When it became evident that a pre-scheduled gladiator team tournament was not going to be successful Petrina’s shifted gears midstream and organized a last minute singles bar-box tournament. Twenty players converged on Petrina’s even though there were several other events scheduled in the GTA. Petrina’s added $500 and the game was afoot. With the attendance of Derek Bedard (8), Jason Williams (9),...
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On September 26th we had a gathering of eleven senior players (+55) for a little tourney that will hopefully grow into something more. We will be scheduling another event very soon.
The first round was round-robin play with all players playing each other three times. From the three groups eight players were advanced to a handicapped single elimination tournament.
The winner ultimately was Paul Ne...
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September 27 - Petrina’s hosted a Canadian Qualifier for the Amateur Pool Player Tournament to be held in Orlando, Florida in November. This event was completely sponsored by Petrina’s to guarantee Canadian participation south of the border. The field of this event was thirty two deep with the likes of Al Smart, Derrick Claus, Terry Martin, Alex Marsilii, Timothy Bristow, Brian Belobradic, and Mi...
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25 000 Gentlemen in the GTA were introduced to the game of snooker this past weekend and the energy at the Metro Center in Downtown Toronto was magical.
A snooker table at a trade show geared exclusively to men? Why not? Beer companies were there, so were poker companies, car companies, James Bond booths, and a whack of other stuff trying to get their attention.
Also, as part of our documentary m...
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In a final that was mainly determined by one man, Albin Ouschan (AUT) defeated „The Maharaja“ Imran Majid (GBR) clearly with 9:2.
The early stage of the final match was determined by equal shotmaking of both players. Consequently, the scoreboard displayed 2:2 after four racks. In rack six, the referee called a foul shot on Majid which he disagreed with. However, Ouschan got to the table and manage...
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Fedor Gorst, 15-year-old player from Moscow, Russia, just came up with a magnificent comeback against Nick van den Berg (NED), winning the match with 9:8.
In the beginning everything looked like business as usual. Nick van den Berg, multiple European Champion and winner of 3 Euro-Tour stops, Mosconi Cup team player, was definitely favored over young talent Fedor Gorst. He took a quick 8:3 lead and...
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Congratulations to Ryan Van Heste for his 1st Place finish in the 1st event of the Royal City Challenge’s 3rd Season.. and congratulations to Jeff Robson for his 2nd Place finish.
Jeff Robson and Ryan Van Heste
Results:
Place
Player
Payout
Calcutta
1st
Ryan Van Heste
$560
$900
2nd
Jeff Robson
$295
$470
3rd
Pod Shogn...
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Point Of View Pool Media - Los Angeles
Article by: Geraldine Thibodeau of Point Of View Pool Media
In almost any arena, when one stands alone in this day and age, creating any sort of change or impact can be a tough nut to crack. In the recent weeks, a small amount of artistic pool players have decided to take a stand against the World Pool Association’s, Artistic Pool Division (WPA-APD). On Sep...
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Another season of the long running ‘404’ series kicked off this past weekend (September 26th & 27th) at the Shooters Snooker & Sports Club in North York. Fifty–eight players were registered when the tournament started with many new faces again competing for the tournament title. New players in the Shooters tournaments are beginning to represent almost 20% of the tournament field.
After wra...
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World Champion Francisco "Django" Bustamante is one of the most awesome champions in billiards history. East vs West, The Real Rivalry begins November 19th. The Legend starts...Manila, Philippines- Efren is going to have his #1 hitman on his Team East. Francisco Bustamante will be bringing his A game for Asia as another world...
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Players & Fans,
Congratulations to Stop # 1 winner Mike Dechaine ($1,050 - main event), Ross Webster ($360 - second chance event) & the $1,700 custon, engraved Joss Cue raffle winner, Colin Maloney
Mike Dechaine
On Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4, the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Salt City Billi...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
Chinese Taipei take World Cup in thriller
The Final
Chinese Taipei 10-8 England B
CHINESE TAIPEI came from 5-1 and 7-4 down to win their first Dafabet World Cup of Pool, beating England B 10-8 in the final.
It looked like a case of so near yet so far yet again for Chinese Taipei, four-...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
It’s England B v Chinese Taipei for WCoP glory
Semi Final Matches
Chinese Taipei 9-6 England A
England B 9-7 Japan
THE FINAL OF the 2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool will be between fourth seeds Chinese Taipei and 15th seeds England B as they both enjoyed victories this afternoon in London.
First the Taiwanese team defeated a completely out-of-sorts England A t...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
Quarter Final Matches
England A (1) 9-3 Romania
England B (15) 9-4 Finland (10)
THERE WAS double joy for English pool fans as both their sides won through to tomorrow’s semi-finals of the Dafabet World Cup of Pool with excellent wins in Bethnal Green. First the holders England A rolled over Romania who had done fantastically well to reach the last eight in t...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
Quarter Final Matches
Chinese Taipei (4) 9-5 Austria
Japan (14) 9-4 Qatar
THERE WERE quarter-final wins for Chinese Taipei and Japan as the Dafabet World Cup of Pool continued in London on Saturday afternoon. The Taiwanese overcame a very unlucky Austrian side to book their fifth World Cup semi-final of which they’ve yet to win one. In the other match, Jap...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
Qatar march on as Philippines exit early
Round 2 Scores
Qatar 7-3 Czech Republic
Finland (10) 7-4 Singapore
England B (15) 7-4 Philippines (2)
Friday evening was a tale of contrasting fortunes as Qatar put on a masterful performance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history and the Philippines crashed out, failing to make the last eight f...
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Manila, Philippines- Some of the biggest brands of the billiard world have now joined the Kings Cup. European and American champions will go against Asia's champions on November 19th at Resorts World Manila Casino & Hotel in the inaugural Kings Cup! In what surely will become the most epic rivalry in cue sports, the pool world is about to get rocked in a war that fans have been dreaming about for...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
Taiwan looking the part as round two continues
Round 2 Scores
Austria (5) 7-2 France
Romania 7-5 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei (4) 7-3 Poland (13)
THERE WERE three more second round matches today at the Dafabet World Cup of Pool as minnows Romania continued their great run with a come-from-behind win over Indonesia. Austria and Chinese Taipei both had comfortable win...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
England A through as Japan oust Holland
Round 1 Scores
England B (15) 7-4 Sweden
Round 2 Scores
Japan (14) 7-6 Holland (3)
England A (1) 7-0 Korea (16)
ENGLAND A AND JAPAN became the first two teams through to the quarter finals of the 2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool as they enjoyed contrasting victories against Korea and Holland respectively. England A, c...
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2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool
More seeds bite the dust as round one draws to a close
Round 1 Scores
Czech Republic 7-3 Spain (11)
Finland (10) 7-4 Belgium
Singapore 7-5 Greece (7)
TWO MORE seeded teams crashed out of the 2015 Dafabet World Cup of Pool as the penultimate session of round one matches continued at the York Hall. The #11 seeds Spain were well beaten by unfancied Czech Republi...
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