New York City, NY- England's Darren Appleton capped off an amazing week of pool action by finishing off strong to capture his first ever World 14.1 title ! Appleton had lost in the finals last year, but sweetly rectified that with a resounding victory over America's #1 ranked Shane Van Boening. The Andy Cloth 74th World Tournament of 14.1 6 days of grueling pool stamina battles ended with specta...
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One of these four fine professionals will be crowned the new World 14.1 champion!Photo courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1 Charles Eames
New York City, NY- 37 invited straight pool pros and 11 qualifier winners began the 74th World Tournament. Now only four remain. The third and final stage of the Andy Cloth 74th World To...
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Eberle & Stalev Through! Mika Escapes & SVB Destroys Archer!
USA's "Miracle" Max Eberle makes it to his second ever World 14.1 semi-finals. He attributed his performance thus far to practice and no alcohol!Photo courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1 Charles Eames
New York City, NY- Las Vegas's Max Eberle has guarantee...
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SVB making it look easy. Even without needing a supernatural break in 14.1, Shane shows that he has all around skills for all disciplinesPhoto courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1 Charles Eames New York City, NY- Shane Van Boening has stayed undefeated through both stages of the World 14.1 and with the elimination of Thorste...
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Strickland won a crucial match against Hohmann which led to Thorsten's eventual early exit from the World TournamentPhoto courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1
New York City, NY- There will be a new World 14.1 Champion this week. 3x winner of this event and reigning champion and #1 seed Thorsten Hohmann was eliminated tonigh...
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Thorsten Hohmann
New York City, NY- Thorsten Hohmann of Germany kept his #1 seed into the next round with an undefeated 5-0 record and 500 made balls. The United States' Shane Van Boening improved on his round robin record last year with a 5-0 this time and took the #2 seed.
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Big Names OUT! Hatch, Cohen, Williams & Jeanette Lee Fall at ANDY CLOTH World 14.1
Photo courtesy of World Tournament of 14.1
New York City, NY- Day 3 has concluded and some heavy hitters will not be making it to the next stage of the Andy Cloth 74th World Tournament of 14.1 . Dennis Hatch was seeded #1 in his group wth...
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Yesterday morning as I opened up my laptop to begin the days updates I expected to see several emails and Facebook messages being that this was the first day back from an action packed long weekend. What I did not expect was the series of messages I received informing me of the one year suspension given to Hanna Kwon and Suzanne Peters from the Billard Feminin Tour.
Edwidge Cavanna is the founder...
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Pros in Danger: D-DAY at ANDY CLOTH World Tournament of 14.1
New York City, NY- D-DAY. Several super star players are on the verge of escaping to the next round of the Andy Cloth 74thWorld Tournament of 14.1 or lose and go home. Do or die situations for many tomorrow include Archer, Shaw, Williams, Cohen, Deuel, Dechaine. Commentators will update fans on the score progress when possible on the oth...
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Exciting news! Due to the numerous demands around the country, Snooker Canada has decided to listen to the players and will start the planning of a National Championships for Snooker.
As snooker continues to become more popular here in Canada, we decided to keep up with the demand. Just like any other sport, people want to compete. We have players hitting the green baize everywhere and practicing...
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New York City, NY- It's started. The world's oldest, longest running pool tournament has begun with this morning's matches featuring an all star lineup!
The ANDY CLOTH 74th World Tournament is taking place on August 4th-9th, 2014. Dragon Promotions and Dr. Michael Fedak are pleased to bring the 74th production of the oldest billiard event in the world . Also sponsored by Andy Cloth, Kamui Brands...
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Amsterdam Billiards World Tournament of 14.1 Qualifier: Smith & Lombardo Triumph!
By Jude Rosenstock
The battle for the two last remaining spots in the 2014 World Straight Pool Championships took place this past weekend at a poolroom truly worthy of hosting it. Amsterdam Billiards, home to the world’s oldest and largest 14.1 league has seen its share of great straight pool over the decades and...
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CHINESE FORTUNE SMILES IN BEIJING
China 2 captures the 2014 World Pool Team Championship with a spirited 4-2 win over the Philippines
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Team China 2 (From L to R)-Liu Haitao, Liu Shasha, Fu Xiaofang, Wang Can, Dang Ching Hu
Photos Courtesy of Jin/my147.com & Tai Chengzhe
(Beijing)--With an ey...
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Pinoys on fire as they quash China 1, while China 2 squeaks by Japan as showdown looms in Beijing on Saturday.
By Ted Lerner
Dang Ching Hu and Wang Can of China 2
WPA Press Officer
Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengzhe
(Beijing)--One team took the easy road. The other had to claw tooth and nail and barely made it through. But when...
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What a milestone! It has been less than one year since this video has been created and already 25,000 people have viewed it.
The basic rules of snooker was created and produced by Snooker Canada as a result of the lack of such videos existing on the internet. The only other way for a person to learn the basic rules of snooker before this video was introduced was to sit there and read pages and pag...
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Hello everyone. Today we will be looking at the differences in strategical play between 9 ball and 10 ball. Most other popular games like 8 ball, 9 ball, one pocket, banks and straight pool are so different in premise and therefore do not show a lot of similarities in strategical play. However, 9 ball and 10 ball are the only two pool games that are fundamentally the same. In this article I will a...
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Team Philippines wins a thriller over Chinese-Taipei to join China 1, Japan and China 2 in the all-Asian semi-finals of the 2014 World Pool Team Championship.
By Ted Lerner
Team Philippines celebrates after barely beating Chinese Taipei
WPA Press Officer
Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengzhe
(Beijing)--Whenever the Philippines and...
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Both China sides lead the way into the Final 16 at the 2014 World Pool Team Championship in Beijing
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer China 1 will be a difficult side to beat
Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe
(Beijing)--Now, the fun begins.
After three days of round robin group play, in which 25 teams from all over the globe duelled...
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When you look around at the average age of a snooker player these days in Canada, it is quite obvious that most players are over the age of 40, if not more. Simple mathematics explains that the reason for this is that no efforts have been made in the last 20 years or so to develop our game here.
Like anything else in the life cycle, if a new generation does not get involved in something, eventual...
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Ina Kaplan proves to be the perfect team player as she helps seal Germany's hard fought win against Austria on Day 2 at the 2014 World Pool Team Championship in Beijing
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Ina Kaplan of Team Germany
Photos Courtesy of
Tai Chengzhe/China Foto Press
(Beijing)--Ina Kaplan doesn’t have the big time ex...
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