Carom Billiards League
at Slate Street Billiards
in Rio Rancho, NM

Contents:

  1. Introduction.

  2. — Not Ready Yet —
    League Operation and Guidelines.
    1. Official Carom Score Sheet.

  3. Games that can be played for a match.

  4. League Rounds
    Player pairings, and match stats.

Introduction

Starting sometime in 2025 this Carom Billiards league is for:

  1. Learning about various carom games.
  2. Learning the skills required to play Carom billiards.  (Then perhaps see how those may be useful in pocket billiards.)
  3. Expanding the number of people playing carom.
  4. Providing new players a way to improve by playing better players and still have a reasonable chance of winning.
  5. Giving players an opportunity to play those they wouldn't ordinarily.

  The competition is individual instead of team, and the format does not require that all the matches be played the same night.  It runs from mid-January to mid-November.  People may join or drop as they see fit (with the requirement that once dropped a player must sit out at least one round — when the player is ready to add back in they need to let the League Director {LD} know several days before the new round starts).  The rounds are roughly two-weeks long.

Available Games

Any of the following games can be played for a match.  It will be left to the two contestants of a match which game will be played for that match.

  1. Straight Rail (Libre).
    Local rules.

    Equal innings and inning limited.

  2. One Cushion (Bande).
    Played like Straight Rail except that the shooter's cue ball must contact at least one cushion before contacting the second ball for the point to count.

    Equal innings and inning limited.

  3. Two Cushion (Dos Bandas).
    Played like One Cushion except that the shooter's cue ball must contact at least two cushions before contacting the second ball for the point to count.

    Equal innings and inning limited.

  4. Three Cushion (Tres Bandas).
    Local rules.

    Here are two videos of spectacular runs. Roland Forthomme's run of 28, and a run of 30 by Rui Edgar Franco at the Sporting Club de Portugal billiard room.

    Inning limited.

  5. 18.2 Balkline (Cadre).
    Local rules.

    18.2 Balkline Exhibition from Sang Lee's 1996 3-Cushion tournament.

    Inning limited.

    18.2 Balkline matches from a BAC ladder (2001).

  6. English Billiards   (Requires a Snooker table).
    Local rules.

    Agreed upon number of points.

  7. Korean 9-Ball Carom.
    Local rules.

    Agreed upon number of games. Six player limit.

If interested please call Ray.
(8/5)

League Rounds

2025 — LD : Ray.

NONE YET.