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wow - it is nice to see the growth in these countries - including payouts. wonder if chinese billiards would gain more popularity in north america with this incentive

I wonder what the delta is between the richest prize and the 2nd richest prize (not in the same tournament) in cuesports history.

Saw the post by Alex on facebook about Paul and found my way over here. My prayers are with Paul through this difficult time. If anyone has info on his hospital - I would like to pay him a visit. When I moved to Toronto in my 20's - a naive kid in a sea of whales; Paul was one of the first...

I do miss the shooters 9ball mondays back in the day

looks like I'll need some type of fargo rating to play in the golden break tournaments...nice to see a more widespread adoption of a rating system

I've been getting the bug after a very long hiatus from competitive play; does anyone have a listing of weekly evening tournaments (or weekend) in the GTA and surrounding regions? Also - Edit for clarity; not looking for action. I have always been just a casual tournament player.

find some weekly tournaments in the area - there is usually a few strong players who can probably work something out with you in terms of instruction.

For those who know Ervin Budge (Budgie) - he is being inducted to the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame this year. Also celebrated his 85th birthday recently. https://ottawasporthall.ca/ I spent most of my teen years at the Orange Monkey Billiards and always loved to chat with Ervin in the mornings...

Very sad news. I have never met Jeanette in person, but was one of a few who attended an exhibition in Toronto at Shooters. Such a great ambassador to the game and dangerous player at that. IIRC: she also mentioned her tremendous fight on a spinal injury and how she fought it. Such an...

Hi everyone; I've been cleaning up some of my books and came across my small collection of P&B and Billiards Digest magazines. Generally all in good condition "I'm not a collector so these are not professionally graded per se". I am in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) - Canada (I anticipate...

hello, I would be interested in this, should we touch base via PM?

it was a beautiful tribute @ CB on Sunday. I didn't have it in me to talk to anyone there, and after I left, started to remember Peter even more. When I first moved to Toronto from Ottawa around 1997, Peter was one of the first to befriend me, and he talked about coming from Brockville. I...

BUMP - still available

Hi - I purchased the following items to learn more about cue building. I'd now like to pass them to someone who may find them useful. Joe Barringer - complete set of cue building DVD's below Introduction to Cue Building - 101 Proper Coring Techniques Proper Shaft Cutting Techniques Proper Tip...

saw that on the stream too. Sad; Robin was a great player, I remember his days in Kingston and road trips to Ottawa. R.I.P. Robin

hi - i don't quite understand what this event fully entails. so if you pay your fees to get in for a day or the weekend; what does that get you? do you play tournaments (mini, scotch...etc...). and if you win, you play one of the "pros"? thanks, Andrew

+1 for raffle - I'm in for whatever odds and price ticket(s) up to $300.

what current leagues/associations run out of mississauga, I am interested in joining a weekly team...I played CPA for half a season 2 years ago and I believe my HC was 6 or 7...anybody need a 6-7 handicap on their team? if so, send me an email netspec@gmail.com

Willy - don't talk about Scott - thats just disrespectful.

+1 for raffle - still might take a while to fill up, but that would be a good one.