The Ontario Billiards and Snooker Association is the governing body for cue sports in Ontario. For too many years the OBSA has been focussed primarily on snooker. The OBSA is changing to meet the demands of players and as such will begin hosting events in all fields of cue sports, snooker, eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball, etc. across the province. The OBSA is sanctioned by the Canadian Billiards a...
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CueSports International, Henderson, NV (March 7, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce the 2016 US Open One Pocket Championship and the 2016 US Open Straight Pool Championship. Both events will be held April 18-24 at Pool Table Magic in Windsor Locks, CT (just a short drive from the Super Billiards Expo which concludes April 17).
US OPEN ONE...
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The second event of the Ontario Falcon Series was played this weekend where both amateurs and pros would compete together in a $2,000 added tournament. With 36 players registering it would come down to Pro versus AA in the final, who would prevail ? Erik Hjorleifson had to come from the B side to get a shot at Tom Frazer in the finals and beat him twice in a true double elimination if he wanted to...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to Stop # 11 winners, Jayson Shaw ($1,750 main event), Justin Muller ($300 second chance event), Joe Duperry ($1,700 Joss cue raffle winner) & all of the New England Pool & Billiard Hall Of Fame Inductees.
On March 12 & 13, stop # 12 of The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Trick Shot Billiards & Sports Pub in Clifton Park (near Albany) NY. Tim & Julie Berlin de...
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The Fall Session of the Ontario Chapter of the North American Poolshooters Association, NAPA Ontario, Thursday Night 8 Ball Singles League at Petrina’s Tap and Billiards in Ajax just finished it’s Regular Session and Playoffs. Here are the results.
Session and Playoff Payouts
Regular Session 1st Place - $720.00 - The Underdogs
Regular Session 2nd Place - $360.00 - Lil Puckers
Playoffs Tier A 1st...
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The most anticipated and most elite billiards event in the Rocky Mountain states in it's 9th straight year, the 2016 Wyoming Open
Saratoga, Wyoming- The mega pool stars return to the 9th Andy Cloth Wyoming Open! 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball, Saratoga, and the Wyoming State Junior Championships will be the disciplines to master at the 3 day Rocky Mountain pool extravaganza taking place on April 1-3,...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2016 Jay Swanson Memorial 9-Ball “The Swanee” matches have been released on the CSI YouTube Channel. Fifteen (15) matches featuring notable players such as Rodney Morris, Oscar Dominguez, Ernesto Dominguez, Vilmos Foldes, Amar Kang, and many more can be viewed in their entirety – absolutely free!
The 2...
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Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto continued their run of unique events this past Sunday, February 27, 2016. After the first of its kind the week before, Shooters hosed a second consecutive ‘3-5’ Extended race 9-Ball Tournament. The players loved it last week, and so the organizers brought it back just one week later! Because this event was also Shooters’ second one-day event of the weekend, the fie...
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Shooters Snooker Club hosted its 7th Event in its Amateur Tour Series this past Saturday, February 27, 2016. This 9-ball event welcomed players SL 4-9 to compete for a $1,320 prize pool and $850 Calcutta. The field was capped at 32 players to allow the tournament to be a one-day event to accommodate for Shooters’ ‘3-5’ Extended Race 9-Ball Event the following day. With the field of 32 players rang...
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2016 Mosconi Cup
Fortunski wins in Italy to head MC ranking
MIESKO FORTUNSKI is yet another in a long line of Polish players to make an impact in Europe as he won the Italian Open on the Euro Tour last week to take the early lead in the 2106 Team Europe Mosconi Cup rankings. The young Pole defeated seasoned vet Ralf Souquet who is himself looking to make his record-equalling 17th appearance in...
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London local Dave Parker was too strong this weekend in his home town, plowing through to win The Canadian Snooker Tour #33.
With only a few weeks to go before the end of the season, a full field battled it out in London with new players coming down from different directions, Vishal from Brampton, Lobsang from Toronto, and a host of others came in to join the action.
In the end , it was Kevin Brow...
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PITTSBURGH—Feb. 29, 2016—The Women’s Professional Billiard Association is proud to announce the first Rivers U.S. Open taking place March 9–13 with semi-finals & finals coverage live on ESPN3. Competing in the billiard event will be 48 of the top-ranked women pool players from around the world. People who watch the tournament will see why playing pool is not just a bar-room pastime, but a spor...
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Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) just won the Dynamic Billard Italian Open for Women in Treviso, Italy, with an easy 7:1 victory over Christine Wiechert (GER).
Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
It was Wiechert’s first appearance in a Euro-Tour final and she has had already several tough matches behind her so she seemed to be a bit tired and worn out...
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Mieszko Fortunski (POL) has just won the Dynamic Billard Italian Open with a 9:6 victory over Ralf Souquet (GER) in the final match. It is his first Euro-Tour victory ever.
Mieszko Fortunski (POL)
The final match was determined by equal chances and play from both players. The decision came in the 14th rack. Fortunski was 7:6...
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Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) is through to the stage of the final 16 players single elimination at the Dynamic Billard Italian Open in Treviso. With an outstanding performance so far today, he defeated Daniel Maciol (POL) 9:5, then Mario He (AUT) in a 9:8 thriller and finally "Fabulous" Fabio Petroni (ITA) 9:5 in the single elimination rounds. Ekonomopoulos seems to be on fire these days and he will...
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This past weekend Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto held two unique one-day events for players of varying skill levels. The first event on February 20 was the Amateur Elites SL 9 and under 9-Ball straight race event. The next day, on February 21, Shooters hosted the 3-5 Extended Race 9-Ball tournament. This one-day event invited players SL3 to SL5 to race to their handicap +1 in order to compete fo...
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This past weekend Shooters Snooker Club in Toronto held two unique one-day events for players of varying skill levels. The first event on February 20 was the Amateur Elites SL 9 and under 9-Ball straight race event. The next day, on February 21, Shooters hosted the 3-5 Extended Race 9-Ball tournament. This one-day event invited players SL3 to SL5 to race to their handicap +1 in order to compete fo...
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The first day of the Dynamic Billard Italian Open in the BHR Best Western Hotel in Treviso, Italy, has proven one thing for sure: the level and standard of European pool billiards is extremely high.
Mika Immonen (FIN)
lear victories were presented by two European star players who have decided to live in the United States these...
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Snooker Canada is pleased to announce that Alberta has hosted it’s first event for a player to qualify for the $25 000 Richler Cup, Canada’s largest snooker tournament.
In a 2 part qualifier series, the first victory goes to veteran Ken Bartko, who managed to get by Chase Cyr, a talented up and coming player who recently got his first century break, an exciting achievement.
The second part of the...
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The first tournament of the 2016 Dynamic Billard Euro-Tour series, the Italian Open is about to be launched in lovely Treviso, Italy, at the BHR Best Western Treviso Hotel. As many as 185 players have enrolled for the open event, coming from far away places like United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and even Vietnam. For the first time, the Vietnamese national pool team is present at a Euro-Tour event. Th...
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