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Snooker is basically a cue sport played on a baize covered table and has been considered an active sport from the early 19 th century.

A brief history of the game

This was popularized by the British Army who were camping in India during the colonization period. Infact billiards was what they developed and snooker is an offshoot of that. Initially considered as a part time sport activity, this was developed into a serious and professional sporting item by the legendary player Joe Davis in the mid-fifties of last century. If one could by the popularity of this sport worldwide, it is generating a huge income for game zones in various shopping malls across the world.

The game

The game in the simplest of forms can be explained as potting balls in any of the four holes on the corners of the table. But this is easily said than done, if you ask the masters of the game that is. The website that we are putting up here would familiarize you with various rules of the game as well more information about the Snooker championships both international as well as country wide. Australia , for that matter has seen a huge following for this sporting activity. The advantage of snooker is that it could be played at a local bar or a shopping mall or even at your home, provided you could fit in a table there.

How will this website help you?

Well we would be discussing the game further in the subsequent four sections. For the readers convenience we have divided this into – Billiards Snooker, Snooker pool, Snooker Rules and Snooker players. The last two sections would give you a fair amount of idea about how to play the game as well as the legendary players who were involved in the sporting activity.

Snooker in Australia

Australia as said earlier has witnessed a huge following for this particular form of sport. One reason that can be interpreted from the history of the game is that snooker was developed by the British during their colonial rule. So that must have carried onto all the nations that has once been their colonies. A proof of this popularity is the number of championships that are being organized at various levels an at various states in the country.