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- In 8 ball is it a loss of game if my opponent calls his last stripe ball in one pocket and calls and makes the 8 ball in another pocket after the stripe falls on the same shot?
- Aaron, Birmingham
- YES, loss of game. The 8-ball must be a separate shot.
- Randy Goettlicher
- don’t know if u can answer this but theres a rule in 8 ball I want clarified. My opponent was shooting the 10 ball(stripes) into the corner pocket,but my ball,the 4 ball(solids) was in his way blocking the pocket. He was going to do a combo shot hitting his ball 1st,and also sinking my ball,trying to sink both. I said it was a foul because he sunk my ball before hisand that you cant combo oppisite balls,he says as long as he hits the object 1st it doesn’t matter..Do you know the answer to this problem???Am i correct that you can only combo your own balls once its the numbers have been decided,and his turn should end after said shot even if both balls are sunk? Pete
- peter forseth, henderson
- Sorry Pete, he's correct. Call a ball in the pocket. If you hit your group first and that ball goes in the pocket you called, it counts. It dosen't matter if your ball falls also.
- Randy Goettlicher
- where can I find a billiards referee course?
- Joe Rackley, Cleveland
- Each year during the BCA National Tournament ( every May in Las
Vegas) A referee course is conducted.
Please contact Bill at: playbca.com
- does a referee tell a player that he is about to shoot at a ball that is over the line on a scratch shot
- Joe Cruz, Bronx
- No! A referee may never tell a player that he's about to commit a foul.
- Randy Goettlicher
- I'm a very keen 9-ball player, but being in the UK there's very few people that share the same interest as me. Nonetheless I have the utmost respect and admiration for World Champion Daryl Peach and want to follow in his footsteps and take my game to the best of them. As well as this, I am currently a qualified snooker referee and would also like to become a qualified referee at 9-ball. Can anybody, either in the UK or US, assist me as to what my next steps should be?
- Martyn, Oxford, England
- The only Referee Qualifing Class that I'm aware of is at the BCA Nationals (USA) every May. Check at www.playbca.com.
- Randy Goettlicher
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