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Fancy a go at that other great Yankee game? No, not baseball, yet... We're talking about the classic table game of American Pool! We have eight luxury tables inside the bowling alley, ready for you when you're in between movies, waiting for a bowling lane, or just fancy yourself as Paul Newman.
Timed SessionsYou can hire a pool table by 30-minute sessions, so you don't have to worry about losing the eight-ball early. Just go to the counter, pay your money and we'll give you the cues and turn on the lights. When your time is up, we'll let you know; there's no need for the rather old-fashioned custom of piling 20p pieces on the cushion (the correct pool term is 'rail' anyway).
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Eight-Ball The world-famous version of the game, where the balls are racked in a big triangle. Players take 'teams' of spots (numbers one to seven) against stripes (numbers nine to fifteen), and the big black eight-ball is the prize.
Nine-Ball You can also play the nine-ball version, in which the first nine numbered balls are racked into a diamond-shaped frame. The numbers must be potted consecutively, with the winner being the first player to pot the nine-ball legally. It's as much a game of strategy as a game of skill.
Other Versions There are many more variations on these two classics; you can read about them here or you can make up your own version: why not give it a go?
Some of you who are under forty years old may not be aware of a famous 1961 movie called The Hustler, in which Paul Newman played a pool shark, roaming from town to town earning money by playing pool. We don't condone that sort of behaviour, although the film is well worth catching. A sequel was made in 1986 called The Colour of Money, in which Newman played alongside Tom Cruise.
