If you've purchased a table because of your love of the game, you need to give extra thought to the cloth you specify for its surface. While it comprises a small portion of your total outlay, the fabric you choose is absolutely critical to your game. The cloth that overlays your slate must enhance its surface, and never get in the way of your game. It must provide perfect flatness to give the ball a true and accurate roll, and assure that your shots have consistent speed. Cloth can make the difference between a good player and a GREAT one.

A better game has been woven into Simonis cloth for over 200 years. Simonis Cloth has contributed to the best games of the games' best players for over 200 years. Since 1680 - nearly a century before cloth was used to cover billiard tables - Simonis craftsmen in Verviers, Belgium raised the weaving of quality wool cloth to an art form, ultimately developing superior table coverings that meet and define the needs of carom, pool, and snooker. Throughout those 300 years, the distinctive quality of Simonis wool cloths has never been duplicated. Today, Simonis is the oldest and largest company dedicated solely to cloth for carom, pool, and snooker. For other fabric mills, table cloth is only a sideline.

A better playing surface, because it's flatter. Simonis cloth gives you a flat, flawless playing surface because it's made from WORSTED yarn. Beginning with the very finest virgin wool, skilled craftsmen comb it to remove the short wool fibers from the yarn, and then twist the remaining long fibers tightly together into yarn that is unmatched in the industry. This yarn is woven into a cloth that's tough, smooth and level. The final shearing process removes random fibers, leaving a flat, nap-free surface. By contrast, ordinary woolen cloth is woven of yarn that's made from long and short fibers twisted together to make a bulky yarn with a fuzzy surface. On your table, the Simonis playing surface is smoother and more consistent - a difference you can the ball can really feel.

More record runs have been made on Simonis Cloth than any other surface. The essential benefit of Simonis Cloth is its effect on your game. Feel the surface carefully and you'll realize that Simonis Cloth is free of any nap that would pill, shed, or compress to form gullies on your table. With no felt-like nap to break down, the worsted threads provide a smooth, even surface to assure consistent speed, "English," and cushion rebound on every shot. With Simonis Cloth, you never need to overpower a shot to get the distance. Always, you're in control. More record runs have been made on Simonis Worsted Cloth than any other surface. A flawless, defect-free playing surface is why Simonis Cloth has been on tournament tables all around the worldfor generations. And why Simonis cloth has been the official cloth of all tournaments sanctioned by the Professional Billiard Tour Association, the European Pocket Billiards Federation, and others.

Its Cost effective wear factor matches its superior play. Because it's woven from durable worsted yarn, Simonis Cloth can last 2 to 3 times longer than ordinary cloth, easily resisting the wear of ordinary play. With no nap to be damaged, it does not suffer from the primary causes of war to cloth: pilling and shedding. Instead, it maintains its perfect surface much longer. And because of its high wool content, Simonis Cloth resists "ball burn" marks much better than ordinary cloth. You not only enjoy the best games of your life, but an economic benefit that's equally valuable. Simonis cloth, with its superb weaving quality and uniform texture, gives you more hours of play and does not need replacement as often as ordinary cloth.

The Moment of Truthat the moment of truth, after your table is installed and leveled, it's only you, the ball and the CLOTH. Whether you play for sport or reward whether you spend $500, $5,000 or more for your table, insist on the best table covering insist on Simonis Cloth.