SnookerZone — A Table Diary – Now comes 2.0
SnookerZone isn’t a website now in the traditional sense.
It’s a diary. A diary of previous knowledge. A diary of future knowledge.
Every time I step up to a snooker table, something happens. A shot goes wrong. A frame doesn’t go right. A decision costs me the frame. A small adjustment suddenly works. Most of the time, those lessons disappear the moment the balls are re-racked.
This site exists so they don’t.
Rather than long articles or theory-heavy breakdowns, SnookerZone is a place to capture short, punchy notes from real time at the table.
What I noticed. What failed. What changed the frame. What I’d do differently next time.
Most entries aren’t going to be long. A remarkable shot. Something I learnt will be taken down and noted. No filler. No padding. Just observations worth keeping.
Some posts will be technical. Others will be about mindset, pressure, confidence, or the strange psychology of competing. A few will be half-formed ideas — questions rather than conclusions. That’s intentional. Snooker doesn’t reveal everything at once.
Over time, patterns emerge.
Those patterns become coaching principles, training ideas, or tools worth sharing. But everything starts here — with experience, not theory.
SnookerZone is for players who think about the game.
Players who care about improvement more than excuses.
Players who know that progress often comes from small, uncomfortable truths or even taking a positive from negative.
This is not instruction from on high.
It’s learning in public.
One frame at a time.
We’ve already got some knowledge. We’ve already got the training from the best. We’ve built our own training aid. We’ve done some of the ground work. We’ve won a league title. We’ve had setbacks. We’ve had knockbacks.
What hurts you, helps you.
SnookerZone is a brand that survives. Not because of content – but because of knowledge, skills, passion and experience.
That’s what counts.
QUICK DITTY ABOUT THE AUTHOR CHRIS GAYNOR, 43
A snooker player/fan since the year dot who helped a local league Oxshott win a title in 2024/25.
A writer and journalist for 15 – 20 years.
Shoeshine fan who’s entered the World Shoeshine Championships in 2026. Film nut. Loves sausages.
A giant grey poodle is his new animal friend WOOF WOOF…
Had a serious bike accident in 2020 where I broke my shoulder and ball came out and had to have it fixed. I have metal plates in my arm and the shoulder didn’t fully recover to full rotation.
I’ve also written for The-latest.com on several topics including snooker way back pre 2015 as well as elsewhere including Newspaper articles in the Woking News.
I’ve played snooker for years – having played at Walton Snooker Centre in Hersham in the 2000s, Woking from 2015 – 2024 having had coaching with Brian Cox as well at the Surrey Snooker Academy.
I also played at the Sheffield Academies in 2016 when the Victoria Snooker Academy had just opened its doors.
Oxshott Club where I’ve won a League title in 2024 and reported on snooker at South West Snooker Academy in 2018 – when I saw Joe O’Connor play his last match as an amateur before he got onto the tour.
Also interviewed Neil Robertson for Blasting News in London in 2018.