Twenty years ago: invitation Billiards event
Twenty years ago Cues n Views had a small stand showing some old cues, balls and books at an invitation Billiards event staged in Great Horton organised by Brian Watson.
The event that took up much of Brian’s time was a small but select invitation Billiards event staged at the excellent Great Horton Conservative Club near Bradford. The field was made up of some of the premier Billiard players of the time, Mike Russell, Chris Shutt, Mark Hirst, Paul Bennett, Gary Rogers and David Causier. The first part of the event was a series of round robin matches culminating in a final played over a one hour time period. The tournament was run in an organised yet informal way.
The Cues n Views stand showing old cues, balls and books from years gone by, as well as selling some new cues and some books from the 1970’s and 1980’s along with a couple of older books attracted som interest.
The hospitality from the club was first class as was the food provided at the lunchtime interval and at the early evening intermission.
The highlight of the competition was in the early round robin phase, a timed duration of fifty minutes a match was an outstanding break of 267 made by Mike Russell. The final was between David Causier and Mike Russell and in the end David Causier took his chances and was a worthy winner on the day.
John A Smith
Cues n Views
