When Coventry City’s Second Goal Lit Up — So Did Sam Leisure!
What a night for Coventry fans at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Tuesday, 4th November 2025, as Coventry City took on Sheffield United. The crowd roared, the lights flashed, and as that all-important second goal flew into the back of the net, our Sam Leisure LED banner illuminated across the pitch — a perfect […]
Giving Back to Our Community: SAM Leisure’s Latest Act of Kindness
At SAM Leisure, we’ve always believed that success is about more than just business growth — it’s about giving back to the people and places that make our work possible. That’s why we’re proud to share our latest community initiative: a donation to the Chatterbox Café’s Mental Health Drop-In, a project that provides a friendly, […]
How Big Is a Table Tennis Table? Official Sizes and Space You’ll Need
A full-size table tennis table is 274 cm long, 152.5 cm wide, and 76 cm high (9 × 5 × 2.5 ft). The net adds another 15.25 cm in height. For home or casual play, you’ll approximately need a minimum room size of 674 cm × 352.5 cm (22.1 × 11.6 ft) to play comfortable. […]
25 Years of Excellence: Liam Barrett Celebrates a Milestone at SAM Leisure
In an era where career longevity is increasingly rare, Liam Barrett’s 25-year journey with SAM Leisure stands as a remarkable achievement, one marked by dedication and an unwavering commitment to the industry. As Operations Manager at SAM Leisure, Liam has not only witnessed the industry’s evolution but has played a pivotal role in shaping SAM […]
SAM Leisure Goes Solar: Investing in a Greener Future
At SAM Leisure, we’ve always taken pride in supplying quality leisure products – from commercial pool tables to home games rooms tables – with a focus on durability, quality and service. Now, we’re proud to take our commitment to responsibility one step further by investing in renewable energy to reduce our carbon footprint. We’ve recently […]
SAM Leisure Attend the 2025 EAG show
What a great start to the year for us as a business to attend and exhibit at the recent EAG Show in London. This gave us our chance to showcase our popular products, including new additions to our range for 2025. Since our last attendance in 2024 we have had significant growth within the business, […]
SAM Teams Up with Cue Sports Champion Mick Hill!
In an exciting development, SAM Leisure UK proudly announces its collaboration with cue sports maestro Mick Hill.
Frequently Asked Questions: Ask the Experts – FAQ
What is the difference between English Pool and Snooker? English Pool is usually played with one black 8 ball, 7 yellow
NEW STUDENT YEAR – NEW POOL TABLE TECHNOLOGY
Salford University Students can now enjoy contactless payments on pool and air hockey tables with help from Contactless Operations and SAM Leisure. Earlier this week we supplied and installed no less than three contactless American pool tables and one contactless air hockey to their Student Union. Both American Pool and Air Hockey are the perfect […]
Crazy Cue Ball Challenge fund raiser for QE Transplant Unit
Snooks Snooker Hall in Halesowen have held a fund raiser in aid of the new transplant unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. All the bar profits for the evening and proceeds from a raffle of donated items amounted to £740. The main event of the evening was a hilarious frame played with a crazy […]
SAM Showroom reopens
Our Coventry showroom is now open to the public, however, please continue to observe all Covid rules to ensure safety for our staff and customers. Keeping distance, wearing of masks and washing of hands is required. View our range of domestic and commercial pool, air hockey and football tables. Choose a new cue and case […]
SAM Leisure, Covid Safe Trading!
SAM leisure will continue to provide safe deliveries, installations and maintenance work during the latest government Covid 19 guidelines. In order to protect our staff and the public, we request customers wishing to order goods or services call in advance or email to arrange delivery or collections. Our showroom is closed to the public, however, […]
Make moving pool tables easier and safer with the SAM Remi
SAM shift more pool and hockey tables than anybody else in Europe. Why not use what we use – to shift yours When we couldn’t find one good enough, we decided to make our own! Robust rubber protection Perfect balance, for safety Heavy duty wheels Easier to use on kerbs Highly visible paint scheme Tested beyond 500kgs […]
SAM delivers Class
Two of them to be precise, in the heart of Birmingham! The SAM Royal Class is perfect for venues wanting the traditional look and feel of luxurious mahogany but the excitement and speed of American pool. Not forgetting the bang up to date contactless technology for low maintenance and high return.
Rileys Triumphant at Coventry League Finals
Rileys dominated this year’s Coventry Pool League Finals, successfully defending their Champion of Champions title in an exciting Finals weekend played on SAM Atlantic tables at the Bishopsgate Club. Securing an unprecedented quadruple of all 3 main Cups to add to their Premier Division crown, several of their individual players also won singles and doubles […]
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Round Robin format delivers more pool matches
The new double round robin format was well received at BAPTO 2018, keeping teams playing Friday and Saturday, with 6 matches of pool before any chance of being knocked out. Every team that attended was guaranteed 48 frames of pool, with 64 teams going through to the Sunday knockout stages and sharing in a massive […]
‘Brat’ triumphs in Blackpool
Natalie ‘Brat’ Madden ground out a deciding frame to beat Manchester’s Arlene ‘Leeny’ McGougan, who played some faultless pool to reach her first ever singles final. Ladies Champion, Natalie Madden says; “My 2nd year playing at BAPTO & I can honestly say it’s one of my favourite events. Fantastic tables, great organisation and an atmosphere […]
First Timer wins Mens Singles at BAPTO
A close finals match saw Wales’s Phil Hoskins come out on top against Dean Shields in a deciding frame in the Men’s singles final, to win 4-3. Phil said of the event; “Over the moon to win the BAPTO Men’s Singles title at my very first attempt. Thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, fantastic venue and location […]
The Bears snatch the Plate at Blackpool
BAPTO FInals 2018 In the Team event, the plate final saw BAPTO veterans, The Bears from Wisbech, take on the Oracle T-Totals, who found themselves unfortunately 2 players short prior to the event. Fortunately, thanks to the foresight of Rob Pearce and Sharon Griffiths who have a random drawn ‘reserve player’ list, they were able […]