Tournament Details Who: Open Tournament, limited spots available. What: Single Elimination (first round knockouts play 2nd tournament for free) When: April 24-27, 2014 Where: Montreal, Quebec How: All matches 5/9 (Free table time) No Handicap Money paid out every round Second tournament for 1 st round knockouts, […]
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Written By: John Symon Patrick Guigui dreams of reviving the sport of snooker and is seeing success. Guigui, 43, originally from Montreal before moving to California for 15 years, fondly remembers the glory days of snooker in Canada. The game has since waned in popularity, but Guigui’s passion lives on […]
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Great news!! The professional snooker tour will soon have a Canadian player competing for the first time in almost 20 years. On July 21, 2012, Floyd Ziegler from Ontario will play in England against Fergal O’Brien in a professional tournament thanks to a 2 year tour card that was granted […]
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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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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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Snooker Canada announces partner hotel for Snooker Festival **********FREE Airport Shuttle*********** Tournament dates : April 24-27 Awards Evening with Legends of the Game: April 26 All Rooms have a separate room with an couch that opens into a bed (Plus either a king size bed or 2 double beds) […]
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Snooker Canada is very proud to announce that it has recently teamed up with West Island Community Shares, a non profit organization that helps raise funds to several charities in the West Island of Montreal. It seems fitting to work with them because the inaugural snooker festival will take place […]
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The International Billiards and Snooker Federation is offering a referee program to anyone that is interested in becoming a referee for leagues and tournaments. With the game of snooker growing in popularity here and abroad, this can be a great experience along with an additional source of income. If you […]
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Corey Deuel has just recently won United States National Snooker Championships. One interesting thing to note is that Corey plays on the smaller tables and is a world class 9 ball player. This should inspire many "small table" players to take up snooker. If that isn't convincing enough, the same […]
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