnut brown silk. Finished in green championship baize. This particular billiard dining table was manufactured with a 'planked' style thick cut dining table top and the overall finish ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/139.html For the first time the World Championship which takes place between June 29 and July 10 at Blackpool's Imperial Hotel will be sponsored by brewing giants Scottish & Newcastle through their brand name, Foster's. Title holder Gareth Potts believes it is great news to have a sponsor as prestigious as Foster's, ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/fosters-are-new-8-pall-pool-world-championship-sponser.html Birmingham Billiards is proud to have recently manufactured and installed this beautifully carved 'Refectory' style snooker dining table. It has been uniquely hand carved to our clients instructions, taking over 3 months to complete with pain staking detail. This 9ft bespoke Refectory snooker dining table was developed in solid kiln dried mahogany ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/hand-carved-bespoke-snooker-dining-table.html John Higgins believes that snooker bosses should consider moving the World Championship from the Crucible Theatre, its historic home. Higgins believes if the championship does move to another country they will have paid more money for it which will be good for the sport and mean that the players will earn ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/higgins-believes-the-world-championship-should-move-from-crucible.html Sir Rodney Walker, World Snooker chairman, has given the clearest indication that Ronnie O'Sullivan will not be banned for his indiscretions at the Honghe Industrial China Open. O'Sullivan must face disciplinary action for lewd remarks and actions alleged to have been made in front of the local media after loosing to ... http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/osullivan-likely-to-escape-ban.html