Tony Southern
Up until a few years I’ve been using a basic of snooker glasses bought from a one of the popular optical chains, they were OK, but I had issues when right down on the cue, as they didn’t seem level and sometimes I felt like I was looking over the frame.
This meant I had to play with my chin about 8 inches off the cue, which was really badly affecting my sighting, my technique and also my results.
So I decided to get a custom made pair of snooker/pool glasses made for me, only one option open to me was through the internet as no Optician near by me did them. I found the Snookerspex website and sent an message detailing all my issues, got a facebook reply back from Chris Cheshire the owner, and we discussed the problems I was having, and Chris agreed to make me a bespoke pair, and became one of my sponsors. I couldn’t visit in person, so I sent my prescription, photos of myself playing, and within a couple of weeks, the glasses arrived. Immediately they felt better, I was right down on the cue and didn’t have to move my head, and was seeing through the middles of both lenses, and my game was back to its old levels within weeks, and since then I have won 3 titles on the WDBS snooker circuit, including the UK Nationals and two Belgium Opens, 3 medals at the European Pool Championships, and the 2018 World Wheelchair Blackball Championships.
I would recommend them to any cue sports player who has vision problems.
Many thanks to Chris.
Andrew (UK)
Glasses received today, they look perfect and my vision is great through them. I look forward to playing in them, fantastic job Chris
Tony Young
Hi Chris, I cant thank you enough for your efforts in producing my new snooker glasses. With the various problems in not being able to cue from a recognised low position I thought it would be difficult to get a satisfactory result, but how wrong can I be? Your tweaking of my prescription, and more so, remotely was spot on and I couldn’t be more pleased. I can see the edge of the ball at distance and from the point of putting them on I was able to see the table clearly. I am delighted with the finished product and am looking forward to the remainder of the league. Your attention to detail and your dealings with me do you proud and I am extremely grateful.
Ron (USA)
Hi Chris I just wanted to let you know that I finally received the package with my new glasses in it. I’ve only had the chance to play wearing them one time but the difference between the way that I saw a shot before with my old glasses and the way that I see a shot now wearing my new glasses is unbelievable. I can’t begin to tell everyone that had anything at all in making these glasses for me how grateful that I am to them for the work that they put in to do this for me. I figured that they would make at least a little difference in the way that I would be able to see the shot line of a shot but to my surprise it’s the difference between night and day literally. I think that I kind of made a few of my friends mad a little bit at me because I couldn’t stop trying to get them just to put them on even though they have never worn glasses in their whole lives. Many thanks to all of you for the great job that you did in the making of my glasses. May you and yours have a fantastic day, week, month, and years of the rest of your lives!
Abnashi
Chris has done a great job in making my glasses, I can now see perfectly well and most importantly he has installed confidence in myself to play the game I love. The frames are nice and the prescription I gave him, he created was what I needed, because I could not see long shots. Thanks so much.
Anthony (Canada)
Chris,
Your key differential from everyone else I looked at is customized service… meaning the end result of engaging with you is a custom set of glasses tailored to fit my unique eyesight, facial dimensions, body height, stance, and cue delivery style. I was particularly impressed at your attention to detail in these areas even though we are on different continents. The glasses improved my game enormously.
The other vendors I looked at, especially the purely web based ones, have a very traditional “product” approach, giving me the feeling that I would place my order, get a standard pair of cookie cutter glasses, and make do. Also, several of the vendors I found from web advertising either don’t exist or no longer provide snooker glasses.
By the way, your “front desk” ladies are cheerful, friendly and very helpful.
