With a strong field of 29 players coming from Manitoba, Alberta, Northern and Southern British Columbia, and Washington state ascending to Top 147 Snooker lounge to compete for the Canadian Open, the final came down to Yikang Chu and Alan Ima.   Chu came out strong to grab the first […]

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You know when to hold ’em and when Folan, Stephen Folan wins the final qualifier!! Stephen Folan wraps up the season in style with his first tournament win.  Folan battled hard throughout the tournament as was able to white wash his opponent Parshant Sanger 3-0 in the final.  Both players […]

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Congratulations goes out to Tom Finstad out of Edmonton, who won the Western Canadian Championships this past weekend in Red Deer , Alberta. It was an all Edmonton Final with veteran player, Craig Kerry and it went all the way down to the final frame in the wee hours of […]

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Congratulations to Fern Loyer from Sudbury, Ontario for maintaining his #1 spot in the national rankings so far. The rankings below have been updated as of April 1 , 2019 Players around the country will be fighting for a spot in the top 32 as this gets them a direct […]

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On Saturday March 16th we had our second qualifier tournament for the Western Canadian Championships. The event was again held at Mikes Billiards in Calgary.   We had a small but very competitive group and the action was fast paced using the 6 reds best-of-3 format.   Congratulations to our winner, […]

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Congratulations to multiple Canadian Champion Floyd Ziegler who has added more hardware to his collection, winning the inaugural Canadian Snooker Shoot-Out. It was Ziegler who prevailed in the end against Cheukyin Kwan in an exciting final, where Floyd became somewhat of a potting machine and entertained the cheering crowd. We […]

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It all could have gone wrong for Gary Wallace this past weekend.  As an old friend to the snooker community in BC, Mayur Jobanputra, playing in his first tourney of the season, was up 2-0 in the first round match of the tournament.  Wallace dug in and climb back to […]

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A strong contingent from Red Deer made the trek down to Calgary on a cold and snowy Saturday for the first qualifier for the Western Canadian Championships. We had a total of 15 players for the new round-robin format and the action was fast and there were some very exciting matches. […]

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At Snooker Canada we are very proud to give back to the community.  That being said we are partnering up with the Canadian Cancer Society in British Columbia for raising funds to eradicate cancer at The Canadian Snooker Shootout. Pledgers are able to make donations on site or through the […]

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Michael Murphy grinded out a 3-2 victory over Ross Bradsen to take his first tournament win.  Michael was in tough as Ross was the runner up in the recent BC open, but Murphy weathered the storm, as many us did on the drive home as the snow hit the lower […]

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