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* Scotland’s Next Top Model Strike a pose to find out if you've got what it takes to be a professional model. Stolen Model Agency is holding an open casting with a two-year contract up for grabs. The final ten will strut their stuff on the catwalk at the ECA fashion show and a panel of key industry judges will select the winners. Edinburgh College of An, 74 Lauriston Place, Sat 4 Mar.
* Scottish Motorcycle Show An action packed bike bonanza. with all the top manufacturers displaying their wares. as well as classic models, X-treme bike trails. helicopter rides, rider training and go-karts. Vroom! Royal High/and Centre. lng/iston, Edinburgh. 335 6200. Sat li-Sun 72 Mar.
* Scottish Comedy on TV: Father Ted vs Mason Boyne Broadcaster Lesley Riddoch chairs this Glasgow Comedy Festival panel discussion asking why there is so little Scottish comedy on TV, does Ireland fare better and is there a metropolitan bias? Maybe that’s because we. enn, produce regional, unsophisticated comedy? The Stand, 333 Wood/ands Road, Glasgow, Wed 15 Mar.
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Because her youth was misspent in other ways, Morag Bruce is not very good at pool. Terrible, in fact. So she took a lesson at Glasgow’s female-friendly pool club.
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\tcrc inc\plicahl} on l'n'c. thc timc _\ou thought: 'Ycah. chcck mc thc thI out?~ NI} pool momcnl “as in I907 \xhcn I pottctl thc \xinning hall. hlack I think. that\ right isn't it'.’ ()I' courxc it \\a\ a l'Iukc. hut I chchratctI Iikc I had mcant it. ‘Shou mc thc colour ol moncy' I thought. thcn all \\cm to pot. or not. as lhc casc ma} hc. \xhcn I rcturnctI to ll\k‘lL‘\\llL‘\\ lll \uhscqucnt gamcx.
SH II \\;t\ \\llll lIlI\ L‘tllllplclc Iack HI pool tlc\lcl'Il_\ that I approachctl thc ptrrplc (\o much lrtor'c intcrcxting than grccnl lahIc at Rcar‘tlon'x. taking atI\antagc ol‘ thcir pool coaching l'or girls. .\ chancc to Icar’n lhc skills rcquir'ctl to shoot thc hop on thc tahlc in an unintimitlating cnx ironmcnt.
I5orgct an} lltllltlllx ol‘ tIank. \mok}. laghutt \trcun tahlcs that stink ol' stalc \omcthing t(iotI. _\ou hopc it's Iagcrl. This I\ a prctt} [)Ithll cmironmcnt h} an} \tantlartlx. 'I’hcrc “as also a rathcr surprising but brilliant \ountIlrack car'r')ing us through our al‘tcrnoon ol' not quitc gctting halls into pockch I'hc III\L\ ol \'\onnc IilIiman'x disco classic 'II I ('an't IIa\c You‘ kcpt as cntcrtaincd hctnccn \Iltll\. ’I‘hc groups or gu_\ \ tlccpl} in\oI\ctI in gamcx around us \\crc thanklull} ohIixioux to m_\ singing along rm} \ocal taIcnt is r'oughl) cqunalcnt that ol' m} ptutll.
But )otr tIon't gct inst an} old pool coach at Rcartlon'x. llou about l'ormcr untIcr llx \xorltI champion and currcnt Scottish untlcr le champion I)a\itl Rigginx to show _\ou thc httstlcr ropcx'.’ ch. Riggins is rcxitlcnt instructor and rcckonx it tlocxn't takc that long to hccomc lairl} tlcccnt. '\\'ithin about
thrcc months _\ou cart gct to a good \IilIItIilltI ol p|a_\. It‘s just practrxc. II yin conic antI ha\ c a chxon. I can gi\c _\ou tips, 'Ith ll )rttl go a\\a_\ antl IIIItI uhal \\ittk\ lor )otr. ton can ItuIItI )our \I’xlII. 'I<rght thcn. Ict'x Itc Ii.i\rng _\c"
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I<lf_‘f_‘lll\ I\ right though. \xc tIItI \hou \omc Ic\cI ol rmprmcmcnt h} thc cntI ol thc \cxsron. rnarnI} an ahiht} to actuaII} hit rhc hall tathcr than llll\\lllj_' it cornplctcl} antI \cnthng thc L'IItI ol thc cuc llccmg up touartlx thc |o\\ chcl light lilting IIc \ItllltI parrcnll} txomc \Hlllltl \a} rathci hra\cI_\r al lItc othci cntI ol thc taItIc spotting \\hcrc \\ c \Illlllltl artn lItc haII. Sonic ol thcm c\cn ucnt in thc right thrcctron.
.qut \xth \\ c thought \i c hail \a\ctI a IrttIc lacc. \\ c ;I\I\C\I Rigginx to pot aII thc hth as last Itc couItI. \ou. Illl\ couItI ha\c Itccn a Iut ol prcxxnrc Ior Illlll. Iotrt' tIaIl Iamicx coiling: '( )oh. )ltlllt' so cIc\cr° tt‘caII} it \\a\ to cntI our our] ctnharraxxrncnt ol pIa_\rngt. hut hc potlctl thcm onc altcr' thc othcr Ill hIink‘tprrck \ucccxsion. \Vhat lIlc \ll caIIctI pool champ tIocsn't knoxx is that \\c'rc going to go straight hack and \hou thcni \xhat \xc cart i'caII} tlo . . lll cr. lIrt'cc months.
Reardon’s Snooker and American Pool Club, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, 632 0007. Ladies’ pool coaching takes place every Sunday at noon, costing £3.50 per session. Booking essential.
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