Hilton said the new venue offers more opportunities for lessons. “It’s a mental game, it’s a hard game and it’s never the same game twice.”
“Practice, practice, practice,” Hilton said of the skills needed to become a great pool player. Most members are local, Hilton said, though some people travel from others parts of the state to play.Ī list of some of the best players hangs on the wall, among them a 16-year-old. “There’s a lot of people showing interest in joining league teams,” she said.Ĭurrently there are between 40 and 50 teams with nearly 400 members. Liz Glass, manager and Yale Billiards employee for the last 11 years, said there’s already been an increase in people looking to learn pool. “I played pool with my dad back in the day when I was a kid and I just love the sport with a passion,” Hilton said. Hilton first opened the business in 1994 with his father-in-law and took over a few years later when he retired. “We were there for so long and we had such a good following that we just needed to be a little bit bigger,” Hilton said of the decision. “Our leagues were expanding and we just wanted to have a new look.” The pool hall was closed for less than a month as Hilton’s friends and family helped move from his previous location before the holidays.
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Plains Industrial Road, complete with 16 9-foot long Brunswick pool tables, a full bar, dart boards and a private party room. “Pretty much everything you need for a night out.”Īfter 25 years at 950 Yale Ave., Hilton decided to move to a new 7,000-square-foot space at 169 N. “We’re trying to be a place that has a lot of fun,” said Bobby Hilton, owner of the pool hall. bar billiards, with influences from the French/Belgian game billard russe. WALLINGFORD - Players have more room to practice and have fun at Yale Billiard’s new space on North Plains Industrial Road. Bagatelle is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number.
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