The final BC Open qualifier is finished.  The strong young Alvin Chan was in tough a little bit in the final.  He had a clean sheet with three whitewashes under his belt and was looking to grab the BC open spot quite easily away from his opponent John Kocela.  John had […]

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WST PLAY, the official streaming platform of the professional circuit, is now available for fans around the world.   The service provides snooker fans in Canada the chance to watch the entire season either live or on-demand, as well as a host of additional content and benefits. The platform replaces […]

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As the fall session closed out in Steveson on Monday night, two great players gave us a great match to witness.  The league that started out in September reached its conclusion last night.  Lance Mason who was the winner of the regular season portion of the league and Gary Wallace […]

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Ramin Haidary took time out from running his new Snooker Academy to end Darcy Fulton’s attempt at a 3rd straight Snooker League championship.   The opening frame in the best of five final went to Ramin who opened with a break of 26 and then held Darcy in check with […]

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Did you want drama?? What excitement we had at the shootout this past weekend.  Two great competitors met in the final, Milad Shojaei and Mehran Maneshgar.  So great that during the 10 minute frame these two players battle to a 42-42 tie at the end of the time limit.  Forcing […]

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Another great qualifier is in the books.  Robertson got his tournament started a little later as with the 7 tables he was in the one later match.  That didn’t seem to affect John as he took the BC open spot by defeating Mehran Maneshgar 3-1 in the final.  Maneshgar might […]

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Snooker Canada would like to take this opportunity to offer condolences to the Griffiths family as well and all of his friends and fans. Terry had a pure passion for our sport and worked tirelessly to develop it for a long time. God Bless

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The exact location of the actual black spot on a 12 foot snooker table, according to the WPBSA rules, is 12 3/4″ from the nose of the top cushion. The question that many people ask is if this precision is really necessary or does it really matter? A brief test […]

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What an impressive win it was for Bains. Some many white washes for Bobby B.  He only lost one frame in the whole tournament.  He had some stiff competition as Terry Tao was the other finalist, and had only lost one frame leading up to the final.  However Bains showed […]

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