World Snooker Championship
Snooker is a cue sport originating in the late 19th century which is played on a green baize covered table which measures 12 ft by 6 ft. The table has a pocket in each corner as well as a pocket in the centre of each long sided cushion. It is played with 15 red balls and 1 of each of the following colours – yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. The objective of the game is to score points by using the white\cue ball and a snooker cue to pot the red and coloured balls. The game is thought to have originated in the 19th century and evolved from the game of billiards which was played by army officers stationed in India.
In 1927 we saw the first World Snooker Championship which was organized by the well known professional snooker player Joe Davis. Snooker grew in popularity throughout the early 20th century despite a dip in the 1950′s and 1960′s. These days snooker has become an increasingly popular sport in the UK and Ireland and has a huge following in the Far East and China. The objective of snooker is to outscore your opponent by potting balls in sequence. Players take turns at the table until one player misses a shot or fouls. Each player must pot a red ball followed by any colour which has to be nominated (if not obvious). Once all red balls are potted the colours must then be potted in the following order: yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and then black. If at any time a player misses a shot or makes a foul it is the turn of the opposing player at the table.
A foul shot occurs when any ball is touched with anything but the tip of the snooker cue. The white ball fails to make contact with the object ball. And a colour is hit or potted when attempting a red (and vice versa), the white ball is potted (commonly known as “in off”), the white ball leaves the table, a colour which was not nominated is hit or potted.
Tags: Billiard, Snooker, White Ball