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Stephen is a keen Sunderland AFC fan and season ticket holder

He is currently working as a Web Developer specialising in PHP and MySQL development.

In his spare time he enjoys playing pool, snooker and photography.

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Archive for the ‘Pool’ Category

World Cup 2010

by Stephen Hoult on June 8th, 2010

The World Cup is nearly upon us, kicking off this Friday at 3pm. I’m looking forward to it, no doubt England will be knocked out in the quarter / semi finals but a month solid of football on TV will be enjoyable – it’s a shame I’m going to have to watch the games on [...]

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9 ball run

by Stephen Hoult on May 18th, 2010

I went Durham City Snooker & Pool last night to work on my game and had a relatively successful time. The table wasn’t in the best condition, balls (which were chipped) had been tapped – in the wrong position – too much so it was impossible to break, the cloth must’ve been on for 20 [...]

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Big Pockets

by Stephen Hoult on May 16th, 2010

Whenever I mention that I’ve been playing 9 ball pool the person I’m talking to always says, ‘Ah, the one with the big pockets?’ To which I reply, ‘yes’ – anything else would be a lie as American Pool tables do have bigger pockets than British Pool tables. It’s as if they’re saying it’s got bigger [...]

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My Journey into 9 Ball Pool

by Stephen Hoult on May 13th, 2010

I’ve recently started playing pool again, the 9 ball variety that is,  and this time I’m taking it seriously. I’d always enjoyed playing pool but generally the only chance to play comes when I’m in the pub. I do have my own 7ft American Style table but unfortunately it’s been ‘out of commission’ for the last year [...]

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