Scottish newbie here

[Big Eck]

Morning folks.

The names Alex and thouht I'd say hello as I've just signed up. Used to play a lot of snooker in my youth and won a few tournaments. It all ended when, you've guessed it, a lass came along 😂

I bought a Barracuda Kirkham cue (I'll fire a pic up in the right section) when I was playing and still have it after all these years. She's seen better days but still plays well and runs straight. It needs re-tipped however and getting it done in the Stirling/Falkirk area is proving very difficult as all the snooker places shut down years ago.

Anyways, cheers for the add on the page 👍

[Nifty50]

Welcome Eck. Is The Creamery not still open? You should give the new club in Bathgate a try. Fabulous. Star tables, 1g balls, electronic scoreboards the lot.

[DeanH]

welcome to TSF Big Eck

many people come back to the great game after a break (pun intended )

Have you not put a tip on yourself?
Seems daunting but (like anything really) once you get used to it it gets easier
In the mean time maybe a member close to you will know of somewhere.



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[Big Eck]

Welcome Eck. Is The Creamery not still open? You should give the new club in Bathgate a try. Fabulous. Star tables, 1g balls, electronic scoreboards the lot.

It is still open mate, recently had a facelift as well. That's where I've been playing. The one in Bathgate sounds good buy that's a trek from me 😂

[Daniel Marc Brooks]

Morning folks.

The names Alex and thouht I'd say hello as I've just signed up. Used to play a lot of snooker in my youth and won a few tournaments. It all ended when, you've guessed it, a lass came along 😂

I bought a Barracuda Kirkham cue (I'll fire a pic up in the right section) when I was playing and still have it after all these years. She's seen better days but still plays well and runs straight. It needs re-tipped however and getting it done in the Stirling/Falkirk area is proving very difficult as all the snooker places shut down years ago.

Anyways, cheers for the add on the page 👍

Hi Alex,

Dan from Canada here. Welcome to the forum. I am also pretty new on here, but I wanted to respond because you mention having a Barracuda Kirkham,
which is the exact same cue I bought back in 1989 when I was playing as a teenager. You can see a shot of mine at the start of the video I posted a few
days ago about making a cue with Japanese hand tools. I can't see your photo yet, but I wonder if your cue is identical to mine. It has a wooden joint.

All the best man

Dan.

[Big Eck]

Hi Alex,

Dan from Canada here. Welcome to the forum. I am also pretty new on here, but I wanted to respond because you mention having a Barracuda Kirkham,
which is the exact same cue I bought back in 1989 when I was playing as a teenager. You can see a shot of mine at the start of the video I posted a few
days ago about making a cue with Japanese hand tools. I can't see your photo yet, but I wonder if your cue is identical to mine. It has a wooden joint.

All the best man

Dan.

Alright Dan 👍

Just had a look at the video and your cue is the exact same as mine, with the thick wooden joint. Yours is in better condition tho as mine has a good few chips of the lacquer missing around the black paint and it needs re-tipped. I've had mine around that length of time as well. It's brilliant to hear that someone else has the same cue after all those years.

[Daniel Marc Brooks]

Alright Dan 👍

Just had a look at the video and your cue is the exact same as mine, with the thick wooden joint. Yours is in better condition tho as mine has a good few chips of the lacquer missing around the black paint and it needs re-tipped. I've had mine around that length of time as well. It's brilliant to hear that someone else has the same cue after all those years.

That's cool to hear. Nice that yours is still straight. Sadly mine was left in storage for 30 years while I was living abroad
and when I got it back after returning to Canada, I noticed that the joint had expanded and it would no longer screw together.
I sanded the joint down and got it to screw back in again, but it had also developed a pretty bad warp. I no longer play with
it, but it is still nice to dig out and admire once in a while. Here in Canada, there were not too many choices for British made
cues back then. I saw that one and bought it because of the name "Kirkham" (Kirk Stevens was my favourite player).

Hope you get it fixed up nice and it makes loads of centuries for you

Dan.