As the world's premier snooker contest at The Crucible, Sheffield, draws to a dramatic finale, the BBC announced a few minutes ago:

"A 64 break put Murphy out of Stevens' reach and inches him towards the trophy..."

I had a dekko at the size of snooker tables on the internet and on the first web page I visited I came across this - something else that no doubt will stick in the craw of those metric zealots at the U.K. Metric Association.

Metric snooker tables, anyone?

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Edwardian 2 Slate Bed Snooker Tables - Oakwood

A massive metal frame with six legs supports the weight of the high quality natural slate. The 12 foot slate bed snooker table boasts eight legs, all other sizes have six legs. The cushions and surface are covered with the highest quality cloth and give a superb action. The Oak finish makes for a beautiful peice of furniture, however, it's practicality can be enhanced with the addition of Diner Top which converts the slate bed snooker table into a dining table.

Prices are as follows:

8 foot slate bed snooker table: £4,100

9 foot slate bed snooker table: £4,500

10 foot slate bed snooker table: £5,100

12 foot slate bed snooker table: £5,600

Strange, the table is in Imperial, but the balls are in metric.
Could be that the balls are imported.
Don't the British have balls anymore?

http://www.worldsnooker.com/about_the_rules.htm

SECTION 1. EQUIPMENT

Measurements in parenthesis state the metric equivalent to the nearest millimetre

1. The Standard Table

Dimensions
(a) The playing area within the cushion faces shall measure 11 ft
8½in x 5ft 10in (3569mm x 1778mm) with a tolerance
on both dimensions of +/_ ½ in (+/_ 13mm).

Height
(b) The height of the table from the floor to the top of the cushion
Rail shall be from 2ft9½in to 2ft 10½in (851mm to 876mm).

2. Balls

The balls shall be of an approved composition and shall each have a diameter of 52.5mm with a tolerance of +/- 0.05mm and:
(a) they shall be of equal weight within a tolerance of 3g per set
(b) a ball or set of balls may be changed by agreement between the players or on a decision by the referee.

Why is this British site metric only:

http://shop.d2leisuregroup.co.uk/category480265.html

Here's one (American) using FFU trade names, but the actual dimensions are in centimetres or millimetres:

http://www.compleatgamester.com/pages/Billiard/soren-sogaard/prices_pool.htm

Why are the tips metric (9.5 mm or 10mm):

http://www.snookermarket.co.uk/CuesCueCases.htm

Here's one with a hodgepodge of units:

http://shop.d2leisuregroup.co.uk/category480265.html?page=4

Note the first item: A 6 foot table with dimensions of: 1785 x 955 x 815 (h)mm. 6 feet is 1829 mm, yet none of the actual dimensions shown is 1829 mm? Why is that? and notice the weights are ALL in kilograms. Why is that Tony?


Don't go here Tony, you'll go blind. The rules for snookers is all metric, with nice, crispy rounded numbers:

http://www.abbeysnooker.co.uk/rulesnoo.html


I notice Tony never posts the link to the page he posts. Somehow I think the page has metric on it and he doesn't want us to go to the page and see it. By not providing the link he edits out the metric and in his usual deception makes it look like it wasn't there.

I saw some of the snooker on the TV.
I like the white ball because it gets to push the others around.
But it's not my game - all those different coloured balls - kinda freaky.

All the "board" type ball games are imperial.

Everyone knows that.

To claim otherwise would be as silly as saying that the "100 metres dash" was officially imperial or that records are metric.

Who on earth is making this claim?

[pause]

Ah.

"""All the "board" type ball games are imperial.

Everyone knows that."""


Apparantly the people here don't:

http://www.abbeysnooker.co.uk/rulesnoo.html

Or are you just a tad out of step with the real world?

<< All the "board" type ball games are imperial.>>

British Chess Magazine (founded 1881)
The BCM chess shop. http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/wooden.html

Imperial Board
55 mm squares
Moulded nut and maple, bevelled edge
£60.00

Kt-Kt5 ch!

<< All the "board" type ball games are imperial.>>

In the case of the chess boards mentioned in the previous post, the word "Imperial" has nothing to measurements, rather it is a marketing term used for the style of the board's finish. Other boards advertised include the Petrosian and the Capablanca boards.

Just a suggestion martin. Why not get your medication checked? The liver pills don't seem to be working properly.

Btw: Why the insecurity about your name? Most people prefer to use an initial capital letter.

just a suggestion Philidor.....why don't you get your reality checked! You're acting like SteveH. Oh, i'm sorry, that is the way all inmperialists act now that everything they say is proven wrong asnd they have lost all arguments.

Think 175 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm records. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

<<Think 175 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm records. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!>>

You silly,silly man. Is that the sound your records make?
Get real. Buy an Ipod.

Btw: You have a funny name.

He is a very strange person.

There's a post about him by a doctor on another thread.

I'll retrieve it....

HEre:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=209958&messageid=1113562667&lp=1113823659

It's extremely and uncannily accurate.

Well worth a read.