Rasson Apollo Pool Table: Black Edition

Games Table Direct is thrilled to announce its partnership with Ultimate Pool as the Official Table Retailer. "Games Table Direct's long-standing affiliation with Rasson tables made the retailer the standout choice to assist in bringing the Rasson Apollo Ultimate Pool Edition to the market."

"Games Table Direct has a reputation for impeccable customer service and shares Ultimate Pool's commitment to grow the sport and deliver exceptional quality products to the English 8 Ball community." Ultimate Pool Managing Director, Jordan Chavoush said: "We are proud to partner with Games Table Direct on this exciting part of our journey."

"Ultimate Pool's focus is to enhance the playing experience for its players and fans, and it was important that our official table retailer shared our vision on where we can take the sport for the whole English 8 Ball community." "Games Table Direct has a glowing reputation for exceptional customer service standards, with awards to prove it; this commitment to put the end user first was paramount in our partnering decision."

Games Table Direct will now become the home for the new Rasson Apollo Ultimate Pool edition, with full details and table spec to follow in the coming weeks. Games Table Direct's CEO said: "As a leading pool table retailer, we are delighted to partner with Ultimate Pool as the Official Table Retailer. We have worked closely with Rasson to develop an English 8 Ball pool table, made to the highest standards for competition use."

The Rasson Apollo, which will be used at ALL Ultimate Pool events, is now available for pre-orders exclusively from Games Table Direct.

It has been designed by us, in conjunction with Ultimate Pool, to meet the requirements of the highest level of competitive pool.

This is the best English pool table on the market, having features normally found on high-end competition American pool tables. The Rasson Apollo represents a significant advance over any other English pool table on the market.

This pool table is made for us by Rasson, who are the world's largest pool table manufacturer, supplying the very best pool and snooker tables to the world's biggest competitions, including the Mosconi Cup (American 9 Ball Pool) and the Champion of Champions (Snooker). And now the UK's leading English Pool competition - Ultimate Pool.

Which trim option will you choose?

The Apollo is available in either the Apollo Black Edition with black trim - pocket corners, rails and feet, or the standard version

What makes the Apollo Pool Table so special?

The Apollo has significant upgrades when compared to the standard English competition-style pool table in many areas:

 Solid wood cabinet - The Vanquish's solid wood cabinet offers the ultimate strength & durability compared to an MDF cabinet.

 One-piece cushion rail - rather than have the cushion rubber attached to a wooden baton which is bolted in 3 places to the cushion rail, the cushion rubbers are glued directly to the solid wood cushion rail. This gives a far better and more consistent response.

 Countersunk pocket liners - giving a sleek appearance these pocket liners are flat to the rail surface, making cueing over the pocket far easier

 Steel slate supports - the slate is supported by two steel bars to ensure it is adequately supported throughout the life of the table, providing a perfectly level playing surface.

 Precision slate - the premium slate has been ground and sanded within a tolerance of less than 0.1mm, ensuring a level playing surface for use at the very highest level.

 Cushion height - we have lowered the cushion height to 35mm, instead of 37mm or 38mm found on most English pool tables. This makes striking the cue ball against the rail far easier to make a clean contact. This makes no compromise on ball response from the cushions, in fact, in testing it is improved.

 Cushions bolted through the slate - traditionally English pool tables have the cushion rail attached by a series of latches inside the table. The Apollo instead has the cushion rail bolted down through holes in the slate to ensure it provides the most solid connection between the rails and the playing surface. This ensures excellent ball response from the cushions.

 No-lift levelling system - the feet on the Apollo have a screw thread that can be accessed with a screwdriver, allowing you to turn clockwise or anticlockwise and level your table without having to lift the entire table and rotate the feet, as is necessary on many pool tables.

 Cue ball separator - on nearly all free play pool tables, when potting the cue ball it will return to the black spot end like all other balls. For players who are used to playing on competition or pub tables, this can prove irritating, and so to remedy this, the Apollo table is fitted with a cue ball separator which will return the cue ball to the baulk end.

 Noise-reducing ball return box - some customers have told us that when playing pool later in the evening, or when others are watching television, the ball return on other tables can create an echoing noise when the balls arrive in the box at the end of the table. To eliminate this the Apollo uses high-grade foam to deaden the noise experienced when the balls pass through the table and into the ball return boxes.

 Undertable triangle holder - makes storing away the triangle nice and easy.

All these industry-leading features make the Apollo a truly exceptional pool table.