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Post by Dan on Jun 6, 2013 22:44:07 GMT
We won 10-2. Pretty solid tonight.
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Post by benanderson on Jun 7, 2013 0:07:15 GMT
The Rock 10-2 Tev Con (B)
Yet again there was controversy over our table with Wayne refusing to play on it and to be fair it was like playing on carpet but then I guess it was the same for both players. Not the prettiest of contests but still a good win for us against a decent team.
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rogers88
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Post by rogers88 on Jun 7, 2013 14:07:08 GMT
I didn't think it was to bad last night composited to the other week. There isn't much we can do though as it gets moved about at the weekends
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pauld201
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Post by pauld201 on Jun 7, 2013 16:11:49 GMT
Here's an idea, before you start practicing check the tables level at most it'll take 10-15mins to sort. You'd have had less roll playing on the deck of the titanic!!! How can you play a delicate shot on a table that rolls off!! As for saying its the same for both, that's really not a good excuse!!
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Post by blueandwhite on Jun 7, 2013 16:31:06 GMT
well done guys on an impressive result! sorry i couldnt be there ! but im pretty fed up of people moaning about the table! we have said several times , from the first game the table has been off, yeah would be nice to get there early, level it out, which in fact is not normally one of the problems with our table! but we all have jobs and cant just drop things to take time to level a table! we dont really get a home advantage, other than its a very nice venue! the table aint as bad as some ive played on! its quite frustrating as a player to lose on it agreed, but other teams have won frames on it! you dont see us jumping around on the night crying that the frame was lost by the table! you have to adapt to every table, no two tables are the same!
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Post by James Griffiths on Jun 7, 2013 17:31:44 GMT
Doesn't Wayne Martin fiddle with pool tables for a living?
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pauld201
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Post by pauld201 on Jun 7, 2013 17:49:46 GMT
Nobody said anything about giving up work! I arrived at around 8.10 and most of your player were already there. So 10-15mins to level it up wouldn't have cased any delay. Wayne doesn't do table for a living anymore but quite frankly it shouldn't be upto the opposition to sort it.
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Post by James Griffiths on Jun 7, 2013 18:42:58 GMT
Never said it was up to the opposition but if you was that unhappy with it you could have done it yourselves, how do you know that any of their team know how to level a table?
Also in their defence it doesn't state any where in the world rules or constitution tables have to be level, just that they have to have a black spot, a baulk line and 6 pockets.
And I bet if you had won last night you wouldn't be moaning about the table so much.
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pauld201
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Post by pauld201 on Jun 7, 2013 23:56:58 GMT
Ok so your saying that it's ok to turn up at an oppositions venue and start adjusting the table?? I can see that going down really well with some venues!!
Maybe something should be in the rules then?? As for winning or not as I personally am having a crap season it probably wouldn't have made much difference. But when you play a long shot slowly aiming for the left edge and only just clip the right hand edge you know something ain't right!!
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Post by James Griffiths on Jun 8, 2013 9:00:19 GMT
No but you could offer to do it for them, no harm in offering help.
And why not put a proposal in then for the next agm? And if you did what do you put? All tables must be perfectly level? Think you might have quite a few teams not agreeing to this as its not always their fault.
And when I get to a venue I test things like that and work out where the roles are so I can adjust my game that's why you get the practice when you get to a venue, it's up to you how you use that practice.
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Dabber
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Post by Dabber on Jun 9, 2013 0:02:59 GMT
The table takes 10 minutes to level - no excuses if your players are 'already there at 8.10pm'
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Post by Griss and Sidle on Jun 9, 2013 1:26:38 GMT
No but you could offer to do it for them, no harm in offering help. And why not put a proposal in then for the next agm? And if you did what do you put? All tables must be perfectly level? Think you might have quite a few teams not agreeing to this as its not always their fault. And when I get to a venue I test things like that and work out where the roles are so I can adjust my game that's why you get the practice when you get to a venue, it's up to you how you use that practice. With all due respect to you James. When someone plays a ball from middle to middle and the ball rolls 3 inches up the table, there is no adjusting your game to suit!! We don't blame the players, but the venue. But what I will say is that the venue should have been asked 2 weeks ago to get it sorted As for me levelling it, well..... Get shafted.... Why should I be expected to level it when the team don't even ask the venue to get it sorted When I walked in and asked if the table was better from 2 weeks ago, "nope it's a little bit worse" was the response. If I was still captain, my team would have been getting back in the cars to leave
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rogers88
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Post by rogers88 on Jun 9, 2013 8:32:37 GMT
How are we able to get it level when it gets moved about at the weekends and is never put back in exactly the same place each week? I personally don't know how to level the table and as far as I know the only person on our team that does know wasn't there this week as he was at work
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Post by MalteseMauler on Jun 9, 2013 13:06:34 GMT
i dont know about the rock table as i havent played on it recently but adjusting a table to make it level is not always only 10-15 mins it can take a hell of a lot longer and should have been done prior to the away team arriving but obviously the rock players are not at fault if they dont know how to adjust it of course.
jimmy as far as something in the constitution regarding tables being of a decent standard should definitely be enforced currently the rule is not sufficient tbh look at six bells you can only use a full length cue from the bottom of the table the 3 other sides you need a half cue on top of that its full of rolls etc it is a joke and thats the nicest thing the six bells players could say about it too that table should not have any pool played on it the pub cant even fit the table in there so how can they justify having a team
why do people think moaning about a table only happens if you lose what a crazy absurd ridiculous statement i dont mind losing a frame when the player beats me when you lose because the table screws you over its incredibly frustrating i believe i won one lost one on the bells tables but im still fuming about it. poor tables to this extent makes a mockery of the capl there should be a minimum standard and if anybody proposed this for agm etc i would throw my hat in to second it like im sure a lot of people would
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Post by Griss and Sidle on Jun 9, 2013 22:18:24 GMT
How are we able to get it level when it gets moved about at the weekends and is never put back in exactly the same place each week? I personally don't know how to level the table and as far as I know the only person on our team that does know wasn't there this week as he was at work Rovers. I did not say anything about your team levelling the table. I said that you had not asked the venue to sort it. All pubs that rent pool tables can get the supplier to come and level and valet the table. You just need to ask. If they say they can't do it, then you need to find a new venue. In the words of your own team. They prefer to play away than at home. That to me says it all
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Post by Griss and Sidle on Jun 9, 2013 22:26:08 GMT
*rogers*
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Post by monkey on Jun 10, 2013 10:39:33 GMT
From a personal point of view. I think Wayne should give up work on Thursday's. He should then spend his time driving to all of the pool venues in the CAPL and then brush, iron and level every single table. Seriously, we all moan about tables. The home team is responsible for getting it at least somewhere near right. Our table at the Plough was moved every weekend and we had to spend some time every Thursday trying to sort it. None of us were/are experts but we did our best in the limited time available. Some opposition teams still complained but we did our best.
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Post by Newbie on Jun 10, 2013 14:09:35 GMT
I was in the Rock friday night, and to be fair I didn't think it was playing too badly and at least it's in Cambridge.
Regarding any sort of proposal, how can you quantify a tables deemed quality in order to state what requirements would make it acceptable to be allowed into a pub league?
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rogers88
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Post by rogers88 on Jun 10, 2013 17:00:07 GMT
I didn't think it was playing to badly on the night personally but that's just me. If someone could show me how to level the the table I would do it.
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rogers88
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Post by rogers88 on Jun 10, 2013 21:05:26 GMT
Here's an idea, maybe the committee could arrange for a course for levelling tables where at least 1 member of each team has to attend so at least there is 1 person from each team knows how to sort out the table each week.
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