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The Pool Scene - Greg Plester, Paul Duell, Rod Arsenault, Waleed Hashem - Canadian Championships

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Waleed Hashem wins OBSA event at Corner Bank

The final OBSA amateur tour event has finished and what a battle down to the wire for who will be the tour champion!!! and who would make the top 3!!

Paul Duell

The points leader Paul Duell started the day with a couple strong wins until he hit a wall called Waleed Hashem in the 3rd round who sent Paul to the B side. Brad Guthrie who was in second place (By only a few points) fell to Waleed’s game in the very first round.  Brad would have a long battle on the B side to now get ahead on Paul in points. Brad started his campaign for tour leader on the B side with some tough wins including 3rd place tour member Rod Arsenault. Brad was on a mission until he ran into Peter Linkletter who won a hill hill battle (5-7 race).

Paul was already a round ahead and Rod taking a surprisingly early exit (With losses to Greg Plester (4th) and Brad Guthrie (2nd)). Brad was going to have to settle for 2nd place in the tour Championships. Waleed continued dominating the A side with another win over Tom Fraser to secure the hot seat. Paul pushed through the B side with wins over Shane Gummerson, Greg Plester and then Tom Fraser to get back to Waleed and another chance at the trophy, the title, and the cash!!

However Waleed would not be denied today, he maintained his high-level play leading 5-1 in a true double race to 8. Paul then hit a gear and brought it back to 5-5, coming up a little short on the 8 off the 7 he tried to slide off a long 8 ball for perfect side shape only to bobble the 8. That would be the defining moment in the finals and Waleed kept his demeanor and played strong winning the final event undefeated!!

Congrats Waleed and the win!! As well to Paul Duell, Brad Guthrie and Rod Arsenault for finishing top 3 in this season’s inaugural tour. Once again thank you for the support on this tour, we had over 150 players throughout the season and look to come back even stronger next September. Remember April 7/8/9 is your Provincial Championships with $3,000 added with top 6 getting paid entry and expenses to the National CBSA amateurs in Quebec in May. The provincials will fill up fast so register soon.

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The Pool Scene - Ben Chang, Brad Guthrie, Che Lemmon, Greg Plester, Jeff Robson, Jehlar Fernandez, Ronald Giron, Wayne Tate - Promotional

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Robson wins first Corner Bank Cup Event

Saturday was the kick off to the Corner Bank Cup series of events along with being the first sanctioned event on the OBSA calendar. After a brief players meeting the draw was done a play began. There were a few upsets with the introduction of this new format but it would come down to Ben Chang and Jeff Robson in the finals after almost 16 hours of play. Jeff had to be beaten twice by Ben in this true double elimination event, but Jeff closed out the first match in a hill-hill decider to secure the win, cash and trophy !

  Thanks to players, spectators and all who supported our first event. A friendly reminder event #2 is October 15-16 and once again Corner Bank will be adding $1,000 to this event, you can check our Facebook page for other dates and future events. Here’s how they finished.

1st. Jeff Robson 2nd. Ben Chang 3rd. Brad Guthrie 4th. Greg Plester 5th-6th. Jehlar Fernandez, Che Lemmon 7th-8th. Ronald Giron, Wayne Tate

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The Pool Scene - Al Kinghorn, Greg Plester, Joe Theriault, John Andrade, Ryann Malinao, Sumon Sarkar - Amateur Pool

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Ryann Malinao remains Undefeated!!!

On the 2nd of July, 2016, Shooters Snooker Club held the “4-9” 9 Ball tour #4. Shooters had 28 strong players that morning. The Calcutta was performed at 11:30 am and the games kicked off at 12:15pm. A lot of exciting matches were played which led to the following update:

A Side Final: Ryann Malinao vs Sumon Sarkar

B Side Semi- Final: Al King Horn vs Greg Plester

Ryann Malinao beat Sumon Sarkar by 8 games to 3 moving on to the hot seat. Ryann looked very comfortable with his stroke, bridge and stance throughout the day! Al King Horn on the other side beat Greg Plester by 7 games to 4 and was now going to face Sumon Sarkar for the 2nd place. Sumon defeated Al Kinghorn by 7 games to 6 and came back to Ryan who previously sent him to the B Side. As mentioned before, Ryan was extremely composed and took this skill to beat Sumon Sarkar by 8 games to 5 to claim this title in this account! Congratulations to all the winners!

Shooters Snooker Club would like to take this unique opportunity to thank each and every one who turned out on Canada Day to make this event a successful one! Thank you!!

Field: 28 players Prize Payout: $1070 Calcutta: $910 1. Ryann Malinao $430 2. Sumon Sarkar $270 3. Al Kinghorn $170 4. Greg Plester $100 5. John Andrade $50 6. Joe Theriault $50 ***Calcutta not included***

Shooters would also like to remind all of you on the upcoming weekend events: Saturday, 9th July, 2016 – “8 and under- race to handicap” 9 Ball event Sunday, 10th July, 2016 – “2-5” 9 Ball event

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The Pool Scene - Ben Crawley, Erik Hjorleifson, Gannon Mcsween, Greg Plester, Jake Cajilig, Jeremy Isard, John Morra, Jun Briones, Marius Nakas, Paul Duell, Ronald Giron, Shane Gummerson - 404 9-Ball Tour

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Morra shows his Mettle

Another season of the Shooters ‘404’ series 9 Ball Event wrapped up on the weekend of April 30 and May 1, 2016 at the Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in North York with the finale of this season long event. With the many tournaments that have dotted the cue sport landscape in the GTA in the past year the ‘404’ remains the longest running and arguably the most successful pool tournament in the area. With the many tournaments in the GTA it is truly a “buyer’s market” for the pool playing enthusiast.

This tournament remains open to both amateurs and professionals and in the past couple of years the handicapping system has become more challenging for the professionals who are now forced to always bring their ‘A’ game to every tournament. In attendance at this year’s finale were John Morra and Erik Hjorleifson who were not only attempting to win this money added event but also hone their games for the 2016 Canadian Open Championships in Ste-Foy, QC near Quebec City in the following days. Morra was also coming off a huge win in the Diamond Super Billiards Expo’s 10-Ball Pro Championships defeating perennial winner Shane Van Boening in the final. This annual event held near Philadelphia attracts many top professionals from around the world.

With the sheer number of pool tournaments in the GTA in 2015/16 many tournaments are challenged to attract strong, competitive fields. The 2016 ‘404’ finale was able to attract its strongest field of the year with 55 players ready to do battle. With $5,000 in prize money available and a further $2,620 in the player Calcutta it was no surprise that this final event drew such a strong field.

Saturday is always a long day for players in this double knockout event. ‘B’ side play is especially exhausting as a result of the need to trim the field to the 8 ‘B’ side survivors who would return for Sunday play. From the ‘A’ side of the draw, Paul Duell, Ronald Giron, John Morra and Ben Crawley emerged undefeated on Saturday to punch their ticket for Sunday action. The grueling ‘B’ side resulted in Shane Gummerson, Jake Cajilig, Jun Briones, Gannon McSween, Marius Nakas, Erik Hjorleifson, Jeremy Isard and Greg Plester still standing with a single loss after Saturday play.

While Sunday play was mostly competitive, one player decided to break from the pack. In the ‘A’ side final, John Morra thoroughly defeated Ronald Giron 13-1 sending Giron to the ‘B’ side and Morra to the hot seat. Waiting on the ‘B’ side was Erik Hjorleifson who had defeated Paul Duell 12-6 for the opportunity to play Giron. Hjorleifson prevailed over Giron 12-5 setting up a match against his fellow professional Morra. Morra was unstoppable on this day and handily defeated Hjorleifson 10-4 in the tournament final.

Erik Hjorleifson, Peter Chin and John Morra

Congratulations to John Morra for an absolutely dominant performance in this ‘404’ finale. No player managed to win more than 6 games against Morra in this tournament validating his status as one of the top 9 Ball players in the world.

A huge thank-you goes out to all the players who make this series such an ongoing success. As noted in past articles, there are more innovative tournament formats on the horizon at Shooters for the balance of the 2016 summer before the ‘404‘ and ‘Amateur’ series begin for 2016/17. Tournament qualifiers are generally being run for each of these ‘one-off’ events.

Upcoming tournaments include; May 14, 2016 ‘8’ and Under 9 Ball Event May 15, 2016 ‘2-5’ 9 Ball Event May 21, 2016 Event #1 of the Summer Amateur 9 Ball Tour May 28/29th, 2016 ‘4-7’ 9 Ball Extravaganza

Check the Shooters Snookerclub Facebook page and www.thepoolscene for further details and dates.

‘404’ Finale Results

Finish Player Hcp Prize Money Calcutta 1st John Morra 13 $1,500 $1,000 2nd Erik Hjorleifson 12 $1,000 $650 3rd Ronald Giron 7 $680 $410 4th Paul Duell 8 $460 $260 5-6th Ben Crawley 8 $300 $150 5-6th Jake Cajilig 5 $300 $150 7th -8th Greg Plester 8 $180 7th-8th Gannon McSween 6 $180 9th -12th Jun Briones 8 $100 9th -12th Jeremy Isard 7 $100 9th -12th Shane Gummerson 7 $100 9th -12th Marius Nakas 7 $100

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The Pool Scene - Barry Hetherington, Brian Belobradic, Erik Hjorleifson, Greg Plester - Canadian Championships

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Team Ontario 8-Ball Forming

The Ontario Billiards and Snooker Association as it pertains to non-snooker events has been dormant for a few years and was relaunched last fall. The first events were organized and held recently and there are half a dozen more events scheduled in the following weeks all heading into the Canadian Championships in Quebec the first week of May. The new kid in town is 8-ball. With the surprise news of the World Championships landing at Corner Bank in late summer there is a new buzz around 8-ball. As the provincial body sanctioned by the Canadian Billiards and Snooker Association the OBSA has a mandate to qualify and send players the Canadian Championships. This spring the focus has been on getting Ontario players to the Nationals to participate in the 8-ball Championship and hopefully move on to the World Championship later in August.

The directors of the pool section of the OBSA, Greg Plester, John White and Frank Kakouros took it upon themselves to schedule weekly qualifiers and have cueists play-off for the right to represent TEAM ONTARIO in Quebec. The format is staggered entries, single elimination play and equal races to nine. Players need to bring their best game to contend. The ultimate windfall could be the $100,000 prize available at the World Championships. At the local levels the prize packages are worth $500, covering entry and partial expenses to Quebec City.

The first qualifier was held on March 23rd at Petrinas. The field was very small and the winner, Barry Hetherington, a seasoned, but semi-retired pro breezed thru the field to earn his ticket to Quebec.

Barry Hetherington

The word slowly leaked out and the following weak on March 30th ten players showed up again at Petrina’s to compete for another spot on TEAM ONTARIO. The field included veteran players Erik Hjorleifson and Brian Belobradic, and eight players with great dreams of competing at the nationals.

Erik Hjorleifson

Erik had wins of (9-3), (9-4) over Brandon Jaipaul, and Steve Winters respectively to make it to the hot seat. Brian Belobradic, without a bye had to beat Devin Buttle, Cory Sharman, and Stefan Bonicci to mount the dais and face Erik.

Erik has been shooting the lights out since his second place showing at Turning Stone and left Brian sitting in his seat for most of the time during the final. In the end Big Red left no doubt he is ready for the Canadians by beating Brian (9-1).

With more qualifiers scheduled at Petrinas, The Cornerbank and Tony’s in Guelph the action and competition is intensifying. Time for players to step their games up and try for TEAM ONTARIO.

The OBSA will be soon scheduling events for the Amateur Championships in New Brunswick later in June. Interest rooms should contact the OBSA directors. Time to get the balls rolling again.

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The Pool Scene - Adrian Fragoso, Brad Guthrie, Greg Plester, Jago Raghoo, Jesse Piercey, Kevin Oliveira, Norm Santos, Roderick Sy, Romeo Zulueta, Ronald Giron, Stuart MacTaggart, Teen Yan - Amateur Pool

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Fragoso hangs tough …!!!

The final event of the Shooters summer schedule was held on August 22nd & 23rd and this time took the format of good old-fashioned 8 Ball on the 9 footers. The tournament was billed as a “Traditional 8 Ball Tournament” and attracted a diverse field of 58 players including almost a third of the field who have never before or very seldom played in the usual 9 ball events at Shooters Snooker & Sports Club. The attendance was again surprising for an event held in the summer and might be an indicator of an untapped interest in 8 Ball tournaments. It was also an event that attracted many players from outside the GTA including contingents from London, Guelph, Midland and Newmarket.

Once Saturday play was complete, the undefeated ‘A’ side returnees were Jago Raghoo, Jesse Piercey, Teen Yan and Romeo Zulueta while over on the ‘B’ side, Greg Plester, Roderick Sy, Kevin Oliveira, Stuart Mactaggart, Ronald Giron, Norm Santos, Adrian Fragoso and Brad Guthrie were able to make a return appearance on Sunday after having one loss during Saturday’s play.

In the first of the Sunday ‘B’ side matches Greg Plester defeated Roderick Sy, Stuart Mactaggart toppled Kevin Oliveira, Norm Santos edged Ronald Giron and Adrian Fragoso beat Brad Guthrie in a tight hill/hill match. The ‘A’ side matches saw Jesse Piercey defeat Jago Raghoo while Romeo Zulueta had a win over Teen Yan. Back on the ‘B’ side Plester topped Mactaggart and Fragoso won his match against Santos to secure 5/6th place. These results set up an ‘A’ side final between Piercey and Zulueta and ‘B’ side matches with Plester facing off against Raghoo and Fragoso taking on Yan. Raghoo dispatched Plester while Fragoso had a win over Yan to set up the ‘B’ side semi-final where Fragoso outplayed Raghoo to qualify for the ‘B’ final.

In the ‘A’ side final Piercey had a win against Zulueta, sending Zulueta to the ‘B’ side to face Fragoso. In the ‘B’ final, Fragoso continued his strong play by easily handling Zulueta. This set up a tournament final that featured an undefeated Jesse Piercey versus Adrian Fragoso who had lost his first match of the tournament and had clawed his way through the ‘B’ side with steadily improving play.

In the tournament final, Fragoso proved that his solid play to make it to the tournament final and his “creds” as the 2014 Canadian Amateur 8 Ball Champion were well deserved by defeating the always dangerous Piercey.

Congratulations to Adrian Fragoso on his tournament win and to Jesse Piercey for his strong play throughout the tournament. This was Adrian’s first win of any kind at Shooters and his first tournament final at Shooters.

Thank you to all the participants for a great weekend of competitive pool. Next up for Shooters is a new season for the successful and long running ‘404’ series and for the newly successful Amateur series of 9 Ball events. And based upon the success of the summer tournaments there are more of the ‘one-off’ events scheduled during the 2015/16 season at Shooters. Tournament qualifiers are also being run for each of these ‘one-off’ events. Check the Shooters Snookerclub Facebook page and www.thepoolscene for details and times.

Thank you to all the participants for a great weekend of competitive pool. Next up for Shooters is a new season for the successful and long running ‘404’ series and for the newly successful Amateur series of 9 Ball events. And based upon the success of the summer tournaments there are more of the ‘one-off’ events scheduled during the 2015/16 season at Shooters. Tournament qualifiers are also being run for each of these ‘one-off’ events. Check the Shooters Snookerclub Facebook page and www.thepoolscene for details and times. 

Finish Player Rank Prize Money Calcutta 1st Adrian Fragoso 6 $1,000 $650 2nd Jesse Piercey 8 $650 $400 3rd Romeo Zulueta 6 $400 $260 4th Jago Raghoo 7 $320 $150 5-6th Teen Yan 5 $200 $80 5-6th Greg Plester 7 $200 $80 7th-8th Norm Santos 5 $120 7th-8th Stuart Mactaggart 6 $120 9th -12th Ronald Giron 7 $75 9th -12th Brad Guthrie 7 $75 9th -12th Kevin Oliveira 6 $75 9th -12th Roderick Sy 5 $75

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The Pool Scene - Ben Chang, Carlin Sanderson, Dave Robins, Greg Plester, John Timmermans, Joshua Bryan, Naomi Williams, Rafiq Kassam, Shane Gummerson, Stefane Godinho, Sumon Sarkar, Tom Hogan - 404 9-Ball Tour

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Hogan holds on …

Another successful installment of the 2014/15 ‘404’ series took place this past weekend (February 28 & March 1) at the Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. This was the 7th event in this season’s tournaments.

Despite a very busy pool schedule this season with ‘major’ tournaments on every weekend from October to May and at least 2 other ‘major’ tournaments this past weekend, this ‘404’ event drew a strong field of 57 players to Shooters. The weekend field was comprised mainly of GTA players with several out-of-town players also attending although out-of-towners were less represented than usual. As in past ‘404’ and Shooters Amateur events, the field continues to attract players who have never before participated in these events and those making a return to this level of competition.

After play concluded on Saturday, Greg Plester, Naomi Williams, Tom Hogan and Ben Chang were undefeated on the ‘A’ side while the ‘B’ side had John Timmermans, Dave Robins, Stefane Godinho, Joshua Bryan, Carlin Sanderson, Rafiq Kassam, Sumon Sarkar and Shane Gummerson returning for Sunday play. Not surprisingly, most of the Sunday matches were very competitive and when the dust settled Ben Chang had gone undefeated to capture the ‘A’ side title while Tom Hogan and Naomi Williams were left to contest ‘B’ side bragging rights. Hogan prevailed against Williams setting up a rematch against Chang who had sent him to the ‘B’ side. In the tournament final Hogan exacted his revenge by defeating Chang 6-1.

Congratulations to Tom Hogan on his 404 tournament win. Tom played a giant-killer role by defeating Ben who has ruled this pool season as the player to beat despite increasingly challenging handicap changes to reflect his dominance.

As always, thanks to those who participated in the ‘404’ at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. The Shooter’s tournaments continue, however, to be plagued by no-shows and last minute cancellations. This results in a tournament field that is less than capacity. Players must notify the tournament organizer of cancellations in sufficient time to permit others to participate. This is not only a discourtesy to the tournament organizer and the rest of the players but it causes the tournament to begin unnecessarily late time after time. Steps will be taken to address this issue.

The next Shooters ‘404’ will be held March 28 & 29, 2015.

** If you have pre-registered for the event you must be present and your entry fee paid by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the tournament. Failure to do so may result in your place being forfeited to an individual on the waiting list.**

Finish Player Rank Prize Money Calcutta 1st Tom Hogan 6 $900 $800 2nd Ben Chang 9 $520 $500 3rd Naomi Williams 7 $340 $290 4th Greg Plester 7 $230 $180 5-6th Sumon Sarkar 7 $150 $100 5-6th Stefane Godinho 8 $150 $100 7th-8th Carlin Sanderson 8 $85 7th-8th John Timmermans 9 $85 9th -12th Rafiq Kassam 4 $50 9th -12th Dave Robins 4 $50 9th -12th Shane Gummerson 7 $50 9th -12th Joshua Bryan 4 $50

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The Pool Scene - Ben Chang, Chad Bishop, Dave Lettner, Greg Plester, Isaac Ramos, Marc Dumoulin, Rob Johnson, Ronald Giron, Steve Menzies, Sumon Sarkar, Tony Hong, Vince Belanger - 404 9-Ball Tour

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ka-ching, kaa-Chang ….

The 6th event of the Shooters ‘404’ 9 Ball series was held on the January 31/ February 1, 2015 weekend at Shooters Snooker and Sports Club. Fifty-five players made an appearance to play in this long running tournament series. The $1000 added event continues to attract top talent in the GTA and from across southern Ontario.

When play concluded on Saturday, Ben Chang, Chad Bishop, Greg Plester and Tony Hong emerged undefeated from the ‘A’ side of the draw. On the one loss ‘B’ side, Sumon Sarkar, Marc Dumoulin, Isaac Ramos, Rob Johnson, Dave Lettner, Vince Belanger, Ronald Giron and Steve Menzies endured the rigours of the day to qualify for a Sunday appearance.

In the ‘A’ side final Ben Chang defeated Greg Plester sending Plester to the ‘B’ side and Chang to the hot seat. On the ‘B’ side, Isaac Ramos was waiting for Plester but the determined Plester defeated Ramos in the ‘B’ final setting up a rematch with Chang for the tournament title. In the tournament final Ben Chang again defeated Greg Plester claiming yet another title in this 2014/15 season.

Congratulations to Ben Chang on his tournament win. Ben continues his run as the player to beat this season with consistently strong performances in almost every tournament.

The next ‘404’ event will take place on February 28/ March 1st, 2015 at Shooters.

Many thanks again to those who participated. Please note that players must notify the tournament organizer of cancellations in sufficient time to permit others to participate. This is the primary reason the tournament begins unnecessarily late time after time.

The next Shooters ‘404’ event will take place on February 28/ March 1st, 2015.

** If you have pre-registered for the event you must be present and your entry fee paid by 11:00 a.m. on the day of the tournament. Failure to do so may result in your place being forfeited to an individual on the waiting list.**

Finish Player Rank Prize Money Calcutta 1st Ben Chang 8 $900 $900 2nd Greg Plester 7 $520 $565 3rd Isaac Ramos 8 $330 $340 4th Vince Belanger 8 $230 $225 5-6th Tony Hong 6 $150 $115 5-6th Chad Bishop 6 $150 $115 7th -8th Marc Dumoulin 8 $85 7th-8th Ronald Giron 7 $85 9th -12th Rob Johnson 7 $50 9th -12th Steve Menzies 6 $50 9th -12th Sumon Sarkar 7 $50 9th -12th Dave Lettner 6 $50