Captain Philipp Lahm (pictured left, along with Arne Friedrich, Manuel Neuer and Piotr Trochowski) is a particularly keen cueman and has a full size table at his house in Munich. Germany are football’s kings after beating Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday, but many of their players are […]

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Snooker Canada is pleased to announce its first sanctioned event in Alberta.  This will take place in the fall of 2014 with the winner of the event to grab a qualifying spot for the $20 000 Richler Cup in 2015. Brad Grierson, a long time snooker player and tournament organizer […]

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There have been many “reasons” why people say that the popularity of snooker has gone down in the past few years.  Some examples are Poker, The Internet, X Box, Cell Phones and the list goes on and on. The truth of the matter is, the list can go on and […]

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When you look around at the average age of a snooker player these days in Canada, it is quite obvious that most players are over the age of 40, if not more.  Simple mathematics explains that the reason for this is that no efforts have been made in the last […]

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Registration for the Inaugural 2014 Canadian Pool and Snooker Championships is officially open. For details about the event, please click on https://www.facebook.com/events/478821375581645/ To register online, click on https://dev.snookercanada.caproduct-category/the-2014-canadian-university-championships/ Everyone Welcome, Tell your friends !

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On the technical side – both sports rely very much on correct body alignment to start with. Then you have the action itself, a good back swing on plain and a correct through swing on plain. You only need to be out ever so slightly in either of the above […]

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We are pleased to announced that the popularity of snooker is rising steadily in Canada these days. As a result of the inaugural Montreal International Snooker Festival, over one million people have heard or read about our sport this year.   The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/on-mordecai-richler-and-his-beloved-game/article18066711/?page=all   There has also […]

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World Champion Alex Pagulayan was currently in England competing in Q School and trying to become the first Canadian professional snooker player in quite some time. This is a very exciting time right now and is sure to give Canada the a big boost in the interest of snooker. Alex […]

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Snooker Canada is pleased to announce that Toronto will be the host city for the 2015 Richler Cup. Widely considered a mecca of snooker for many decades, the Toronto area boasts many of the country’s greatest players including former World Champion Cliff Thorburn, Snooker Star Kirk Stevens, Canadian Champion Floyd […]

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