Billiard Poprad

Club 24 offers 2 billiard tables size 9.

The history of billiards is very long and very rich. The game was transferred indoors, and was played on wooden tables covered with green fabric to resemble the great outdoors. The balls were hit with wooden sticks called 'maces', which meant iron. The notion of 'billiards' comes form a French word 'billiard', meaning the wooden stick, or from the word 'bille', which means ball. In the beginning, the game was played with two balls, six pockets and wickets, similar to those used in cricket. During the 18th century, the wickets gradually disappeared and there were only pockets and balls left.

The billiard cue was developed at the end of 1600's. If the ball stopped very near to the margin it was impossible to hit it because the iron, with it's large end, was not suited for this use. In this case, the players used to turn the iron rod around and hit the ball with the handle piece. This was called the 'queue', which meant tail; from this word the word 'cue' appeared. For a very long time, only men could strike the balls with the cue stick. Women had to use the 'iron rods' because the fabric was often damaged.

The tables used to be made with high margins and their only function was to stop the balls from rolling off table. The players soon realised that the balls could be knocked off the marginal barriers of the table, so, with purpose, they began to aim at them.