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  1. Commachio

    Commachio Rambo 2021

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    I remember reading about this some time ago.

    A common choice was a 147 in snooker. The sheer number of precise shots involved.

    Anything more difficult?
     
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    Win something whilst playing for Sunderland
     
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    I said difficult not impossible.
     
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    9 dart finish is incredibly difficult
     
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    Is this a question that applies to the average Joe, like us? If so then I'd say yeah, definitely a 147.

    For professional sportsmen and sportswomen, I wouldn't be so sure as they smash them in every day in practice...
     
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    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    That's why I said a 9 dart finish, how many 147's will you see across a tournament say when watching live?

    In comparison I don't think I've ever seen anyone hit a 9 dart finish

    Hat trick in cricket is hard too!!
     
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    They probably do, but what is more difficult?

    As mentioned a 9 dart finish is hard. But as difficult as a 147?
     
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    I've got a trophy for one of them upstairs from a game at Ryhope. So we can cross that one off, if I can do it <laugh>

    I'm leaning towards a 9 dart finish over a 147 in snooker...
     
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    Alright alright, cocky bugger! <laugh>

    I'm racking my brains trying to think of others but none that I can think of at the moment really come close to those 2 in terms of difficulty.
     
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    I got a 147 on Jimmy Whites Snooker on my Playstation a while back. Probably my greatest ever achievement. I was well out of position on the black as well. I was sweating buckets, but managed to cut it in. Problem is none of my pals ever believed me. It was a good game because potting balls was quite easy, it was positioning that was the difficult skill involved. Previous snooker games you were over the moon just to pot a ball.
     
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    Ok. Wtf is a hat trick in cricket?

    I know im gonna kick myself for asking. Its gotta be six sixed and.......

    **** knows.
     
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    3 consecutive wickets from a bowler <ok>
     
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    Hitting four home runs in one game of Baseball is supposed to be an extremely hard and rare achievement. Wouldn't know how hard it is I've never played Baseball/Rounders
     
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    Ah. Is that it. I was obviously thinking to deep into it.
     
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    answered above <doh>
     
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    Snooker is an awful game to play when you're **** at it. I much prefer pool. I find playing snooker is like trying to hit and control a cricket ball with a chopstick. I find it impossible to make the ball do what I want it to. The total surprise when occasionally pot a ball!! Pool I just seem to have an element of control and the scale and size of the balls and table are spot on.
     
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    <laugh><laugh><laugh>

    I know your pain mate! <ok>
     
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    As you can tell i know very little about cricket.

    There has gotta be something hard to do in golf. What though ive no idea.
     
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    Probably would be a hole in one.... n how hard that is depends on the par I suppose? Never played/watched golf so **** knows.
     
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    He said sport, not homosexual pastimes.
     
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