Eight Ball

The team triumphed for the third straight game last night to continue our unbeaten start to the season. Last night's game was particularly noteworthy for me as I cleared up off the break. If I remember correctly, I potted a red and yellow ball off the break leaving me a choice of colour. I decided to take reds and potted a long pot into the top left with screw. That left me nicely on a shot into the middle pocket. With top spin I potted the ball and came across to the other side of the table to pot another red into the opposite middle leaving me choice of reds into either bottom corner pockets. 4 down, 4 to go.

I decided to pot the left of the two reds with screw to come off the right hand side cushion for options of two balls. I took a more difficult red that was tight on the bottom cushion but close to the pocket. Potting it with side I was able to come back up the table for my final red. The black could not be potted into the left corner - it was blocked, leaving the easy positional shot useless. So I potted my final red with top to come off the cushion and come behind the black ball. It landed perfectly but my final shot wasn't easy. A short range black half the length of the table into the top right hand pocket. I got down and played the shot quite quickly. It went in. Very pleased, my opponent was not!