The Railyard Billiards

Labourer on call for pooltable servicing. Must be capable of lifting 200lbs safely. Attention to details and wilk be shown what is necessary to do. Need soon for several table assemblies. Please call, no emails or texts.... 250-489-2468 See more

We have closed our physical doors but we are still open for table servicing and sales. Please check back for updates on products for sale as well as equipment we are trying to sell off.

Have fun and icecream while the guys work!!!

Dart Board with case and 2 sets of Darts $10 to $30 depending on Board quality. Only 3 left.

Miscellaneous Billiard Supplies

Cuetec Snooker Cue 17 oz $200 includes GST

Dragon Cue by Rage 18 oz $120 includes GST

Stealth Cue 19 oz $215 includes GST

Energy Cue by Players 19 oz $125 includes GST

Cash Register ($75), Open Signs set ($50), Rectangle tables ($50) for sale. No pictures at this time but call or stop in while we are dismantling things over the next few days.

Table top retro arcade games $2,000

Virtual Pinball Machine, in excellent condition $6,300

Foosball Table in excellent condition $1,200

Variety of cues for sale. Call for prices and more information.

1970s Bruniswick Goldcrown Snooker Table for Sale 6 X 12 Includes new bed cloth, snooker and 8 ball sets, cues, table, triangles. $500 Set up and delivery extra... Call, email or messenger for more information or to set up a time to look See more

4 X 8 Tables for sale Includes, cues, table holder, balls and triangle $2,000 includes delivery, setup and a new bed cloth Call, email or messenger us for more information or to set up a time.

We have closed our doors. Thanks so much to our great customers ... you will be missed ... who knows what the future holdsWe have closed our doors. Thanks so much to our great customers ... you will be missed ... who knows what the future holds

Have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!

Come on down to learn a new skill while youre out on spring break.

Bring in your springbreakers to learn some proper pool techniques, we are always up for helping the young ones out.

Hard to believe Spring is here but am so thankful as it is one of my favourite times.

Women and Pool In the 1920s, the poolroom was an environment in which men gathered to loiter, smoke, fight, bet, and play. The rooms of today bear no resemblance to those of the earlier times. Until very recently, billiards was completely dominated by men. The atmosphere of the poolroom was very forbidding and women had trouble being accepted there. Nonetheless, women have been enthusiastic players since the game was brought up from the ground in the 15th century. For over tw...o hundred years, women of fashion have played the game. In the past, it was very difficult for a woman to develop billiard skills because male players, her family, and friends usually did not support her efforts and it was not easy to find experienced female instructors or coaches. As these situations changed, and continue to change, we can expect women to equal or even exceed men in ability and take the game to new heights. See more

Billiards was revived by two electrifying events. The first was the release of the 1961 movie, "The Hustler." The black-and-white film depicted the dark life of a pool hustler, with Paul Newman in the title role. New pool rooms opened all over the country and for the remainder of the 60s pool flourished until social concerns, the Vietnam War, and a desire for outdoor coeducational activities led to a decline in billiard interest. In 1986, "The Color of Money," the sequel to "The Hustler" with Paul Newman in the same role and Tom Cruise as an up-and-coming professional, brought the excitement of pool to a new generation. The result was the opening of upscale pool rooms catering to people whose senses would have been offended by the old rooms if they had ever seen them. This trend began slowly in 1987 and has since surged.

The Game of Pool The word "pool" means a collective bet, or ante. Many non-billiard games, such as poker, involve a pool but it was pocket billiards that the name became attached to. Another interesting fact is that the term "pool room" now means a place where pool is played, but in the 19th century a pool room was a betting parlor for horse racing. Pool tables were installed so patrons could pass time between races. The two became connected in the public mind, but the unsavo...Continue reading

Come on down for some fun with darts, foosball, billiards or arcade games during your time off of school.

The Pool Table Billiard/pool tables originally had flat walls for rails and their only function was to keep the balls from falling off. They used to be called "banks" because they slightly resembled the banks of a river. Billiard players discovered that the balls could bounce off the rails and began deliberately aiming at them, and therefore the "bank shot" was born! This is where the billiard ball is hit toward the rail with the intention for it to rebound from one cushion a...s part of the shotpossibly even three, four or five rails and into the pocket. Wood was the table bed of a billiard table until around 1835, when slate became popular due to its durability for play and the fact that it wont warp over time like wood. In 1839 Goodyear discovered the process for vulcanization of rubber and by 1845 it was used to make billiard cushions. As for the size of billiard tables, a two-to-one ratio of length to width became standard in the 18th century. Before then, there were no fixed table dimensions. By 1850, the billiard table had essentially evolved into its current form. Billiard/pool equipment improved rapidly in England after 1800, largely because of the Industrial Revolution. The talent of a professional pool player is truly amazing! Visitors from England showed Americans how the use of spin can make the billiard ball behave differently depending on what type and amount of spin you put on the ball, which explains why it is called "English" in the United States but nowhere else. The British themselves refer to it as "side."

From Mace to Cue In the original game (when they first brought it indoors), the balls were shoved (rather than struck) with wooden sticks called maces. The cue stick was developed in the late 1600s. When the ball lay near a rail, the mace was very inconvenient to use because of its large head. In such a case, the players would turn the mace around and use its handle to strike the ball. The handle was called a "queue" meaning "tail" from which we get the word "cue." For a long... time only men were allowed to use the cue; women were forced to use the mace because it was felt they were more likely to rip the cloth with the shaper cue (it must have been all the trick shots they were trying to do). At some point, someone used chalk to increase friction between the billiard ball and the cue stick (even before cues had tips) and found significant improvement in their performance. Around the turn of the 18th century in Europe, the leather cue tip was developed, which allowed a player to apply side-spin, topspin, or even backspin to the ball. All billiard/pool cues used to be one single shaft until the two-piece cue arrived in 1829.

What Is Billiards and How Did It All Start? Billiards began as a lawn game similar to the croquet played sometime during the 15th century in Northern Europe. It has evolved from that point into the present-day style of billiard/pool table and rules. The game moved indoors to a wooden table with green cloth to simulate grass (Im not really sure why they decided to simulate grass) and a simple border around the edges. The term "billiard" is derived from the French language, ei...ther from the word "billart," one of the wooden sticks, or "bille," a ball. Most of our information about early billiards comes from accounts of playing by royalty and other nobles. It has been known as the "Noble Game of Billiards" since the early 1800s but there is evidence that people from all walks of life played the game since its inception. In 1600, the game of billiards was familiar enough to the public that Shakespeare mentioned it in his play "Antony and Cleopatra." Seventy-five years later, the first book of billiards rules remarked of England that there were "few Tones of note therein which hath not a publick Billiard-Table."

I am so glad the weather is changing so nicely even if I cant be sitting on this hammock. Have a brilliant day!!!

Dont forget to move your clocks forward tonight.

Stop in for a game of pool, a chat or a challenge.

Come down for a great game of pool.

James ... James ... have you found the icecream????