Great News! The game of snooker and the Richler Cup has been mentioned in the largest newspaper in Canada. What makes it even better is that it is a full page article! Danile Richler, Mordecai’s son, has written a wonderful article and the Globe and Mail has published it this […]
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Mordecai Richler being interviewed by his son, Daniel, who will be presenting the trophy to this year’s Richler Cup “Many people don’t know that Mordecai Richler was a snooker fan,” says Patrick Guigui, President of Snooker Canada, “but he had a real passion. Reading his book, On Snooker, I was […]
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Written By: Daniel Richler Special to The Globe and Mail In 1983, not long after our parents bought a cottage overlooking Lake Memphremagog in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, the family enjoyed a massive upgrade in the shape of one regulation-size, oak snooker table – in its own purpose-built room whose floor-to-ceiling […]
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The reason the majority of people who play any game on a Billiard Table remain mediocre and never reach their true potential, is because they have never been coached and are therefore not aware of the” Two Unknowns” 1, Was the cue ball struck correctly? 2. Was […]
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Wednesday April 23 7 pm Bob Chaperon (Ontario) vs. Alex Zhang (Quebec) Wednesday April 23 7 pm Louis Fazekas (Ontario) vs. Stephane Martineau (Quebec) Wednesday April 23 7 pm Roy […]
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The draw for the inaugural Richler Cup will take place at 7 p.m this Monday at the 147 Snooker Club in Montreal. Everyone is welcome to come and join the festivities. For those who are not able to come, it will also be streaming live at www.147snookerclub.net Thank You
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China’s Ding matched the record set by Stephen Hendry in the 1990/91 season by adding the China Open crown to the Shanghai Masters, Indian Open, International Championship and German Masters won earlier in the season. The 27-year-old goes into the Dafabet World Championship with a chance to set a new […]
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It is with great pleasure to announce that the former United States Snooker Champion will be coming to compete with the best players in Canada at the end of the month. The registration recently became official and Ahmed Aly will be coming down with fellow snooker player Ahmed Mehaya from […]
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China’s Ding has already won four ranking crowns this term and victory against Neil Robertson tomorrow in the best of 19 final in Beijing would see him match Stephen Hendry’s record of five, set in 1990/91. It will be the third time that Ding and Robertson have met in […]
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The cue grip is the most important of the fundamentals and, fortunately for us, it is the easiest of the fundamentals to master. It is, however, the one fundamental that is overlooked by the beginner and even the good player. The cue grip is made as follows. Pick the cue […]
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