World Snooker and WPBSA will stage Ladies Day for the first time during the Betfair World Championship. It will take place on Friday April 26 at the Crucible with the intention to get more women involved in snooker. The day will also aim to raise money for World Snooker’s […]
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Following his gruelling 10-8 victory against 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon last night, in a match that required a third session in addition to its scheduled two, Scotland’s Graeme Dott gave a typically passionate press conference, addressing the issue of slow play, toilet breaks and the role of the referees […]
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Does anyone remember the snooker boom of the 1980’s in Canada? Snooker clubs everywhere, a waiting list to get a table to play on, tournaments every weekend full of players and spectators. In 1989, Patrick went to live America where people did not even know the meaning of the word […]
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Written By: Jack Borenstein Patrick Guigui is on a crusade to revive snooker in Canada. Not many individuals following a sport as a teenager would make it their mission to bring it back to prominence more than a decade later. but that’s exactly what Cote St. Luc’s Patrick Guigui, 43, […]
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Written By: David Lazarus, Staff Reporter – CJNews.com Patrick Guigui sets up a snooker shot. MONTREAL — Watching Patrick Guigui prepare for a shot on the expansive green baize surface of a regulation size snooker table at Le Skratch, a billiards hall in a nondescript strip mall on Montreal’s West […]
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A Guide to the Rankings System in Snooker The start of the 2010/11 season saw a major change to the way that the rankings in professional snooker are calculated, introducing a rolling-ranking system whereby the official ranking list is now updated after each event. To confuse things however, whilst the […]
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A Guide to the Rankings System in Snooker The start of the 2010/11 season saw a major change to the way that the rankings in professional snooker are calculated, introducing a rolling-ranking system whereby the official ranking list is now updated after each event. To confuse things however, whilst the […]
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After spending over 15 years living in different parts of America, I realized that snooker definitely has plenty of room to grow in this country. It does have a national association as well as a national championship, however, the amount of players and activity has never really taken off. Hopefully […]
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In a city where hockey is a way of life, you can still see how snooker has its place here. Former professional from Quebec, Alain Robidoux, continues to play the game 30 years later. Montreal has a long history of snooker players and fans that date back over 50 years. […]
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St. Laurent resident Patrick Guigui (left) is on a mission to raise the profile of professional snooker in Canada. With this in mind he successfully pursued the opportunity to host the International Billiards & Snooker Federation Under 21 World Championships. They will take place July 12 to 23 at The […]
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