MORGAN WINS SENIOR SNOOKER CROWN

Darren Morgan saw off a series of snooker legends to win the Wyldecrest Parks World Seniors Championship. Welshman Morgan beat Cliff Thorburn, Jimmy White and Steve Davis on the final day of the event at the East of England Showground in Peterborough to take the £18,000 top prize. In fact the 45-year-old from Newport won a total of six matches in the event as he had to get through two rounds in t... Read more

CLAY BOWEN WINS LUCASI SHOOTOUT

What a great weekend, a big thank you to all who came out and supported the 3rd Lucasi Amateur Shootout at Big Wigs! 38 eager players were present to test their skills against each other and a great time was had by all. Congratulations to Clay Bowen of Newmarket for winning his FIRST even... Read more

VAN BOENING TAKES TURNING STONE BILLIARDS TITLE

After a hill-hill, fourth-round loss to Shawn Putnam, Shane Van Boening came back through the one-loss side to take the Turning Stone Classic title over Raj Hundal in the finals. The $25,000-added tournament, held twice a year at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona,... Read more

TURNING STONE CLASSIC XVIII - LIVE STREAMING

A full field of 128 players are expected in Verona, NY for the Turning Stone Classic XVIII. Once again, the AZ Crew will be providing an excellent stream on AZBTV. The stream starts Thursday at 4:00pm EST. Sponsors Joss Cues AZ Billiards Simonis Cloth Samsara Cues Billiards Press Tiger Products Pool On The Net Turning Stone OB cues Cue-Z Cameron Custom Cues HEIDRICH CUSTOM CUES WEBB CUSTOM CUES... Read more

LUCASI AMATEUR SHOOTOUT – STROKER’S INAUGURAL EVENT

On Saturday December 10th, Stroker’s Billiards in London Ontario hosted their first of 4 Lucasi Amateur Shootout events. This is a series of “Amateurs ONLY, 8-Ball” tournaments for players who are 5’s or less on the very successful 404 Tour. 20 eager players turned out this week... Read more

JOHN MORRA WINS ANOTHER ONE

Fifty players showed up for the sixth event of the 404 9-ball Tour at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket this past weekend. Leading the top half of the bracket was Alex Radomski with wins over Duane Leitch (8-5), McEarl Bucais (8-3), Alan Ada (8-4), Mario Morra (7-4) and Tyler Nearing (8-1). Leading the bo... Read more

FEIJEN BRINGS IT HOME FOR EUROPE

EUROPE has successfully defended the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup following a convincing 11-7 victory over the USA at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was Holland’s Niels Feijen, in his seventh Mosconi Cup, who downed the winning 9 ball which sparked mayhem as his team mates flooded the arena. It also delivere... Read more

EUROPE ONE AWAY FROM GLORY

TEAM EUROPE is now one match away from retaining the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup after a one-sided blitz on the American team in front of a standing room only crowd at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. After getting the better of things yesterday, the Americans entered the day with high hopes but were battered from start to finish with only Shane Van Boening contributing some red to the score board. Needi... Read more

USA RIGHT BACK IN IT

TEAM USA recovered from a first day hammering at the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup as they put themselves right back into contention, winning three matches to Europe’s two at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Stellar performances from the Americans saw them level the match at 4-4, before the Europeans derailed their momentum to take the final two games and move into the fourth day with a two point lead.[c... Read more

EUROPE ENJOY SUPERB OPENING DAY

AFTER the first day’s play at the 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup, Team Europe holds a commanding 4-1 lead as they cashed in on some tentative play from the Americans at the MGM Grand. Aside from Archer and Putnam’s solid show in the first doubles match of the tournament, none of the Americans were firing on all cylinders and captain Charlie Williams will have a job to do for tomorrow. Europe by... Read more

2011 MOSCONI CUP STREAMING

The 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup will take place from Thursday, December 8 to Sunday, December 11 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. With four days of play, there are 21 matches in total with one point for each match won. The first team to reach 11 points wins the 2011 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup. CLICK HERE for the Live Stream (21 matches, race to 6, alternate break, first Team to 1... Read more

CHINA'S DEADLY DUO STOPPED: EAST VS WEST DREAM MATCH SET FOR FINALS

Hangzhou, China - World #1 Siming Chen and her partner 2x World Cup winner Li Hewen turned out to be China's strongest team. They had landslide victories over Germany, Japan, and a 9-0 re-match against Japan again in the quarter-finals. But they would be tested against the defending champions from Philippines, Reyes and Amit. And vice-versa for the Filipinos. In a match that had everything and... Read more

ENGLAND COMEBACK! FISHER & OSBORNE THRILL IN CHINA AT TAOBAO WORLD MIXED DOUBLES

Hangzhou,China- Team England's Allison Fisher and Craig Osborne fought their way from death to overcome pre-tournament favorite China en route to a semi-final birth at the Taobao.com World Mixed Doubles. England fell behind at the end of the match, but... Read more

REYES & AMIT ESCAPE: DRAMATIC MOMENTS AT TAOBAO WORLD MIXED DOUBLES

Hangzhou,China- Efren Reyes and Rubilen Amit are en route to defend their World Mixed Doubles title as they eked out another 8-7 victory over the very strong Chinese Taipei Team of Pei Chen Tsai and Fong Pang Chao. This year's event is exponentiall... Read more

TAOBAO WORLD MIXED DOUBLES DAY 1: ARCHER & LEE FIT WELL

Hangzhou, China- Team USA's Archer and Lee looked strong along with great performances by Japan and China. Defending champions Efren Reyes and Rubilen Amit struggled with a 8-7 narrow victory over Indonesia. But many blowouts on Day 1 of the Taobao World Mixed Doubles. USA's Archer and Lee looked super solid as they took down a strong match over China's Zhou Dou Dou and Wang Can. The teenage duo... Read more

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

John Morra continued his winning streak this past weekend on the 404 Tour held at Shooters Billiards in Toronto. John took care of business on the B-side while his father, Mario Morra took care of the A-Side. It's no coincidence that these two Morra's meet in the finals on a regular basis. The talent comes naturally. In the end, the two finalists decided to share the winni... Read more

CHINA VS EUROPE: FU XIAOFANG VS MIKA IMMONEN

Hangzhou, China - China will take on Europe in two separate matches during the World Mixed Doubles. In the first, China's team of Xiaofang Fu and Haitao Liu will take on Finland's World Champion Mika Immonen and Marika Poikkioiki. Then China's Siming Chen and Hewen Li will go against Germany's Thorsten Hohmann and Neslihan Gurel. Both matches will be televised. More people will watch the World Mi... Read more

BILLIONAIRE INTERNET GIANT TAOBAO.COM TITLE SPONSORS WORLD MIXED DOUBLES!

Hangzhou, China- Taobao.com, one of the world's top 20 most visited internet sites, will be the title sponsor of the now re-named Taobao World Mixed Doubles. Taobao coming on board as a mainstream sponsor of the World Mixed Doubles is a major achievement for the sport of billiards. This is the first billiards event the company has been a part of. With the joining of Taobao, combined with the alrea... Read more

BREAK SHOT PATTERNS - HOW TO CLOSE 14.1 RACKS LIKE A PRO

Phil Capelle's new book and DVD have just been published. The 288 page book includes 110 patterns as played by all time greats like Rempe, Hohmann, Sigel, Reyes, Souquet and so many more. The spiral binding makes it easy to set up and practice your position and patterns, and to match your skills with the pros. The 2 hour DVD is adapted from Accu-Stats collection of world class competition as the p... Read more

CHARITY 8-BALL EVENT FOR AYNSLEE LINICK

Shooters Billiards in Toronto hosted a Charity tournament on November 19-20. The event was in support of Aynslee Linick who is a 4 year old girl who has been recently diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, which is a rare and life threatening pediatric cancer. The event was a great success as it drew 44 entries. Some of the teams participating included: Vince McIntyre & Renee Colley John White &... Read more