It is with great regret and sorrow to write that we have lost one of the Greatest Pool Players of our generation. Jason passed away suddenly on the 14th May 2023 aged only 55 years old.

There are many social pages writing about his outstanding career as a pool player and indeed he won so many tournaments, including the World Pool Championships twice, that we could easily fill many pages with his achievements. However, first and foremost we knew Jason as a friend. He was a person who always enjoyed life, loved his family, and who was very generous with his time for other pool enthusiasts.

In his local town of Ilfracombe it is fair to say he was, and always will be, considered a Legend. Our deepest condolences and love are sent to his family and friends at this time.

How to change a cracked operating sleeve on a snooker extension

Is this the new way to use a snooker rest and extension?

Blue Moon Leisure have been making cue extensions for decades and you will not buy a better quality cue extension than the ones which are made by Blue Moon. Though we make them in various lengths to suit all snooker players requirements in the last couple of years the professional Sunny Akani Songsermsawad has been using his cue extension in a new technique that has had many snooker commentators discussing. Some times in sport, a player tears up the coaching book and discovers a new way of performing. Remember the Dick Fosbury who developed the Fosbury Flop? Or the golf players who started to use the Chin putter?  Well it looks like Sunny Akani has developed a new unorthodox way of using his cue extension and we can now offer you a longer extension if you also want to play your long shots in this style.

We can offer this option with any cue bought from Blue Moon or can fit the extension with a joint to fit the cue you may already have providing we have the same joint in stock. Please call us or e-mail us with details of your cue so we can try to match up the joint.

To distinguish this model it has been produced with a green operating sleeve. It is important that if you want it to fit into an existing snooker case that you check the dimensions available in your case. The extension is aprox’ 31 inches closed including the joint and extends further approximately 22 inches. This provides an extra total extra reach of approximately 51 inches. If you would like to purchase one of these extensions you can do so by clicking here but please remember to confirm your style of cue and joint. You can e-mail us or telephone 10217 889147.

You can see Sunny playing some shots in this new style by visiting this link

It has been a difficult year for us all but we are hoping to re-open our showroom some time before Xmas for our local customers and have still continued to sell our products all over the world throughout the Covid crisis. We now have our decorations up and we are ready to supply you with some great snooker and pool products, where ever you are. We are expecting a surge in on-line purchases and all postal services are likely to be busy so we advise you order a.s.a.p . It is a good time to remind customers of our last posting dates and our Xmas shutdown period.

Last postage dates.

Standard post; Carrier Hermes allows 5 working days and at this busy time of the year it is already `touch and go` as to whether orders will reach customers in time if you use our Standard service. If you are not in any particular hurry, we will still be dispatching up to Tuesday 22nd December. It could be that we are able to dispatch after this date but we are reliant on the Hermes carrier service as we have no `drop off` point in our location. We recommend that if you need any order urgently that you use our Express service. All orders received after this date will be dispatched a.s.a.p following our return on Jan 4th.

Express post; Carrier UPS will normally deliver a next day carrier service, though once again we would allow at least 2 working days (not weekends) to be sure. With this in mind we will be dispatching up to Tuesday 22nd December. Our location means however that we are one of UPS first collections and we would require sufficient time to pack the product and even in some cases make it. We recommend therefore that your order is received before 5.00 pm Monday 21st December. All orders received after this date will be dispatched a.s.a.p following our return on Jan 4th, and all Express orders will be given priority.

Showroom Visits; By appointment only, we offer local customers (and some not so local!) an opportunity to do some late Christmas shopping by visiting our showroom and choosing from our very extensive range of snooker and pool cues. We hope that providing Covid restrictions allow to accept showroom visits up to Tuesday 22nd December. 

Christmas Shutdown;  After a difficult year we are looking forward and hoping to be able to spend some time over the Xmas Christmas break with our families which will start on Wednesday December 23rd and are not open on a daily basis again until Monday Jan 4th.  We understand that many customers on Christmas holidays may find the Christmas break a good opportunity to visit us so depending on family commitments we may be able to fit in one or two showroom visits. We will be going into the unit during this period but only on occasions so please contact us on 01271 889147 or e-mail sales@bluemoonleisure.com for more details.

Lastly! Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our customers, past, present and future. We appreciate your custom very much and hope that this time next year Covid will be long gone. Take care, keep safe!

It has taken us a while to get there, but after a busy summer decorating our shop front we have been able to put up some Xmas decorations for the first time at our new premises. However, though it seems that we have only just put them up, we are already at the point where we have to remind customers of our last posting dates and our Xmas shutdown period.

Last postage dates.

Standard post; Carrier Hermes allows 5 working days and at this busy time of the year it is already `touch and go` as to whether orders will reach customers in time if you use our Standard service. If you are not in any particular hurry, we will still be dispatching up to Thursday 19th December. It could be that we are able to dispatch after this date but we are reliant on the Hermes carrier service as we have no `drop off` point in our location. We recommend that if you need any order urgently that you use our Express service. All orders received after this date will be dispatched a.s.a.p on our return on Jan 2nd.

Express post; Carrier UPS will normally deliver a next day carrier service, though once again we would allow at least 2 working days (not weekends) to be sure. With this in mind we will be dispatching up to Thursday 19th December. Our location means however that we are one of UPS first collections and we would require sufficient time to pack the product and even in some cases make it. We recommend therefore that your order is received before 5.00 pm Wednesday 18th December. All orders received after this date will be dispatched a.s.a.p on our return on Jan 2nd, and all Express orders will be given priority.

Showroom Visits; By appointment only, we offer local customers (and some not so local!) an opportunity to do some late Christmas shopping by visiting our showroom and choosing from our very extensive range of snooker and pool cues. We will available for shop visits up to Monday 23rd December. 

Christmas Shutdown;  After an extremely busy period we are looking forward to our Christmas break which will start on Tuesday December 24th and are not open on a daily basis again until Thursday Jan 2nd.  We understand that many customers on Christmas holidays may find the Christmas break a good opportunity to visit us so depending on family commitments we may be able to fit in one or two showroom visits. We will be going into the unit during this period but only on occasions so please contact us on 01271 889147 or e-mail sales@bluemoonleisure.com for more details.

Lastly! Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our customers, past, present and future. We appreciate your custom very much.

Want a good snooker or pool bargain?  We have some great cue and case deals and discounts on many of our cue products. Just check out our website and compare our deals with any other snooker and pool websites.  Good deals everyday of the week, not just on a Black Friday!

Better still, why not simply advise us of your budget!  We can make sure you get best value for your money, and more importantly you get good quality for the money you spend.

 

Customer question;

Hi guys, I’ve started playing english pool in my local league and I’m using an old cue I was gifted in my teens! Can you recommend a cue in the £50-£100 budget? I don’t know where to start.  Thanks in advance for your time, Rich.

Hi Rich, thanks for the e-mail, we will certainly do our best to help. First of all, where are you based? If you are local you could visit our showroom where we have hundreds of cues to choose from. Visitors need to make an appointment though so they have the showroom to themselves and can try some cues on our pool table.

We do sell our cues all over the world though so you can be sure of an excellent mail order service should you not be able to visit.

Regarding your budget, I would look firstly at our pool cue and case offers. I think it is important that you keep a cue in a good protective case and if you do not already have a case you need to decide if the case is part of your budget.

You do not state whether you prefer a cue with a mid-joint (known as 2pc cue) or a butt-joint (3/4 cue) so firstly you will have to consider this.

We do have a useful post on this website that gives some advise on buying a pool cue which you will find helpful, just click this link ” Advise on buying a pool cue“.

A cue you may not have even considered before is our Telescopic pool cues which offer excellent value for money and which we only sell direct ourselves.

There is much to consider but for your budget I would consider the following which are among our best selling 2pc cues but many of them are also available in butt-jointed format if you prefer.

Blue Flash

Arlington

Lynton

CuePlus

Cushdy Blue

Newberrry

Of-course there are many others as well, including some cheaper ones but I hope this helps and do not hesitate to contact me for more help and advise if needed.

 

 

 

 

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Try selecting and removing or editing the caption, now you don’t have to be careful about selecting the image or other text by mistake and ruining the presentation.

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