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The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) is the governing body for cue sports in the United States and Canada, and the regional member organization of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). [1] It was established under this name in 1948 [ 2 ] as a non-profit trade organization [ 3 ] in order to promote the sport and organize its players via ...
American snooker is a cue sport played almost exclusively in the United States, and strictly on a recreational, amateur basis.Diverging from the original game of snooker, rules for American snooker date back to at least 1925, and have been promulgated by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) since the mid-20th century.
Despite being one of a short group of non-championship games still detailed in the Official Rules and Records Book of the Billiard Congress of America, as of 2006, bottle pool was known only to be the billiard sport of general choice at a few New York City social clubs such as the two mentioned previously. A veteran member of both those clubs ...
However, the game is commonly played by removing the pea numbered 16 and playing with the basic 15 numbered balls and corresponding peas. Two rule variants are set forth under rules promulgated by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA). In the simpler form, the object of play starts and ends with the goal of pocketing one's secret ball.
Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book. Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. 2006. ISBN 1-878493-16-7. "The BCA Hall of Fame", Billiard Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; accessed 11 July 2008
This template is for creating a properly-formatted reference citation to the Billiard Congress of America's Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book (2006 edition), very frequently cited in cue sports articles (see WikiProject Cue sports for more information).
The first Championship of America at pool took place in 1878 at the Union Square Billiard Rooms in New York City. [10] The game played was fifteen-ball pool (sometimes called 61-pool). Despite being defunct for over 100 years, the rules of that game are still listed in the Billiard Congress of America's Official Rules and Record Book. In it ...
Honolulu, also known as banks, kisses, and combinations or indirect, is a pocket billiards game. Players must pocket all shots in an indirect fashion to reach a set number of points. The game shares some similarities with other cue sports, played on tables and with balls used for pool, but differs with foul points being awarded for regular ...