It is with great sadness that we announce that one of our own legends has passed away this week.
Robert Paquette, from the province of Quebec, passed away on May 7, 2016. Mr. Paquette was one of the most talented and feared snooker players this country has ever seen.
There are too many accomplishments to list over the decades that Mr. Paquette was involved with snooker, however, some of them incl...
Read more
There are 6 events total at 4 venues. The dates and locations have all been carefully coordinated so that you can play them all. Since, we anticipate this year's 'Swing' events to fill, we want to make sure that all the professional players get entries in as soon as possible. Also, please forward this email to anyone that you think these events may be worth sharing with, such as sponsors, brand ma...
Read more
Snooker Canada is excited to announce the addition of 2 new major tournaments, which will be added to the Canadian Snooker Tour calendar in 2017.
The first one is for the western part of the country, which has sadly been neglected for far too long. The Western Canadian Championships, after a very long absence, will come back in 2017, with the host city to be Calgary, in the province of Alberta.
T...
Read more
In our desire to be good stewards of the game the organizing committee for the 2016 Toronto World 8-Ball Tournament are announcing the cancellation of that event. After awarding the event to Toronto for 2016 the WPA received an offer from a promoter in China to hold a World 8-Ball Tournament for both men and women with a prize fund for each division of $300,000 per event. While the timing of this...
Read more
On Sunday, April 24, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto hosted a unique tournament for its low-level amateur players. This time around it was a "2-3 and 4-5" Group Shootout 9-Ball Tournament. Players SL 2-5 came out to compete in two separate brackets, “2-3” and “4-5”. This tournament format rewarded the top 6 from each group with a small payout, before combining the two groups and redrawing for a f...
Read more
Thirty-nine players showed up the weekend of March 19-20th at Legend’s Billiards in League City, TX to play in the second stop of 2016 on the OB Cues Ladies Tour. Top players from all over Texas and one new player from Alabama were gunning for the $775 first place prize in this event. With the awesome hospitality offered by Mindy and Craig Cohen and their staff, it was destined to be a great wee...
Read more
One month after the previous 7 and Under tournament, on April 23, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto hosted its fourth 7 and Under 9-Ball Straight Race Event. This tournament always seems to put the strongest players SL 7 and under in the spotlight. Because there was a “2-3” and “4-5” Group Shootout 9-Ball tournament scheduled for the following day, the organizers set this as a one-day event. With a...
Read more
On April 17, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto hosted another low handicap one-day event. This time around, it was an 8-Ball tournament inviting players SL 2-4 to compete in this double elimination format. With 36 players registered, the total number of amateur players competing during the weekend, including the Amateur Finale, was 92 players! While the final 12 Amateur Finale players competed for...
Read more
On April 16 and 17th, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto held its 9-Ball Amateur Tour Finale. After 8 successful Amateur events, the Finale was highly anticipated by the players because it included an added bonus of 15% held back from each of the 8 events and additional added money on top! 56 qualified players came out to compete for massive prize payout larger than $8,000 including Calcutta. The to...
Read more
The third and final Eight-ball qualifier was held at Petrina’s on April 20th. The 8 participants were vying for a spot in this years Canadian Championships to be staged in Quebec City the first week of May. The Canadian Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) sanctions the Ontario Billiards and Snooker Association to represent cuesports in the province of Ontario. This spring the directorship has...
Read more
When the some of the province’s best pool players gather it is an event! When some of the province’s best pool players partner up in doubles competition it is a battle! On the weekend of April 16th twenty-one pairs of pool players participated in partners pool tournament at Petrina’s. The “shoot-until-you-miss”, maximum 16 handicap format witnessed great run-outs and seemingly illogical shots at t...
Read more
2016 Mosconi Cup - Rocket on top after Don Coates win
AFTER EIGHT events on the Official Mosconi Cup Team USA Ranking list, it is Rodney Morris who leads the way following a win at the Chinook Winds 8 Ball Open. Having had a great start to the MC qualifying season, the ‘Rocket’ is looking to make a return to the side following his last appearance in 2013. A Mosconi Cup MVP back in 2003, Morris ha...
Read more
3 events got wrapped up this weekend, 2 in Montreal and one in Kitchener.
In Montreal
Ghislain Bourdages was victorious over Ali Shafique by a scoreline of 3-2
Yves Horth won his battle with league leader, Stephane Martineau 3-2
In Kitchener
Newcomer Lobsang Lama wins over Rifleman, Jesse Piercey 3-1
Who is this guy, a run of 141 ! When was the last time anyone accomplished that in this country??
Read more
With solid performances, Mark Gray (GBR) won the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open and Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) won the Ballazzo Austrian Women’s Open in Alpina Sports and Wellness Hotel in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria.
Mark Gray and Jasmin Ouschan
The men’s final was played between highly favored Mark Gray and underdog Ronald Regli (S...
Read more
We had a fantastic turnout for the OBSA Provincial 8-Ball Qualifier at Tony's Billiards in Guelph yesterday. Strong players from all over Ontario came out to win one of three spots in the Canadian 8 ball Open. Players like Andy Aupin both Harvey Shognosh and Pod- A-Guy as well as local favorites Paul Duell and Rob Brandenburg. Almost 30 players gathered for a quick ($1300) Calcutta before play was...
Read more
This past weekend, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto hosted two one-day tournaments on Saturday and Sunday. The amateur tournaments yielded a total of 80 players and over $6,200 in prize money to be paid out. The second event took place on Sunday, April 10th. This event was Shooters’ “25” 9-Ball Tournament, welcoming low level amateurs SL 2-5 players from across the GTA to compete in this one-day e...
Read more
This past weekend, Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto hosted two one-day tournaments on Saturday and Sunday. The amateur tournaments yielded a total of 80 players and over $6,200 in prize money to be paid out. The first event on Saturday, April 9th was Shooters’ 404 Tour Event #8. This 9-ball tournament welcomed players SL 4-13 in its final event before the added money finale on April 30 and May 1....
Read more
The final matches of this year’s Dynamic Billard European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair Athletes have been played. The last titles were taken by Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL), Henrik Larsson (SWE) and Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP).
The men’s final was more or less a one man show from Sanchez-Ruiz. His opponent Joshua Filler (GER) could not find into the match at all and when he was at the ta...
Read more
Joshua Filler (GER) has just ended Austria’s hopes to receive another Gold Medal in the men’s 9-ball division at the Dynamic Billard European Championships in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria, by eliminating Albin Ouschan (AUT) 9:3. Joshua Filler (GER)
It seems to be a tough day for Austrian pool today. The national TV station is he...
Read more
Roberto Bartol (CRO) upset the pool world at the Dynamic Billard European Championships in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria, by eliminating highly favored Nick van den Berg (NED) with 9:8 from the event in the round of the last 64 players.
Maybe it is a curse that lies on van den Berg when he plays against a Bartol. Two years ago, he lost to Roberto’s brother Michel in North Cyprus at the European Champi...
Read more
