Anyone here know a good place to buy Billiard equipment.

Basically im looking at buying a cue for myself as im starting to play in some competitions etc.

Also if anyone here plays let me know!

At the Target I work at we sell a fair amount of billiard gear. Probably not the greatest quality though.

edit: pacific fair.

last edited by fpot at 11:07:48 30/Dec/04

I think there is still a biliard shop on kessels road behind northfield..opposite jb hifi.

im pretty sure any billiards shop would carry the same gear

i'm pretty sure this is the one German is talking about...

www.billiardshop.com.au

"Huge range of cues and accessories".

any sports store?

any billiards selling store?

dont have white pages/yellow pages at your place gayken?

Yes i do f*****.

But i was asking if anyone can reccomend a particular store, products "might" be the same like any store.

But the customer service and knowledge isnt

Goto a speciality store who actually specialise in it, dont waste ya time with sports store, people there dont know s*** about sports. They just sell stuff.

its billiard gear;

whats to know?

u can get it anywhere;

^^ says the man who has how many replaced squash racquets cos he bought them at super phucking a-mart and is a cheap bastard, but tells everyone else to buy the most expensive gears ???

Spook its the same with any sport.

You dont just "walk in anywhere" and buy anything and your set. People who are serious about their sports are after certain equipment and advice

Try to tell a golf player to go into "any" sport store like a-mart lol


Anyway

Back to the topic, if anyone can help, would be appreciated

Try to tell a golf player to go into "any" sport store like a-mart lol

Yeah lol.. I'd tell any 'beginning' golfer to goto a-mart... because the stuff is cheap... Same with boxers, soccer players, cricketers, rugby players, tennis players, swimmers....

Sorry what was the point again?? Oh yeah its a sports store, selling sports equipment...

People who are serious about their sports are after certain equipment and advice

Nah they're not, they should already know what they need, what they're doing wrong and how they're going to fix the issue... They're the ones least likely to need advice.. Its the noobs that need the advice

^^ says the man who has how many replaced squash racquets cos he bought them at super phucking a-mart and is a cheap bastard, but tells everyone else to buy the most expensive gears ???

i buy cheap rackets, coz i break them (too much power)

more expensive rackets break just the same llama, i dont particualarly fancy buying a 200 dorrah squash racket regularly

if its something im not going to have to replace regularly, ill spend cash on it

perhaps if were out practicing more (and posting less) greeny u wouldnt be such a walk over eh?

i think if u are doing competitions etc u should get ur own cues made for u.

perhaps if you werent a broken old wreck of a bitter poster, you wouldn't get cut by people enjoying their sports and thier need to buy sports related equipment ?

Yes boxhead beginners at a sports store that is correct you amz teh smart!!

A "beginner" billiard/snooker/pool player uses the "pool halls" cue's....

Im looking to buy one for myself. The point of this thread is to see if anyone here can recommend anywhere.

And so far German is the only one. Thanks for that btw.

nah, i just dont like lazy people that cant look for anything themselves

especially when its such a common product

and ill be back sporting soon enuff matey
and ull feel my wrath

And so far German is the only one.

sniff sniff, i helped too :(

Oi I recommended somewhere!

The point of this thread is to see if anyone here can recommend anywhere.

German didn't give much of a recommendation dooder... Maybe you'd better stick to selling Nintendo ds's out of the back of a truck before you start trying to hussle on pool tables... LOLS YOU AMS TEH POOL SHARK YOU GOT THE LITTLE CUE CASE AND EVERYTHING

i don't think it's a very common product at all.. most people use the cues that are there for them, and if you're playing competition you would obviously want your own..

Out the back of a truck? Nice one. considering i have reciepts and it being a purchased product.

Go try and insult someone somewhere else.

Why don't you c***s f*** up or help him, he wasn't only asking for tips on where to go, he also wanted to know if anyone plays aswell. Oh and spook you old c*** the yellow pages doesn't say which store has the better service and knowledge so why don't you get off qgl and get back to your mid life crisis.

spoon wins
also yes i play, and challenge you to a game :D

What you're ACTUALLY after is to be more specific.

What's your price range?
Are you after:

Graphite?
One piece?
Two piece?

My opinion is:

You want something in a one piece unfinished canadian ash.

Also:

Smoke you any day 3/4 size or higher.

Also also:

Don't use the tables at Strike Bowling Bar, $9 long island ice teas do not guarantee table flatness in any sense of the word.

i also play and would thrash u weenies

but how can i find some tables to play on??!?!?

perhaps i should start a thread about it

theres two good places i know of, neislers at nundah just down behind nundah train station, baileys at northgate

also the billiard shop on kessels road macgregor is where i got my good snooker cue from, they are quite well priced compared to neislers and baileys

Sure why not? That's what discussion forums are about, asking questions and ppl informing others. Better yet how bout you take a knife insert it into your neck and see how long you can breathe for, thats a game suited only to you sir*.



*lol old man

i think you could buy those little kid ones for about $10 how you use mini-cues and mini balls at somewhere like crazy clarks spook, that would be YOUR best bet..

What's your price range?
Are you after:

Graphite?
One piece?
Two piece?


imo id like to go Graphite 2 piece.

Just looking at what people think of them, their advantages and disadvantages over the 1 piece etc

price range $100 - $500

theres a billards store out brendale way just round the corner from visy packaging cant think of the name of the place though but they were fairly sweet when i bought some cues off of them

last edited by Sancho at 13:07:08 30/Dec/04

If you've never owned a cue before, don't buy graphite.

There's no advantage unless you wish to lay big money on the table.

Also: Even though I have a two piece, I suggest one piece unfinished, for the record. A one piece cue might be less convenient, but you can feel the game better through it, and besides, they look cooler. Niesler are quite good, they're refinishing my table at the moment, and doing a decent job of it.

Also also: Any day Spook, Fat Louies used to be the place to be, but their private room (though nice inside) makes the place feel a bit cluttered, and I don't much like their change of manager/staff. Tables are good but seems like they're not maintained as well as befor. Qmasters at Milton fyi. Actually haven't been to QMasters for a while, must get back there..

last edited by SakuraWars at 13:13:09 30/Dec/04

thanks sakura ill take that onboard.

Went to qmasters last night, good atmosphere.

Whats that place get like around NY?

No idea, I have better things to do on NYE ;).

Compwise, hit up the Pavillion at WE on Mondays, it's fun.

You go there at all?

Go where?

Qmasters?

Sometimes, I still go to Fat Louies more, because it's easier. I play pool at home mostly, but if I'm out and about and somebody wants a game, town is usually easiest.

Pavillion?

Now and again, I play their comps maybe once a month?

Hey Marty, notice how Spook already posted a yellowpages link?

Well that's what makes you an idiot.

heh, me and supergreen used to play at fat louis in the city all the time years ago (when phil used to run it)

then they moved and phil got beaten up, so we stopped going

now i just play in pubs

shame the muddy farmer charges me 3 bux a game :(

at least souths used to be 1 buck a game, but that finished up a few years ago as well :(

Dont bother posting huge forum breaking links, if you really want to do that, use http://tinyurl.com

Also, theres World Class Billiards on Farfield road at Yeronga, they seem pretty good. Granted I've never actually bought anything from them, but their service is good.

maybe we should all meet up at fat louies for some sort of pool competition :P

depending on how you play is what u should be looking for in a cue kaygen, i went to neislers and my graphite cue was $290, then went to the billiard shop and the identical cue was $170, got a 17 1/2 ounce, really quite a nice cue to use

most of these places will help u choose the best cue in the price range, etc

f*** pool grunt - we're talking billiards here.

billiards is the real game of skill, followed by snooker. Pool is just a game for noobs in the pub.

that or kaygen has his terminology messed up.

shame billiards is boring as s***

pool is the most fun to play

snooker is ok

9-ball is ok as well, but 8-ball is a better game

hrmm.. i was unaware billiards was entirely different :$

...

Billiards is 2 white balls 1 red.

And they ALL take skill, Spidz is just crap at 8 Ball :p.

isn't billards was white, yellow and red?

x-yled you got msn?

billiards is one red ball and two white balls, or one white and one cream.

sure all the games take skill, but 8-ball is a long way behind. People just knock the ball up near the pockets to sink later and leave balls blocking the pots etc etc. Snooker is far more aggressive and skilful.

To correct Spidz: That's how PRATS play 8 ball.

Real 8 ball play is in the positioning of all your shots, at a higher level it's every bit as hard as the other games, it's only pub games which are silly.

Actually for the record, I generally don't play in pubs/clubs, it just seems like a bit of a waste, and not a real game of pool... Not that I want to be snobby about it or anything, I just always figured it was an activity to make something of all on its own..

of course its about positiong shots.

but in 8 ball you get rewarded for missing shots earlier because you can leave your balls in perfect position near the pockets for later.

in snooker you can't set your shots up for later, because you make one bad shot and your opponent can finish off all your handiwork.

last edited by spidz at 23:40:14 30/Dec/04

yeah kaygen litschner.g at gmail dot come

but in 8 ball you get rewarded for missing shots earlier because you can leave your balls in perfect position near the pockets for later.

in snooker you can't set your shots up for later, because you make one bad shot and your opponent can finish off all your handiwork.

u playing it wrong then.

missing shots is bad regardless. ie i count how badly i flog u by the number of your balls still on the table. real pool players with any skill do not hog pockets.

last edited by Supergreen at 23:46:52 30/Dec/04

More to the point it's thoroughly pointless in a real game, precisely BECAUSE the angles involved are not particularly difficult. It means that a good player can make a shot from pretty much anywhere on the table, so you can't just cover the pockets and have leave them there for later, because your opponent will just sink everything around you, and you'll end up with 7 setups and your pants around your ankles.

oh i forgot pool is played on those pisspoor little excuses for a table.

doesn't matter where your ball is on those f***** things.

kaygen, there is a shop at nundah somewhere, down near the train station, not sure if it is still there though ... we got our table from them a few years back ....

That'd be Niesler and Sons burgz, been mentioned.

The Billiard place on Kessels road moved,there still in that "centre" but now they are next to Northfield....you can see them from Kessels Road.They make all their own gear so if you want a custom job,i'd head in there and have a look.