One week away from the Colossus! With the 37 10 ball being the last tournament until the Colossus there was a full one day field of 32 players getting ready. We had a full range of players today with quite a few lower handicaps playing and a few 7s. Some of the favourites this tournament included: Vince Chrysler, John Andrade, and Norm Santos.
The final 8 included Martin Yacabazzo versus Brad Guth...
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AFTER A HIATUS in 2016, the World Cup of Pool returns to London as the iconic York Hall once again plays host to the prestigious pairs event from 13th to 18th June. The East London venue has a storied pool history having staged the Mosconi Cup on eight occasions as well as the World Cup in 2013 and 2015.
This will be the 11th running of the World Cup of Pool and features 32 two-player teams...
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J.C. Torres took the open 9-ball division by storm, going undefeated to win his first title on the Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour. Torres bested Brian Rosenbaum, 7-4, in the first set of the true, double elimination final, to claim his first-ever, tour victory. In the amateur 9-ball division, Pete Charles found himself face-to-face with J.C. Torres in the final match, who had the opportunity to d...
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This week’s 404 has come and gone. With tournaments all across Toronto Shooters managed to get 28 players out this weekend. With hype leading up to the Silver Jubilee Colossus everyone is getting their tournament time in. There have been a lot of different winners this season at Shooters Snookerclub. Some of whom showed up this weekend in the form of: Rob Hall, John Timmermans, Dean Mcnaughton, et...
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WITH THREE more events played on the USA Mosconi Cup ranking, it’s that man again as Shane Van Boening once again tops the list after winning the Pro Players Championship at the Super Billiards Expo. That’s brings the total of events played up to seven as the South Dakota Kid looks to make his 11th appearance in the event.
2017 Moscon...
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World Snooker Championship to be Broadcast throughout the Americas and the Indian Sub-Continent Live On Facebook
Broadcast of snooker’s biggest tournament will be available in new territories through a partnership with Facebook Live.
The Betfred World Championship runs from April 15 to May 1 and the entire tournament* will be broadcast live on Facebook throughout North and South Amer...
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Gail “Virginia Slim” Eaton came out on top amidst an impressive field of 27 semi-professional players to capture the Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Billiards Tour April Fool’s 9-Ball Event. Eaton captured the hot seat over Robyn Petrosino, 7-2, while Terry Petrosino made her way through the one-loss side, to meet Eaton in the finals. Eaton slid by Petrosino in the final game of the hill-hill thriller...
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Souquet consolidates position at the top
GERMANY’S RALF SOUQUET tightened his grip at the top of the European 2017 Mosconi Cup rankings with another great performance as he finished in the top four of the recent Portuguese Open in Salgados. With no ‘World’ events having taken place yet, the ‘European’ and ‘World’ rankings a...
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By Ted Lerner
WPS Media Officer
Photos By JP Parmentier/WPS
(New York City)–Playing with an almost surreal poise and skill that belies his obvious youth, 18 year old Albanian Klenti Kaci captured the Aramith Masters Championship on Saturday in New York City with a two sets to nil win over the Philippines Carlo Biado, and at the same time laid claim to being the most promising young rising star in...
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Ralf Souquet Advances Via One of 12 Match-Deciding Shootouts As The Aramith Masters Goes Down To The Final 16
By Ted LernerWPS Media OfficerPhotos By JP Parmentier/WPS
(New York City)–One of the unique new features of the World Pool Series is the implementation of the shootout to decide matches that end up tied with one...
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The last of the Silver Jubilee qualifiers just past this weekend. 78 players came out to this week’s final event to qualify for the final in a few weeks. There was plenty of money up for grabs, about $5,700 in the prize pool and another $5,740 in the calcutta. There were many sharp shooters and favourites that came out. In the higher ranks you had: Ryann Malinao, Rob Hall, Rod Arsenault, and Jesse...
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Three Quarter Of A Million People Catch Upstart Greek Damianos Giallourakis Take Down Defending Champion Chinahov On Day 1 Of The Aramith Masters In New York
By Ted LernerWPS Media OfficerPhotos by JP Parmentier
(New York City)– The early stages of major pool tournaments generally see a few surprises from upstarts taking down big names. But Day 1 of the Aramith Masters, the 2nd ...
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Snooker Canada is pleased to announce the payouts for Canada’s Largest Snooker Tournament, The Richler Cup.
You spoke, we listened !
In doing so, we are happy to be implementing some fundamental changes to the game’s organizational & payment structure, which we feel will be better for the overall development of the sport.
Change #1: Lose the asterix *
We have said many times that annnouncing one...
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90 Players From Around The Globe Set For Battle On The 2nd Leg Of The World Pool Series In New York.
By Ted LernerWPS Media Officer
(New York City)–The very best in professional 8-ball takes center stage as the Aramith Masters, the second leg of the World Pool Series(WPS), is all set to commence on Wednesday morning at the Steinway Café-Billiards in Queens, New York City.
After a highly successful...
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Here are the results from the latest Falcon Tour tournament on April 1st-2nd at Dooly's Edmundston in New Brunswick.
Chris Dempsey
1 Chris Dempsey 1,000 $
2 Martin Daigle 655 $
3 Danny Hewitt 470 $
4 Jeff Blais 340 $
5-6 Réjean Ringuette 240 $
5-6 Serge Therrien 240$
7-8 Patrick Desbiens 180 $
7-8 Tom Thériault 180 $
Second...
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Corey Deuel swept all three pro events during the historic 10th Wyoming Open
Saratoga, Wyoming- "They're going to have to start giving away participation trophies next year because of Corey". That was the statement made by former US Open Champion Rodney Morris, the player with the most success in Wyoming....
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Corey Deuel looking very mighty and in form as he tries to become the first player to ever sweep all the pro events in the most anticipated and most elite billiards event in the Rocky Mountain states during the historic 10th Wyoming Open
Saratoga, Wyoming- The Prince of Pool is royally beating the compet...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- The 10th AndyClothUSA.com Wyoming Open has grown again. The 7 division tournaments event filled up all of its 200 player fields 6 weeks before the tournament date, a new record. They have expanded the field and added more tables to accommodate the popular event that will feature 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Saratoga, and the Wyoming State Junior Champi...
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WITH TWO EVENTS having taken place on the European Mosconi Cup ranking, Europe’s all-time appearance record holder Ralf Souquet is once again in the box seat as he heads up the World and European rankings as qualification gets underway in earnest.
‘The Kaiser’ has made a total of 16 Mosconi Cup appearances from 1994 up to 2013...
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At the 2017 Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes in the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira, Portugal, the Gold Medals in the 9-ball individuals have been awarded. Jouni Tahti (FIN), Kelly Fisher (GBR) and Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) are the title holders for the next year.
In the men’s division, Ruslan Chinakhov played against Ronald Regli (SUI) in the final mat...
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