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Articles by Dominic Dale

  • Early badges

    Early badges and how they evolved First in an occasional series of pieces by Dominic Dale Snooker historian, collector and professional player Throughout my years collecting billiards and snooker memorabilia, certain things became clear, for example; nameplates on billiards and snookers cues began to appear sometime around the 1870’s and can be very revealing as…

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Articles about Dominic Dale

  • Sheffield: Institute of Sport and Crucible Theatre

    Venues – Sheffield: Institute of Sport and Crucible Theatre 2019 Supporting Cues n Views friend, Dominic Dale. Institute of Sport, Sheffield Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

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  • Pro Cueist – Dominic Dale

    David Smith, Cues n Views talks about the cue in the hands of a Snooker professional, Dominic Dale. Includes a clip of century plus break, thanks to EuroSport

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  • Burroughes & Watts with Dominic Dale

    More Programmes: This video is about Burroughes and Watts, Dadid Smith, Cues n Views in conversation with Dominic Dale about the famous company. More articles about Burroughes and Watts: Burroughes and Watts – By Andy Hunter & David Smith; Burroughes & Watts are one of the best-known cue makers in the collecting field Burroughes and…

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  • Power Glide – A Conversation

    More Programmes: Power Glide – a conversation with David Smith of Cues n Views and Dominic Dale, Snooker Professional. Dominic Dale and I discuss more modern collectable cues. Including the one used by Stephen Hendry to win the vast majority of his championships. Stills from the video Power Glide cue images

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  • Dominic Dale’s Essential Cue Collection

    Dominic Dale, Snooker Professional talks to David Smith, Cues n Views about his favourite collectors cues and modern cues. We discuss and share our views about the essential cues at the heart of a nice collection.

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  • John Spencer, A Tribute, with Dominic Dale

    David Smith, Cues n Views and Dominic Dale, Snooker Professional share memories and memorabillia of John Spencer Snooker Player. A Tribute from Cues n Views. Features our first efforts at outdoor video in Sheffield and Kippax near Leeds. This video means a lot to me as my first favourite snooker player was the late John…

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  • UK Championship 2003

    UK Championship 2003What a Grand Day Out Visiting the UK Championships in York this week has been a very great pleasure, not only did my friend Dominic Dale win his first match but I also saw a number of good players in action. Such names as John Parrott, Nigel Bond, Tony Drago, Mark King, Gerard…

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  • Dales Sale Cue Gallery

    More Dale: Dominic Dale Collection Sale 2005Cue Gallery On offer in 2005 from the collection of Dominic Dale was a range of collectable cues of historical significance. The items ranged from the era of Roberts and included cues from the famous manufacturers such as Burroughres & Watts and Riley as well as cues that commemorated…

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  • Auction

    Dominic Dale Collection Sale In October 2005 an auction took place which included lots from the collection of Dominic Dale. there was a range of collectable cues that would surely inspire the more serious collector who wished to add to, or start a cue collection of historical significance. The items ranged from the era of…

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  • Impressed in Preston 2004

    I spent a great day at the Grand Prix Snooker on Saturday 2nd October 2004 as a guest of my friend Dominic Dale. Dominic was playing his first round match against a young Scots player called Scott McKenzie. Dominic won the match 5 frames to 1 but it could have been a very different story had…

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  • Interview with Dominic Dale

    Interview with Dominic Dale – December 2002 For those of you not familiar with Dominic Dale he lives in South Wales and is currently ranked well inside the top thirty-two Snooker players in the world. His biggest success on the pro-circuit to date was winning the 1997 Grand Prix, defeating John Higgins in the final.…

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  • Spaceman came calling

    A Spaceman came callingor85 under the shade without his own cue When my brother and I first came up with the concept for Cues n Views there were several things that we wanted to achieve. One of them was to create a home for the writings of Norman Clare and Andy Hunter that could be viewed from all over…

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  • The Essential Cue Collection

    More Cues: Slightly for fun and as a guide to new collectors, we have put together a list of the cues that might make up the ideal cue collection. As you know we specialise in the era from 1880 to 1950 so our guide focuses on this era. These cues are in our view the…

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Dominic Dale’s Sale 2005

Dominic Dale’s items for sale – On view from the collection of Dominic Dale was a range of collectable cues that would surely interest the more serious amongst you who wish to add to, or start a cue collection of historical significance.