Thorsten's lucky charm. Randy Goldwater of New York City is here this week during the 10th anniversary of the World 14.1's revival. Goldwater was the first patron sponsor who helped revive the event with Dragon Promotions in 2006 & 2007. A decade later he's thrilled to see the event ongoing.
New York City, NY - In some savo...
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Written by Jim Wych and Kyle Richard
The newly opened Corner Bank Sports Bar & Grill played host to the 2015 Canadian Snooker Championships from 6-14 June. The tournament was played on eight brand new Shender snooker tables which are some of the finest tables in the entire country.
Players from Nova Scotia to Vancouver took part making up a field of 36 players. Five former champions and the...
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This past weekend (July 11, 2015) saw the first of a “No Handicap” tournament held at the Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in North York. There has been an ongoing request for this format for some time now and those who were asking for this format were finally rewarded with a 10 Ball No Handicap event. This tournament is another of the ‘one-off’ events hosted by Shooters and Peter Chin during the...
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The best of the best have arrived in New York City to play for the oldest title in billiards
New York City, NY - Huge match-ups kickoff Day 1 of the historic Andy Cloth 75th World Tournament of 14.1 . Some of the big marquee line-ups include a savory Van Boening vs Harriman at 6:30pm and a finale feature with defending cham...
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A baker’s dozen teams gathered at Petrina’s on July 11th to compete for the cash in a Max 14 Scotch Doubles tournament sponsored by FIREBALL™. After fifteen gruelling hours one pair remained and claimed the $1000 first prize. The day began great for Stefan Bonnici (6) and his partner Daz Whitlock (7) who won the free entry raffle and defeated Joshua Bryan (6) and Kevin Booker (8) in a hill-hill f...
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New York City, NY - The stars will be shining during the historic Andy Cloth 75th World Tournament of 14.1 . A who's who of world class players will be in attendance to etch their name into history's elite of the father of all pool games. Darren Appleton, Thorsten Hohmann, Stephan Cohen, Shane Van Boening, Johnny Archer, Earl Strickland, Mika Immonen, Tony Robles and many, many more. The main eve...
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Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, www.joss9balltour.com and Turning Stone Resort Casino are proud to present our 2014-2015 Season Finale, The "Turning Stone Classic XXIV 9-Ball Open". This event will take place in Turning Stone's beautiful & spacious Event Center which is known worldwide as one of the best venues ever. There are no bad seats, and the layout allows you to mingle with all o...
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Snooker Canada President, Patrick Guigui, had the pleasure of meeting the Honourable Minister of Sport, Bal Gosal this week. This was in downtown Montreal where thousands of fans came to celebrate the opening of the new office for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Other dignitaries on hand included the Montreal Mayor, Denis Coderre, the President of the COC, Marcel Aubut, Thomas Bach, who is the new...
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Ga Young Kim ousted the favorite Austrians Jasmin Ouschan and Ho-Yun Chen of Chinese Taipei from the tournament with 9:5, 9:6 victory in the single elimination.
In the semi-finals, Kim against Han Yu of China. Han was unlucky and made some dry breaks and illegal breaks and Kim was played decent to won the match with 9:3 to make into the final.
It was like a little revenge for Kim, she had lost to...
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A full field of 32 players battled it out this past weekend at New Toronto Billiards in Etobicoke. Don Williamson took the title as he only lost 4 games throughout the entire event.
Dallas Dyer (L) and Don Williamson (R)
1st - Don Williamson $250 + $35 from 50/50 Draw
2nd - Matt Fisher $150 + $35 from 50/50 Draw
3rd...
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Ladies you asked for tournaments and here they are!
Petrina's Taps and Billiards in Ajax is proud to present the Petrina's Ladies Fall Series. This will be a series of five tournaments and a a final all played on bar-boxes. The final will be on January 3, 2016. All events are on Sundays to try and accommodate other events ladies may be playing in. These events are handicapped with ladies racing to...
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The 24 years old Albin Ouschan of Austria has just won his first big tournament of his career. Albin Ouschan overpowered the Canadian top player John Morra (CAN) with 11:8 and obtained the crown of the 2015 China Open.
John Morra did not have smooth sailing in the tournament. To the contrary, he lost his first match with Vietnamese...
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This past weekend in Calgary, Alberta the Hidden Spot held their second major tournament since opening a few months ago. This event was $1000 added with a 64 player limit, bar table 8 ball. It was alternate breaks, race to 7 on the winners side and race to 5 on the losers side. The field drew players from Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto as well as a group all the way from the...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (July 7, 2015) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2015 US Bar Table Championships 8-Ball Division matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel. Twenty-One (21) matches featuring some of the best players in the world can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free!
The 2015 US Bar Table Championships were held February 16-22, 2015 at t...
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2015 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
Ouschan in the driving seat
ALBIN OUSCHAN, the young Austrian who so narrowly lost out in a three-man play-off for the final PartyPoker Mosconi Cup spot in 2012, is well set to make his debut this December in Las Vegas following a magnificent win at the recent China Open. The 24 year-old from Klagenfurt who has often lived in the shadow of his illustrious sister,...
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CueSports International, Henderson, NV (July 06, 2015) – CSI is proud to present the 2015 Tiger Challenge: Shane Van Boening vs. Mike Dechaine. The match will take place July 23, 2015 during the BCAPL & USAPL National Championships at the beautiful Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Those participating in the BCAPL or USAPL National Championships can watch in person for free...
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In it’s 5th year of operation, Snooker Canada has taken another step towards bringing snooker back to the main stream in Canada. As a result of demand increasing in the Greater Toronto Area, the people at Snooker Canada have made the decision to have more presence by opening an office there. Snooker Canada Opens New Office in Toronto[/c...
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Team Europe
Team Europe won the Inaugural Atlantic Challenge Cup after a dramatic last day of singles matches here in Rankweil Austria. Leading 9-6 after day three, team Europe only needed to win two from the six singles matches to claim victory but team USA did their best to spoil the party.
Europe's Kristina Tkach, who had p...
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This past weekend (June 27 & 28th) saw the inaugural Summer Sizzle held at the Shooters Snooker & Sports Club. The weather might have been cold and miserable outside but the action inside was hot and intense. A total of 55 players teed it up for this new tournament. Unfortunately there were some late cancellations and “no-shows” which prevented a full field tournament.
While the summer usu...
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HAVING RECENTLY completed a deal to make them Official Clothing Supplier for the 22nd annual PartyPoker Mosconi Cup, ULTIMATE TEAM GEAR have now signed on as the Official Shirt Supplier for this year’s PartyPoker World Pool Masters which takes place at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester from 14-16 August.
The Texas-based sports clothing manufacturers will be supplying their cutting edge des...
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