At Masters Traditional Games, we we recommend that serious Pool and Snooker players visit a specialist Billiards shop to try out their cues before buying.

However, pubs, bars and halls require reasonable quality but inexpensive cues and we are here to help. These cues are also great for home use and we have a selection of shorter cues which are ideal for children or for tables in a small room.

Pool Cues

Our recommended full-size Pool cue is a good-quality basic Ash one-piece cue that is suitable for the home, pubs and public areas. The cues feature 13mm tips that are more appropriate for the play of English or American Pool.

Change to $ Change to €	UK pounds (ex.VAT)	Pounds (incl. VAT)	Typical ETA in wkg days	Add to basket
57 inch Maple Cue for Pool (13mm stick-on tip)	£17.79	£20.90	2 + transit time

Ramin Cues

We also have some basic Pool cues made from Ramin. These are ideal for pubs or public halls where the equipment is likely to endure 'robust' treatment...

The butt of the cue is painted black but is unweighted. The cues feature 11mm screw-on tips which are therefore easy to replace, should they get damaged. We sell these cues in pairs.

We have this cue in three different lengths. The shorter cues are great for children.

We have also found that many customers have tables in an area with restricted space - so they need to have a shorter cue available for those times when a close wall would make a shot impossible with a full length cue.

Change to $ Change to €	UK pounds (ex.VAT)	Pounds (incl. VAT)	Typical ETA in wkg days	Add to basket
Pair of 57 inch Ramin Cues for Pool (11mm screw-in tip)	£16.94	£19.90	2 + transit time
Pair of 52 inch Ramin Cues for Pool (11mm screw-in tip)	£16.09	£18.90	2 + transit time
Pair of 48 inch Ramin Cues for Pool (11mm screw-in tip)	£16.09	£18.90	2 + transit time

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The Origin of Pool

Following centuries of Billiards dominated by England and France, during the 19th century a third country became obsessed with the sport of cues and balls. The oldest Billiards games played in the USA were One-Pocket and Four-Ball Billiards but the sport rapidly evolved with a variety of different games being played on Pool tables, some with balls numbered 1 - 15 . The word "pool" means a collective bet and became a term for the game when it began to be played in 19th century "pool rooms" which were then places for betting on horses.

Eight-ball pool was invented in America shortly after 1900 as just one of a number of American Pool games.  The balls are split into two types, spots and stripes.  The black eight-ball, although nominally of the spot type is counted as a separate entity and the first person to pot all the balls of their nominated type and then finish with the black wins.

In England, Eight Ball was arguably the most popular pub game of the 1980's and 1990's. Regulars know the game simply as Pool but it should not be confused with the older English version of Pool. So popular is this version of pool that many modern tables in England feature 7 balls of 2 colours (often red and yellow), instead of the more traditional numbered balls with which other versions of pool can be played. In 1960 there were no Pool tables in Britain but by 1986 there were estimated to be around 45,000 tables in pubs and clubs, the advantage being that the smaller tables required less space than the more traditional 12' x 6' Snooker/Billiards table.

You can learn more about the history of Billiards, Snooker and Pool from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.