Northern Rubber cushion strips for snooker and pool
A Northern Rubber logo on a green background
two northern rubber cushion strips laid across a snooker table
Pool & Snooker Products

Northern Rubber

Our Northern Rubber snooker and pool cushions use only the best hand-tapped Malaysian rubber, from a natural and refined formula specifically designed for it’s rebound ability.

We focus on quality, authenticity and making a technically excellent product, all to improve your playing experience. The rubber of the cushion can impact the speed and accuracy of the game, so an investment in the best possible cushion strips is an investment in the quality of play.

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Our rubbers are subjected to a rigorous testing regime, comprising of four main tests.

Close up of a Northern Rubber cushion

The importance of authenticity

We include a yellow button within the rubber which cannot wear or peel off, as a sign that you have bought a genuine product. Each rubber carries a unique batch number for traceability to the exact production batch. If you have any concerns about the authenticity of your Northern Rubber, please speak to us.

Close up of northern Rubber cushion strips for snooker and pool

Extensive Expertise in Rubber

Our process, capabilities and production partners set us apart.

A strip of Northern Rubber on a wooden box

150 years in development

Our history dates back to the original vulcanisation and curing process, which has been developed over 150 years. We have created, developed and refined the product to create the ideal rubber cushion. Our current formula was developed in association with the World Professional Snooker Association.

A strip of Northern Rubber folded over

Our process sets us apart

Our cushions are cured separately to the extrusion process, meaning each set of rubber is put into its own mold for curing. This controlled method ensures the shape and density of the rubber.​

a park in Malaysia at sunset

Why Malaysia?

We took the decision to move the manufacture of Northern Rubber to Malaysia to improve the quality of our product. Malaysia is responsible for nearly half of all rubber production in the world, it is an excellent location for rubber technology, expertise and manufacturing capability.

a row of rubber trees in a forest

Only Natural Rubber

We use only the finest hand-tapped, natural rubber for our cushion strips, to ensure the highest quality. Cushions made from synthetic man-made rubber can have air traps, cracks or inconsistencies in texture.

Customer Testimonials

Hainsworth is the preferred cloth brand at Liberty Games. We use cloth cuts from across the Hainsworth range for our pool & snooker tables, with consistently excellent feedback from our customers.

Liberty Games

Quality cloth, lovely to work with, lovely to play on. Runs true.

Paul Evans, Ace Music Pool

“We have been using Hainsworth cloths for many years as they cannot be rivalled for their exceptional quality, range and value.”

Alan Phillips Snooker

Hainsworth is our ‘cloth of choice’ for all the tables we make and renovate. The Smart and Elite-pro ranges offer an excellent range of colours and choice of cloth quality.

Sir William Bentley Billiards


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