Congratulations to Alberta’s Tom Finstad for winning the 2017 Western Canadian Championships as he battled against BC’s Charlie Brown, who was on fire for just about the entire tournament.
A shout goes out to all the players that came out to compete and to all the spectators who came to watch.
Snooker Canada would also like to thank all the people that were involved in making this event a great su...
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Once again we have a first time winner at Shooters this past weekend. It seems like every month we are getting a new winner! Capped at 32 to make the tournament a 1 day event there were plenty of strong shooters out of the field. With previous winners showing up in the likes of John Timmermans, Ryann Malinao, and Mario Morra. There were no major upsets throughout the tournaments as the players tha...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to stop 13 winners Bruce Nagle ($1,000 main event), Frank Sorriento ($330 second chance event) & David Dumas ($1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner)
Stop # 14 will be at Hippo's The House Of Billiards in Utica NY on April 8 & 9. This event was originally scheduled to be at Salt City Billiards, but do to the recent fire there it has been moved to Hippo's. We would all like t...
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Gail Eaton, a.k.a. “Virginia Slim”, secured her second Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Billiards Tour victory this year, overcoming an impressive field of 25 semi-professional players to capture the tour’s March Madness 9-Ball Event, and third stop on the 2017 calendar. Eaton faced off with Houston’s Terry “The Terrorizer” Petrosino in the finals, where Petrosino defeated Eaton the first set, 7-5, but...
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The 8-ball tiles at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes in the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira, Portugal, have been awarded. Jouni Tahti (FIN), Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) and Jani Uski (FIN) have snatched the coveted titles in the 8-ball individuals.
In the men’s division, Jani Uski started out as an underdog in the discipline. His victims on the way into...
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Former Junior World Championship contender, Jacob Watson, came from behind to claim the 35-player open 9-ball division, his first-ever open division win on the Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour. After losing the hot seat match to Eric Charlton, 7-6, Watson fought his way back, ousting Charlton in the finals, 7-0, 7-5. Watson reached yet another milestone in his short, but successful playing career,...
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MATCHROOM SPORT can announce the 12 event series that will determine three of the five spots on the European Mosconi Cup team as they bid to extend their run of successive victories to eight this December in Las Vegas. The events fall into three categories; ‘World Events’ of which there are two; European ‘A’ events, numbering five and European ‘B’ events of which there are also five.
Unlike...
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At the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes in the Salgados Palace Hotel in Albufeira, Portugal, the gold medals in 10-ball have been awarded. Kurt Deklerck (BEL), Amalia Matas (ESP) and Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) have taken the titles in their respective division.
It is the first European Champion title for the 23-year-old Bijsterbosch. After having eliminate...
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WITH FOUR events played in the 15 event series to determine the top ten players eligible for Team USA, it is veteran and former Mosconi MVP Dennis Hatch who heads the list, having pointed at two of the four events played. Behind him is another former MVP in Rodney Morris, while other former Mosconi players Shane Van Boening, Johnny Archer, Oscar Dominguez and Justin Hall help fill out the to...
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Kristina Tkach (RUS) and Niels Feijen (NED) have just won the gold medals in the straight pool discipline of the Dynamic Billard European Championships in Albufeira, Portugal.
In the men’s division, „The Terminator“ Niels Feijen played an outstanding tournament. Having won the coveted title in straight pool already 5-times before, Feijen really had an incentive this time. His A-status with the Dut...
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As always Shooters has the biggest tournament in Toronto with the biggest payout with just over $15,000 up for grabs. Who wouldn’t want to come out to win that kind of dough? There were both regulars and irregulars that showed up for this event. There was the return of Jeet K, Martin Yacobazzo and Jeff Dick just to name a few. However, most of the tournament favorites were the regulars, this was d...
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2017 Mosconi Cup
Team USA qualification series announced
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce the Official Mosconi Cup Team USA Ranking Events for the 2017 Europe v USA match which takes place at the Tropicana, Las Vegas from 4th to 7th December. The roster has been set at 15 events, a reduction from 2016, with all tournaments on 7 foot tables having been dropped at the behest of the...
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The final OBSA amateur tour event has finished and what a battle down to the wire for who will be the tour champion!!! and who would make the top 3!!
Paul Duell
The points leader Paul Duell started the day with a couple strong wins until he hit a wall called Waleed Hashem in the 3rd round who sent Paul to the B side. Brad Guth...
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BARRY HEARN has pledged that the new Matchroom Sport Charitable Foundation will make hundreds of thousands of pounds available to charitable causes, as the world-leading sports promotions company launched its latest initiative.
Hearn founded Matchroom in 1982 and over the past 35 years it has donated millions of pounds to a wide-range of charities throughout its many sporting activities. Ma...
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Everyone,Congratulations to stop # 12 winners Nelson Oliveira ($1,000, main event), Jeff Smolen ($320, second chance event) & Melissa LaTour ($1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner)Stop # 13 will take place on March 18 & 19 at our newest host room, King Smiley Billiards in Fort Edward NY (near Glens Falls NY). Owner Adam Devoe deserves much thanks for his generosity in hosting our $1,500/$500 added...
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Traveling can lead some of the best experiences that you will have during your life but it can also be very expensive. Unless you are lucky enough to win the jackpot at Vegas Palms Online Casino you will probably have to save up before you can go on your next trip. However, there are several ways that you can save money on traveling without cutting back on any of the experiences that you may have....
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left to right—Orietta Strickland, Kim Pierce, Chris Fields, Jennifer Pavlovick
The OB Cues Ladies 9-Ball Tour, the largest and longest running regional tour in the country, also a member of NAPT (North American Pool Tour), hosted 64 players at Rusty’s Billiards in Arlington, TX the weekend of February 4-5. OB Cues has been...
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Welcome to the 7th amateur 9 ball event of the season. Just as notice there are no more $150 spots for the 47 Extravaganza this coming weekend. There are still, however, a limited amount of spots at $175 so make sure you get your entry before it gets bumped up to $200. This was a very chilly weekend last week which gives us good reason to be inside hustling! The field was capped at 32 players to k...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to Stop # 11 winners, Zion Zvi ($1,700 main event), Al McGuane ($360 second chance event), Seamus Sweeney ($1,500 Joss cue raffle winner), Jeremy Sossei (entry into the Super Billiards Expo pro event provided by Allen Hopkins for being our 2015/2016 Tour Point Champion) & all of this years New England Pool & Billiard Hall Of Fame Inductees.
Congratulations as well t...
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Once again, former Junior World Championship contender, Jacob Watson, took the 59-player, Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour amateur 9-ball division by storm, defeating Elias Garza in the finals, 5-2. Watson went undefeated to win his second, consecutive amateur 9-ball division title. Manny Chau came from behind to claim the 53-player, Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour open 9-ball division, after...
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