Guests included Ashley Hackford, director the tournament sponsors, Councillor Jane Evison, of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Paul Roggeman, the council’s events and conferences manager, and Dudley Ulyett, secretary of the European Blackball Association.

The experienced professional said: “I have always insisted that Superleague tables were the best and this one today has lived up to the finest standards. It was a pleasure to play on, so much like the Superleagues I have been accustomed to that I was surprised to learn it was made by MBS and not the old Hazel Grove company.”

The table was supplied by Paul Sullivan, also from South Yorkshire, who sells and maintains pool tables. He also praised the current MBS Superleague tables as being “among the best available”. Hazel Grove Superleague sold out to Rileys, which eventually ceased to make pool tables, and (MBS) obtained the trade-name rights. That company has since produced its Superleague Winchester and Superleague Imperial tables with some success during the past few years. Shortly, itslatest development, the Superleague Optimaelectronic battery-operated table, will complete a satisfactory period of site testing and go on sale. It will have multi-coin facilities and an optimised coin system that should impress operators with whom MBS probably hopes to do more business.

Eric Lewis, a director of MBS, has stressed that considerable care has been taken by his company to maintain the high standards for which the old HGM Superleague tables were known, but to sell at a competitive price in what might be termed the middle price range. “We are always willing to talk prices for bulk orders with potential customers for our tables,” claimed Lewis.

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