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Today I was playing 8 Ball, & I broke, & I actually sunk the 8 off the break!
People who I as playing with had never seen it before...

Anyone else have a sporting achievement- be it a hole in 1 etc?

Punk Rooster wrote:Today I was playing 8 Ball, & I broke, & I actually sunk the 8 off the break!
People who I as playing with had never seen it before...

Anyone else have a sporting achievement- be it a hole in 1 etc?

Great stuff Punky - have done that a few times myself and it's always a buzz. Also been on the receiving end too, which is tough!

I think my record number of balls potted at the break, is 5.

What happens when you pot the 8 ball off the break? do you win or lose?

Hole in one resulted in my 3rd daughter ... does that count?

Depends on whether you did on the front course or back course DeDja
I've seen the old dart rear ending (ahem) another dart routine.

hearts on fire wrote:What happens when you pot the 8 ball off the break? do you win or lose?

In 8-ball, it's a re-break by your opponent I think. I once saw it happen twice in a row

In 9-ball, if you pot the 9 ball off the break you win. It's the ultimate in elation or despondency.

Mr66 wrote:Depends on whether you did on the front course or back course DeDja
I've seen the old dart rear ending (ahem) another dart routine.

Always play the front nine ...

Hit a hole in one at golf when I was about 16- the 3rd at Ashbourne- in front of the whole family!

Have also thrown a 'Robin Hood' in darts (Where the 2nd dart goes into the back of the first darts' flight.)

even managed to throw one of those softballs into the old milk containers at the show one year to win Mrs G a big stuffed animal*

I boofed a girlfriend on her Fathers pool table.....

Does that count ?

SJABC wrote:I boofed a girlfriend on her Fathers pool table.....

Does that count ?

Was her father there at the time?

Squawk wrote:

Punk Rooster wrote:Today I was playing 8 Ball, & I broke, & I actually sunk the 8 off the break!
People who I as playing with had never seen it before...

Anyone else have a sporting achievement- be it a hole in 1 etc?

Great stuff Punky - have done that a few times myself and it's always a buzz. Also been on the receiving end too, which is tough!

I think my record number of balls potted at the break, is 5.

I should elaborate- I didn't pot out, but the 8 actually went in off of my break shot

Squawk wrote:

hearts on fire wrote:What happens when you pot the 8 ball off the break? do you win or lose?

In 8-ball, it's a re-break by your opponent I think. I once saw it happen twice in a row

correct Squawk- I researched on line.
My opponent- "we win"
me- "i'm entitled to free drinks all arvo..."

Squawk wrote:

hearts on fire wrote:What happens when you pot the 8 ball off the break? do you win or lose?

In 8-ball, it's a re-break by your opponent I think. I once saw it happen twice in a row

In 9-ball, if you pot the 9 ball off the break you win. It's the ultimate in elation or despondency.

Yeah in 8-ball the black gets re-spotted. Bit tough if playing in a pub though, gotta fork out $2 just for 1 ball, or just keep playin of course.

Punk Rooster wrote:Today I was playing 8 Ball, & I broke, & I actually sunk the 8 off the break!
People who I as playing with had never seen it before...

Anyone else have a sporting achievement- be it a hole in 1 etc?

Some time ago I played comp 8-ball for the Mile End Sports and Social club. As a pimply faced 16 year old playing at the Holdfast one night we were down in the singles 3-2. My Dad won the last singles and we were locked 3-3 going into the doubles. Split the first two 1-1 to be 4-4 going into the doubles finale. I broke, and potted out. I remember looking down the cue as I went to pot the black,shaking in terro/nerves/excitement and I could see my Dad in the back ground with clenched fist silently giving me the "C'MON!" .....I drained it. Remember it like it was yesterday,some 17 or 18 years on.

At uni we always played by the rule that if the 8 went in off the break, you won. I did it once but I'm prouder of this one even though I gave my opponent 2 shots - I hit the cue ball and it appeared to not move at all (must have been spinning tightly, I guess) and then suddenly it jumped in the air and flung itself straight down one of the side pockets. Didn't even touch any of the other balls. No idea how it happened.

SJABC wrote:I boofed a girlfriend on her Fathers pool table.....

Does that count ?

Did you sink the pink or the brown?

Pseudo wrote:

SJABC wrote:I boofed a girlfriend on her Fathers pool table.....

Does that count ?

Did you sink the pink or the brown?

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Footy Chick wrote:

Pseudo wrote:

SJABC wrote:I boofed a girlfriend on her Fathers pool table.....

Does that count ?

Did you sink the pink or the brown?

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Shooting on a mates property with a .22

Could only see the bunny's ears sticking up from behind a fence railing - killed it with a groove through the top of the head

Lucky shot from 500m ( - it was about 20 years ago so the distance has increased a bit)

Jimmy_041 wrote:Shooting on a mates property with a .22

Could only see the bunny's ears sticking up from behind a fence railing - killed it with a groove through the top of the head

Lucky shot from 500m ( - it was about 20 years ago so the distance has increased a bit)

So has the size of the 'rabbit'.......