Introduction

Learn more about the Billy Aardd's Club at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
You can also view the Billy Aardd's Club constitution, and our club's operating procedures.

Meetings

Our meetings are held in the Fidel game room on the first Tuesday and third Wednesday of each month (during semester).   The meetings start at 7:00pm.   (During the summer it's likely these meetings will be sparsely attended.)

Aside from the occasional business that needs to be conducted the meetings offer opportunity for:

• a couple of hours of open table time for members,
• watching some of the clubs instructional tapes,
• watching some of the clubs tapes of tournaments,
• mini-clinics,
• people droppings by with questions about billiards (Carom or Pocket).

Here's a list of this semester's meetings by date.

• Tues - Februray 5.
• Weds - February 13.
• Tues - February 19.
• Weds - February 27.
• Tues - March 4.
• Weds - March 12.
• Weds - March 26.
• Tues - April 1.
• Weds - April 9.
• Tues - April 15.
• Weds - April 23.
• Tues - May 6.

Ladders

Sign up on the round sheet of which ever ladder you want to play on. Be sure to leave your name (first and last), your phone number, and an email address (preferably one from Tech).

• Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladders ,
  Our original 50-pt Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladder was started in the Summer of 1983 by John Hagstrom following an idea to set up some sort of ladder for people interested in regularly scheduled competitive play.   It uses a 100% handicap system, with a minimum LBPI (ladder balls per inning) for spot calculations of 0.400, and a maximum spot of 200-balls.

  In February of 1999 we started running a 75-pt Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladder.   This ladder uses a 60% handicap, limits the minimum LBPI for spots to a 1.000, and has a maximum spot of 125-balls.   (It folded when we didn't have enough people on the ladder for good movement.   If we get enough interest we'll probably start it up again.)

• 9-ball

  Suspended for lack of activity.

• Straight Rail Carom ,
  (cushion contact is optional.)

  Suspended for lack of activity.

• Three Cushion Carom ,
  round 11 is now playing.   We are up to seven players right now.

• Snooker ,
  canceled for lack of a ladder director.

Tournaments

1. Announcements and Schedules   presents current and past (BAC) tournament information.

2. Score Sheets

Rules for Various Cue Games

House Rules

Pocket Billiards

1. General Rules of Pocket Billiards.
2. Seven-Ball.
3. Eight-Ball.
4. One, Fifteen, Eight-Ball.
5. Any Eight   (created by a Billy Aardd's member).
6. Nine-Ball.
7. Back Pocket Nine-Ball.
8. Bank Pool.
9. One Pocket.
10. 14.1 Continuous.
11. Cutthroat.
12. Bowlliards.
13. Whammy   (created by bored Billy Aardd's members).
14. Cribbage.
15. Cricket   (created by Ken Hart).

Snooker

1. American Snooker.

Pockets and Caroms

1. English Billiards.
2. Cowboy Pocket Billiards.
3. Bottle Pocket Billiards.

Carom Billiards

1. General Rules of Carom Billiards.
2. Carom Billiards.
3. 18.2 Balkline Billiards.
4. Three Cushion Billiards.
5. Progressive Billiards.

Tournament Considerations

1. Tournament Rules and Regulations.

Other Rule Sets

Cannonball Pool is a variation of Eight-ball that allows more variety in shot selection.

poolshark.com has an interesting collection of rules.

Mouse Ball Pool. While the table dimensions are a bit strange it seems to be doable.

Alan Hopkins' Q-Skill Rating Systems scorecard . (A single page copy of the scorecard and rules.)

Billiards Classes  (Pocket, and Carom)

These courses are one credit-hour. They are offered as PR (physical recreation) courses and meet in the Fidel, Student Services Center, game room. Please check the course catalog for availability.

(PR 110C-07)   Basic Carom Billiards.
Will be offered in the Fall, and meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30.   This class will be limited to 10 students (the minimum enrollment). As we only have one carom table each student will have to spend some class time trying to learn carom billiards on the pocket tables (there will be some use of the snooker table for practicing "English Billiards").

(PROPOSED)   Introduction to 3 Cushion Billiards.
Will be offered in the Spring, and meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30.   This class will be limited to 10 students (the minimum enrollment). As we only have one carom table each student will have to spend some class time trying to learn carom billiards on the pocket tables.

(PROPOSED)   Survey of Cue Sports.
Will be offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.   It will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM.   This class is limited to 16 students (minimum enrollment is 10).

(PR 110C-08)   Beginning Pocket Billiards.
Will be offered this Fall semester.   It will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM.   This class is limited to 12 students (minimum enrollment is 10).

(PR 110C-09)   Intermediate Pocket Billiards.
Will be offered in Spring semester.   It will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM.   This class will be limited to 12 students (minimum enrollment is 10).

Game Room   billiard table layouts

Links to Other Sites

Carom Billiards

1. United States Billiard Association.
2. An instructional series for straight-rail and balkline play, The Weingartner Billiard Program.
3. For an introduction to 3-cushion billiards check out The Carom Cafe.
4. Walt Harris' Billiard Atlas books on numerous diamond systems.
5. 3cushion.com - The online source for billiards.
6. Axel's Carom Billiards.
7. A compilation of Artistic Billiards shots.
8. An interactive 3-Cushion Billiards training system can be found at billiardsystems.com.

Pocket Billiards

1. A variety of practice drills can be found the Barenada site's Pool link.
2. Pocket Billiards practice drills courtesy of Nadine.
3. A site for the One Pocket player (or those curious about the game).

Snooker

1. A site with a tutorial section - fcsnooker.co.uk.
2. Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan fastest 147 .

About tables

1. Pool Table Plans.
2. A Pool Construction Website.

Other links

1. The Billiard Congress of America site has many things (including the World Standardized rules for Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball, and 14.1 Continuous pocket billiards).
2. If you're looking for some used billiard or snooker books try www.bookarea.com/Used.
3. AZbilliards.com"
4. InsidePOOL Magazine.   The source for news from the world of billiards and pool.
5. Hard Times Billiards
6. Jim Loy's page of interesting Pool and Billiard links.
7. Oran Green's massive list of links.