On the morning of January 13, 2011 good friend and pool player Walter Demchuk (also know as Moose) passed away. He is survived by his wife Betsy, and his brother Boris. I first met Moose in a Saturday afternoon tournament at "The Fan Sports Bar & Cafe" in Toronto...I think he beat me. He was an entertaining player and always a nice addition to any tournament. Moose will be missed by many.
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The 24th annual Music City Open has concluded at JOB's Billiards in Nashville, Tennessee and our champion this year is Johnny Archer who had to overcome Jonathon Pinegar (Hennessee) by beating him twice in a true double-elimination final set.
Pinegar and Archer both took fairly direct roads to get to the finals. Pinegar arrived there undefeated so Archer's task was to beat him not just once but tw...
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Tyler Nearing lost his first match to Ed Muere and came back to win 11 straight matches from the B-Side to take the first place prize at Shooter's Billiards in Toronto on January 8th and 9th. Tyler's journey through the B-bracket bracket on Sunday included wins over Lyndon Letto, Jeff Dick, Wayne Tate, Vince McIntyre and Robert Johnson. Tyler continued his streak in the finals defeating Raymond...
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The WPBA Masters enjoyed a thrilling conclusion when Jasmin Ouschan of Austria defeated veteran professional and #3 ranked Karen Corr, the "Irish Invader" by the narrowest of margins! With a title on the line, Ouschan broke and ran the rack to the eight ball. Then, for a terrifying second, the eight hung in the pocket... The crowd sucked in a collective breath... and the ball fell in!
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The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort is hosting the best female billiard players in the world this week as the Women's Professional Billiard Association WPBA Masters kicks off the 2011 Women's Pro Billiard Tour season.
16 players have now been eliminated, including: Jacqui Herrera, Scotland's Val Finnie, local Renee Havel, Cheryl Pritchard, top 16 seed Melissa Little (upset by fellow Colorado player...
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The 404 Tour made its 8th tour stop on December 18-19, 2010 at BigWigs Billiards in Newmarket. The list of strong players included defending champion Chris Wood, Raymond Cruz, Tyler Nearing, Robin Bass, Rob Hall and Andy Aupin who finished second in the last event at Shooters in Toronto.
Leading the top half of the bracket was Tyler Nearing with wins o...
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Corey Deuel has defeated Stevie Moore to claim the champions spot at the Turning Stone Classic XVI in Verona, NY.
This week featured some of the most memorable matches of the year with Johnny Archer coming from behind to narrowly escape Karen Corr 9-8 and Dennis Hatch and Earl Strickland shooting at lightning speed in a match that found Hatch emerging the winner. Many of the weeks matches went dou...
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A perfect field of 64 players came out to Shooters Billiards in Toronto on the December 4th-5th for the 7th stop of the 404 Tour. In the top side of the bracket it was Mario Morra making his way to the A-final with wins over Peter Jackson, Al Laugheed, Tyler Nearing, Andy Aupin, Derek Claus. On the bottom side of the bracket, Scott MacDonald was quietly working his way to the A-Final. He had wi...
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Many of Canada's top female players traveled south of the border to compete in the WPBA Tour Championship the the Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls, NY. The competition was tough as the best in the world were in attendance.
Joanne Ashton came up one game short of victory losing 9-8 to Jeanette Lee in the first round. Our reigning 2010 Canadian 9-Ball champion Naomi Williams was sent home in the fou...
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The 2010 World Junior 9-Ball Championships was held November 29th to December 2nd in Reno, Nevada. Brittany Bryant from Guelph, Ontario was there to try and win this event once again. Brittany made her way to the A-Side finals with wins over Hee-Joo Kang (7-4), Keng Chun Lin (7-5), Jauslinn Arnold (7-3). But it was the 15 year old Briana Miller from the United States who took the hot seat with...
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On November 13th – 14th, 2010, the Tiger Canadian Women’s Pool Tour kicked off with the Tour Championships at Shooters Snooker & Sports Bar in North York, Ontario, Canada. Owner John White and John & Kelly Croft of CPA Southern Ontario Pool Leagues sponsored this annual event to support the ladies in their quest of being crowned the 2010 Tiger Products CWPT Champion of Champions.
Without the sup...
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The 2011 Canadian Cue Sports Championships will be hosted again by:
Shooters Snooker and Sports Club
1448 Lawrence Ave. East
Toronto Ontario
The Championships will run from Tuesday, June 7th to Saturday, June 18th. Dates for each division are as follows:
Pool Divisions:
Men's Amateur 9-Ball: Tues, June 7th to Thurs, June 9th
8-Ball (Open & Women's Amateur): Fri, June 10th to Sun, June 12th
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The 6th stop of the 404 Tour was hosted by Big Wigs Billiards in Newmarket, on November 20 and 21. Despite the fact that many of the top players were out of town, the competition remained fierce. Chris Wood won the previous event here in Newmarkat and was looking to defend his title.
Chris had wins over Rob Hall (10-8), Chris Tidman (10-4), Alan Ada (10-2), Brett Lindsay (10-7) and Scott MacDonald...
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The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour stop at Bison Billiards in Williamsville, NY on November 20 - 21 saw one competitor turn in a dominating performance to take the hot-seat and then win a close match against the same opponent again in the finals. It just wasn't the player that was expected in that situation.
As the field of 38 players made their way down to the final matches on Sunday, things were going as e...
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Thirty-seven players showed up on November 18th for CHALLENGE DU ST-LAURENT"`. The event boasted a $20,000 added prize fund.
Leading the top half of the 10-Ball bracket was Martin Daigle with wins over Yan Lalonde, Martin Lalonde, Luc Salvas and Patrick Adam. Leading the bottom half of the bracket was Shane Van Boening with wins over Harold Rousseau, Marc Dumoulin, Danny Hewitt and the current...
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The 404 9-Ball Tour held its 5th event of the season at Shooters Billiards in Toronto on November 6-7th. 55 players showed up for a shot at the $1,000 added prize fund. Andy Aupin was looking very strong making his way to the A-Side finals with a win over the tournament favourite Jason Klatt in the semi-finals. These players also met recently at the U.S. Open in Virginia where Jason took the hi...
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On August 14th, 2010, the Tiger CWPT held it's 4th stop at Petrinas Tap's & Billiards in Ajax, Ontario. Owner, Frank Kakouris, graciously accepted the ladies once again by adding $250.00 to the prize fund. Not only did 15 ladies show up to compete for the championship prize fund, the tour also held it's very first live streaming coverage over the internet via ustream.tv, for the world to see. Deni...
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The Tiger Canadian Women’s Pool Tour held its 4th stop at LeSkratch, Billard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 11th – 12th, 2010. Owner, Tony Retsinas graciously added $1,000 to this stop in knowing that many players would be travelling quite a distance to Montreal.
Although 15 women arrived to battle it out on the green, there were new faces the tour had seen for the first time. This is...
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The Tiger Canadian Women’s Pool Tour held it’s final tour stop on October 2nd, 2010 at Petrinas Taps & Billiards in Ajax, Ontario. Despite a small set back with a host location, Frank Kakouris, owner of Petrinas stepped in to save the day for the ladies and hold the last tour stop before the grand finale coming up in November. Thank you very much Frank for your on-going support of the CWPT!
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It only took two events, but the Dennis Hatch dominance at the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour is back in swing. Hatch waded through a field of 31 other players on October 9th - 10 at Trick Shot Billiards in Clifton Park, NY for his first win of the new season.
Hatch took the hot seat with a one sided 9-1 win over Chance Chin and waited for his opponent in the double elimination finals.
Chin found Jeff Smolen...
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