Cue Sport Group

In the olden times, they had “lawn games”. More known to us now as croquet, golf and other games played on vast greens. Louis XI was fond of croquet. Billiards being very similar to the lawn game of croquet; Luis XI had the first known indoor billiard table made. He popularized the game among the nobilities of France. It soon became present in every cafe in Paris. It also became popular to the men in England.

The mace once used to prevent the ball form rolling off, now used for shots under the cushion. The game has evolved. Then the cue was finally developed in the 1800’s.

The game has gained its popularity. Tables and its equipments were built by John Thurston in Europe. From wood and clay, balls were be made from Ivory for the rich.

From Europe, it is now being dominated by a man from the other side of the world. Efren “Bata” Reyes of the Philippines has been known as the one of the all-time greats in the games of nine ball and one-pocket. Would Louis XI have ever thought that the game he loved to play and popularized was going to be conquered by a Filipino?