Snooker Canada has decided to turn back the clock and re-introduce a system that worked very well in this country once upon a time. One country, one league, and 2 conferences will be the components for the up and coming Canadian Snooker Tour. New Snooker League to have a Western & Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference will...
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In the loser’s qualification round of the 8-ball competition at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies in the Alpina Wellness- & Sportshotel in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria, Kent Karlsson (SWE) defeated James Telfer (NED) by a hair’s breadth with 7:6 and eliminated him from the 8-ball individuals.
Kent Karls...
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Henrique Correia (POR) and Christina Moscetti (ITA) won the titles in the 10-ball individuals at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria.
The early stage of the final match was determined by several mistakes from Correia. That allowed Thehu to take a quick 3:1 advantage over Correia. But then he scratched in rack 5 and Correia managed to pull...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
Feijen looking a hot favourite for the Tropicana
Niels Feijen took a commanding lead at the top of the European Mosconi Cup ranking list after winning his second Euro Tour title of the year at the weekend.
The Dutchman was MVP at last year’s PartyPoker Mosconi Cup, which saw Europe earn an 11-5 victory over Team USA in front of a record-breaking crowd in Blackpo...
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Shane turns the screw but it’s wide open for remaining two spots
Shane Van Boening remains the front runner in the 2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup Team USA ranking, but the race for the second and third spots on this year’s team for Las Vegas is hotting up.
Van Boening sits top of the pile after the US Open 10-ball and US Open 8-ball tournaments. He has 72 points, twice as many as second-placed Corey...
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The defending Champion in senior’s straight pool, Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER), won the straight pool division at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors with a 100:54 victory over Vegar Kristiansen (NOR).
Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER)
The final match was packed with action. The early stage saw both players playing at an...
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The defending Champion in senior’s straight pool, Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER), won his match in the single elimination round of the last 32 players over Peter Balint (HUN) at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies with 75:53.
Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER)
What looks quite clear has in reality been a tough str...
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In a high class quality final match, Niels Feijen (NED) defeated Joshua Filler (GER) with 9:7 in the final match of the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open.
Niels Feijen (NED)
The writing was on the wall that this match would be a thriller. And the many spectators in the venue and on the computer screens were not disappointed. To t...
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Joshua Filler (GER) powered past former World Champion Oliver Ortmann (GER) 9:2 in the second winner’s round of the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open.
Joshua Filler (GER)
The match between the two Germans was really a clash between the generations. On one side Ortmann with all his victories and merits in the past, always to be co...
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Who cares about snooker ?
Do you?
This is the question that I have been asking myself for almost 5 years now. It was not something I planned to ask myself, just something that naturally happened along the way while trying to learn more about the game’s history here.
I have spent over 4000 hours on the telephone talking to snooker players & fans all over Canada, and have heard all kinds of fasc...
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Nick Malai (GRE) defeated Austrian top player Albin Ouschan (AUT) with 9:6 in the first winner’s round of the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open.
Nick Malai
There seems to be a curse on Austrian players here in St. Johann. The tournament is held here for the 5th time and never has an Austrian player been able to win the open event...
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Out of the top 65 ranked players in the European Rankings, only one is missing. Apart from that, all European Top players have announced for the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open which will take place from July 30th until August 1st, 2015, in the Alpina Sports- and Wellness Hotel in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria.
The regular Euro-Tour players are joined here by some players who are still here from the You...
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This past weekend, July 25th and 26th 2015, saw another of the summer series of events at the Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. Each of these tournaments has a different format and appears to appeal to a wide range of players, many of whom have never previously attended a Shooters event. This past weekend’s event separated players into two distinct groups. Player feedback for this event was very p...
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The last day of the Dynamic Billard European Championships Youth in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria, saw the final medals being taken.
Teams
In the team competition, Germany had a "Golden Day". Both German teams made it to the finals in the Under 17’s and Under 19’s. Both teams were the underdogs. The Under 17’s had to face team Poland. In that match, Kamil Szasor took the 9-ball really quickly over Her...
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Chinese 8-Ball Masters is stepping into professional “on-governmental Events” and its success can be available for reference
“New Power·Joy Cup” 2015 Chinese 8 Ball International Masters-Harbin Station was closed. After 10 days fierce competition, Yang Fan stand out from 314 players and beat Wu Zhenyu with 18：17 in the Finals, win 100,000 RMB prize and the champion cup. Wu Zhenyu win the second p...
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In the quarter-final match in the Under 17’s, Kaylash Persad (NED) came up with a huge surprise, ousting Eklent Kaci (ALB) with 7:1.
Kaylash Persad (NED)
It seemed that Kaci had missed the start of the match. Usually, the Albanian has a great break and is known to be a decent shotmaker. In this match though, he did not show a...
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Three more Gold Medals have been awarded at the Dynamic Billard European Championships Youth in the Alpina Sports & Wellness Hotel, St. Johann i.Pg, Austria. The 8-ball individuals are over and the titles were taken by Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL), Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) and Pascal Bruckmann (GER) in their respective categories.
In the Under 19’s, Pascal Bruckmann was definitely the underdog. His...
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In the quarter-finals of the 8-ball Under 19’s of the Dynamic Billard European Championship Youth, Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) overpowered defending Champion Raphael Wahl (GER) with 7:3.
Oliver Szolnoki
Szolnoki had the better break shot throughout the match. Though he started a bit inconsistently, he grew stronger and pocketed ver...
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The Gold Medals at the Dynamic Billard European Championships Youth in the 10-ball individuals have just been awarded. Kristina Tkach (RUS), Fedor Gorst (RUS) and Vitaliy Patsura (UKR) have taken the titlest.
In the Under 19’s, Vitaliy Patsura dealt with Sergey Lutsker (RUS). Both players started out quite nervous. Patsura dogged the 10-ball at 1:0 in the lead. The next rack, Lutsker missed an eas...
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How exciting ! The Snooker Scene, a leading snooker publication in the UK, has recently written about Snooker Canada and its most recent tournament, the Richler Cup. The irony is that the publisher, Clive Everton, remembers when Mordecai Richler went to see him for information , when he was doing research for his famous book about ‘On Snooker’.
“Snooker Scene, edited by Clive Everton since it...
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