Guides
No fluff. The stuff we'd want to read if we were running a snooker or pool club ourselves.
1 Apr 2026
Honest 2026 guide: what a cue-sports booking system actually does, the 12 features that matter, the UK options compared, and a 4-week rollout plan that won't lose your regulars.
Read →17 Jul 2026
If you run a UK snooker club, you've probably been pitched both. The EPOS rep called Tuesday, telling you the till is the heart of every hospitality business and you can't trust the cash drawer.
Read →6 Jul 2026
This piece is the honest, numerical version. We'll cover where snooker clubs actually make money, where the costs go, what a realistic profit and loss looks like for three typical UK venue sizes, and the four levers that separate the clubs that clear 15% net from the ones that fold in year three.
Read →4 Jul 2026
This is the operational guide for the people who actually run them. League secretaries, club managers who organise the weekly handicap, people who've inherited a fixture list from "the previous bloke who did it for fifteen years" and aren't sure what they've taken on.
Read →19 Jun 2026
This piece is the honest playbook for the small minority who actually do it. Real numbers, real timelines, the licensing you have to get right, and the operating reality of year one. No fluff, no "if you can dream it" — just the operational version.
Read →11 Jun 2026
Most UK snooker club owners know they should move off the paper diary. They've watched the phone ring through every Saturday night, they've explained Table 3 was double-booked again, they've done the maths on no-shows. They're convinced.
Read →6 Jun 2026
We're Cueselect, so this isn't a neutral review. But we've tried to write the comparison the way we'd want one written about us — accurate, fair, and clear about where the other side wins.
Read →26 May 2026
Most UK snooker and pool venues are still running flat hourly pricing in 2026. It's the path of least resistance, and it's quietly costing the average independent club somewhere between £8,000 and £18,000 a year in revenue that should be theirs.
Read →15 May 2026
If you're running a UK snooker club or pool hall and you're searching for how to reduce no-shows, you're not alone — and you're not quite asking the right question yet.
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