1、snookerby YangLiyuan2011100066GAME OVERVIEWSnooker is a sport where two palyers ues cues and a cue ball to pocket as many colored balls as possible on a table with six pockets.Each of ball has it points value, and they should be pocketed in a paticular order.HistorySnooker originated in the later ha

2、lf of the 19th century, generally regarded as having been invented in India by British Army officers.The game of snooker grew in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century, and by 1927 the first World Snooker Championship had been organised by Joe Davis who, as a professional Eng

3、lish billiards and snooker player.Main Event一、職業(yè)排名賽：世界職業(yè)錦標賽 WORLD PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPF.U.T.國際賽 FIDELITY UNIT TRUSTS INTERNATIONALROTHMANS大獎賽 ROTHMANS GRAND PRIXMERCANTILE CREDIT經(jīng)典賽MERCANTILE CREDIT CLASSIC UK公開賽 UNITED KINGDOM OPEN英國公開賽 BRITISH OPENBCE加拿大大師賽 BCE CANADIAN MASTERSICI歐洲公開賽 ICI EU

4、ROPEAN OPEN中國公開賽 二、職業(yè)非排名賽BENSON AND HEDGES 大師賽 BENSON AND HEDGES MASTERS世界杯賽 WORLD CUP三、非職業(yè)賽世界錦標賽 IBSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 世界青年錦標賽 IBSF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP歐洲業(yè)余錦標賽 EUROPEAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP亞洲錦標賽 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP The TableSnooker table with balls placed in their starting positions.made of w

5、oodengreen3569mmx1778mmtwo pockets at the top cushion corners, two at the bottom, two at the middle.green baizepack of redcushionThe Ballballs are made of plastic.there are 21 balls on a snooker table, besides the white cue ball.15 red-1 point each yellow-2 points green-3 points brown-4 points blue-

6、5 points pink-6 points black-7pointsMain EquipmentsChalk-The tip of the cue is chalked to ensure good contact between the cue and the cue-ball.Cue-A stick, made of wood or fibreglass, the tip of which is used to strike the cue-ball.Extension-Is used for shots where the cue-ball is a long distance fr

7、om the player.Rest-A stick with an X-shaped head that is used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.Spider-Similar to the rest but with an arch-shaped head; it is used to elevate and support the tip of the cue above the height of the cue-ball.RulesThe object of the

8、 game is to score more points than the opponent by potting object balls in a predefined order. Their aim being to pot one of the red balls and score a point. Whenever a red ball is potted, the shooter is allowed to pot one of the colours.Every time one of the colours pocketed, it must be return to the table. Until all the reds are potted and only the 6 colours are left on the table; at that point the aim is to pot the colours in the order yellow 2, green 3, brown 4, blue 5, pink 6, black 7, with the balls not being re