| r |
A small red wink flat on the mat |
| G |
A large green wink flat on the mat |
| y |
A small yellow wink flat on the mat which will take the next action |
| b/Y |
A small blue wink on a large yellow wink |
| rg |
Small red and green winks side by side (close enough to be bridged) on the mat |
| r ≈ g |
A small red near a small green on the mat (too far to bridge, trivially close to squop) |
| r g |
A small red and green wink at moderate distance, flat on the mat (common squopping distance) |
| r ↔ g |
Small red and green winks at significant distance (a squop would be unexpected), flat on the mat |
| (Rg)/y |
A large red and small green, both on a small yellow - disambiguate with parentheses |
| r/(yy) |
A small red on a doubleton of two small yellows |
| (r/y)y |
A small red on a small yellow, next to another small yellow |
| (b/y)/r |
A small blue on a small yellow on a small red |
| b/(y/r) |
A small blue on a small yellow on a small red, the blue is also over the red |
| (r(g/b))/y |
A small red and (a small green on a small blue) on a small yellow |
| (r/y1)(b/y1g) |
A small red over a small yellow next to a small blue over the same small yellow and a small green |
| /g |
A small green behind the baseline |
| |b |
A small blue at the edge of the mat |
| U |
The pot |
| gU |
A nurdled small green |
| g ≈ U |
A small green at phonecard distance |
| g U |
A small green at moderate potting distance |
| g ↔ U |
A small green at long range from the pot |
| r → r |
A small red flat on the mat plays to another position flat on the mat; winks in motion are in bold face (underlining may be substituted if recording by hand, but bold is easier to see in typeset text) |
| g b ⥬ g/b |
A small green flat on the mat squops a small blue which was flat on the mat and at moderate distance |
| y ↔ b ⇥ yb |
A distant small yellow flat on the mat lands adjacent to a small blue, also flat on the mat (presumably misses short) |
| y b ⤳ by |
A small yellow flat on the mat flies over a small blue, also flat on the mat, and lands adjacent (presumably misses long) |
| r/y ≈ g ⥬ r/y/g |
A small red on a small yellow bristols successfully onto a small nearby green |
| R y/b ⥬ R/y b |
Large red gets a knock-off and squop of yellow on blue |
| R y/b ⥬ R/b y |
Large red gets a knock-off of yellow but remains on blue |
| R y/b ⥹ y/(Rb) |
Large red attacks a yellow on blue and subs under yellow |
| R ↔ y ↝ Ry |
Large red distant from small yellow rolls and lands near the yellow |
| R y/b ⇘ R y ≈ b |
Large red behind the baseline bombs a yellow on blue; red lands at a moderate distance, yellow is knocked off but stays near blue |
| R/g ⇗ R ↔ g |
Large red on small green docks the small green |
| R/g ⇗ R ↔ |g |
Large red on small green docks the small green off the mat |
| /g ↴ |g |
Small green brings in but flies straight off the mat |
| /y ↝ ↴ |y |
Small yellow brings in but rolls off the mat |
| b ↔ U ⤵ ↴ |b |
Small blue attempts a distant pot, misses long and goes off the mat |
| r ≈ U ↷ r/U |
Small red from phonecard distance potted |
| r U ⤸ rU |
A pot attempt by a moderate-distance small red, missing short and nurdled |
| r U ⤵ U ↔ r |
A pot attempt by a moderate-distance small red, missing long and distant |
| r U y/b ⤵ ⇘ r/y/b |
Small red bombs a yellow-on-blue squop over the pile and lands on |
| r Uy/b ⤸ r/y/b |
Small red calypso onto yellow-on-blue by the pot |
| /Y ↷ Y/U |
Big yellow Penhaligon |
| r ≈ Y/b ⥄ Y/r ↔ b |
John Lennon - big yellow docks blue and squops red |
| Y/b ≈ r ⥬ b Y/r |
Play across - big yellow plays off blue onto red |
| Y/(r/g) ≈ b ⥭ Y/r ≈ g/b |
Yellow over red over green plays the green onto a nearby blue, keeping red |
| b ≈ Y/(r/y) U ↷ Y/U r/b ≈ y; y U ⤵ U y |
Big yellow over red and yellow pots, putting the red on a nearby blue; the freed small yellow misses long in the next shot of the same turn |
| B ⥁ |
Blue passes or misses a turn |
| B → B ⏲ |
Time expires after big blue snooves (a @ can be used in handwritten text) |
| 2: B → B |
Big blue snooves in turn 2 |
| g ↔ b ⥬ g/b! |
A distant small green flat on the mat squops a small blue which was flat on the mat; this was unexpected |
| y/b r ⥄ b y/r? |
A small yellow plays off a blue onto a nearby red; this is tactically questionable |
| r ≈ U ↷ r/U* |
Small red from phonecard distance potted; red pots out |
| g b ⥬ g/b#2 |
A small green flat on the mat squops a small blue which was flat on the mat, causing a squop-up with 2 free turns (in the new money) |
| A comma can be used to describe two outcomes of the same shot |