Essex Blades Pool

Banner Photo Credit: Aaron Tailor

WHAT ACTUALLY IS POOL? 

English 8-Ball (or more commonly known as pool) is a sport where you split the pack of balls, pot 7 red or yellow balls, and 1 black ball, to win the game. Simple right?

In theory yes! The catch is that once the player pots 1 ball, they can chain their shots using where they hit the white ball to manipulate where it ends up to set themselves up for the next, and not even allow you to visit the table before winning.

 

WHAT ELSE DO WE PLAY?

We also play other cue sports such as Snooker and 9-ball!

  • Snooker is played on a far larger table with more balls, different rules, and has cue sports legends such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Alex Higgins, and Stephen Hendry. It is incredibly popular within the UK and Ireland, with major interest also coming from Asia.
  • 9-ball is played on table around 2x the size of a standard pool table, where you pot from 1-9 in as little visits as possible, Efren Reyes is by far the most known 9-ball player. This sport is huge within North America and has huge influence from Southern Asia.

 

WHY SHOULD YOU PLAY?

Think you have what it takes to wield your cue and win in 1 visit? Come challenge us!

Interested in taking your game to the next level? We'll teach you!

And while youre at it, why not travel the UK representing our University in tournaments?

Seem like some great reasons to join if you ask me!

 

WHAT NEXT?

Now youve joined (hopefully) what should you bring?

  1.  Yourself

Yep thats it!*

We provide everything you need to learn the skills of the table, from the cues to the chalk.

* = Most if not all tournament players will provide their own cue and chalk, these can be purchased locally or online, please contact us at bladespoolclub@gmail.com if you want help or recommendations based on your level and budget.

We are located in the Meadows Common Room, just above the Mini Store on the south side of Colchester Campus, message any of us through the Whatsapp to be let through the door, or if you are not in the Whatsapp group, message the Instagram account, 'bladespoolclub'

Photo Credit: Richard Lay-Flurrie

 

MONDAY  SOCIAL SESSION - 18.00–20.00
TUESDAY  TRAINING SESSION - 18.00–20.00
WEDNESDAY  WEDNESDAY TOURNAMENT 14.00-18.00    []    SOCIAL SESSION - 18.00–20.00
THURSDAY  TRAINING SESSION - 18.00–20.00
FRIDAY  TRAINING SESSION - 18.00–20.00

 

KIT ORDERS: https://forms.gle/9HBidhFzNS5ScJFe7

 

OUR SPONSORS - the photos are hyperlinks

   

LEGENDS BRAINTREE                     PERRY CUES

 

RECENT HONOURS

A(T) = A team

A(D) = A team Doubles

A(S) = A singles

[ THE SAME APPLIES TO B AND C TEAMS ]

CLUB AWARDS

Essex Blades Gold Standard Club - 2020/21

Essex Blades Silver Standard Club - 2018/19

Essex Blades Silver Standard Club - 2017/18

Essex Blades Silver Standard Club - 2016/17

2024/25

Gold medals:

Southeast 8-ball - Anant Bhalla A(S) TROPHY

Leeds 9-ball - A(T) SHIELD

Silver medals:

Southeast 8-ball - David Dewdney B(S) SHIELD

Southeast 8-ball A(T) TROPHY

Southeast 8-ball C(T) SHIELD

Bronze medals:

Southeast 8-ball - Jacob Cook A(S) TROPHY

Southeast 8-ball - Pranjal Patil A(S) TROPHY

Leeds 9-ball - Anant Bhalla A(S) TROPHY

Notable Achievements

2023/24

Gold medals:

William Luk - Southeast 8-ball B(S) SHIELD

Silver medals:

Southeast 8-ball B(T) SHIELD

Bronze medals:

Southerns 8-Ball A(T) TROPHY

Southeast 8-Ball A(T) TROPHY

Owen Slade - Southeast 8-Ball C(S) SHIELD

Notable Achievements:

Derby Day matchup winners - 35-27

 

2018/19

Gold medals:

Eastern 8-Ball A(T)

Silver Medals:

Eastern 8-Ball B(T)

Notable Achievements:

 Eastern 8-Ball A(D) - Ben Dean-Titterrell & Sam Richardson

BUCS National Championships - Quarter Finalists A(T)

BUCS National Championships - Matt Evans A(S)

 

2016/17:

Gold Medals:

East of England Championships - Charlie Jackson B(S)

Silver Medals:

South of England Championships - Tim Galler B(S)

Bronze Medals:

BUCS National Championships - Men's A(T)

Notable Achievements:

BUCS National 8-Ball Championships - Rishi Luchmun A(S) - Last 16

 

 

Please note that your membership information will be used in conjunction with Essex Sport (University of Essex) purely for the purpose of providing access to required facilities and data analysis. Your data will not be shared with anyone else or used for marketing purposes. Memberships are uploaded to the Essex Sport system manually and so it may take up to 5 working days before you are able to book onto your session via the Essex Sport app and attend training sessions.

Should you have any problems please email blades@essex.ac.uk

CLUB COMMITTEE

Acting Vice President

Club Captain

President

Publicity and Communications Officer

Secondary Vice President

Secretary

Social Secretary

Treasurer

Volunteering & Fundraising Officer

Welfare Officer

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