A new pool and snooker club is set to open at Ashford’s Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate.

Professional pool player Lorraine Fivey will be opening the Mavericks club at Brunswick later this month.

Workmen have been converting two units to provide a dozen tables including three American nine-ball tables, five snooker tables and a match table in its own room.

There will be a sports room with five darts boards, screens showing live sport, a poker table, a bar and a kitchen.

Miss Fivey, whose partner Malcolm Johnstone will manage the venue, said: “I’ve played pool for the past 15 years and I always thought that one day if the circumstances are right I would set up my own club.
“As a player I know what makes a good club and we found the premises so I thought ‘why not?’”

The pool player, who has competed at the Pool World Championships, added: “There will be a fully licensed bar and kitchen serving food, Sky TV, a TV lounge and the darts room is something we’re very keen to push.”

Full story in this week's Kentish Express.