2018 CBSA Canadian Championship Results
Jun 6, 2018
From May 22nd to June 2nd, the Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association (CBSA) hosted the 23rd Annual Canadian Pool Championships at The Corner Bank in Toronto. The prestigious event covered twelve separate disciplines in pool including open, women’s, amateur and junior events.
Open Events
Jason Klatt kicked off this years Championships with an 11-8 win over crowd favourite Alex Pagulayan to take the National 8-Ball title. The loss for Pagulayan would be his only loss over the course of the event. Alex went undefeated through both the 9-Ball and 10-Ball events as he added two more titles to his resume.
Open 8-Ball
27 Players
Payout
1st
Jason Klatt
$2,450
2nd
Alex Pagulayan
$1,100
3rd
Erik Hjorleifson
$800
4th
Alain Lessard
$600
5-6th
Dave Parker
$450
5-6th
Dean MacNaughton
$450
Open 9-Ball
35 Players
Payout
1st
Alex Pagulayan
$3,000
2nd
Tom Theriault
$1,300
3rd
Martin Daigle
$1,100
4th
Brad Poorman
$825
5-6th
Jeff Robson
$650
5-6th
Mario Morra
$650
7-8th
Alain Lessard
$450
7-8th
Sumon Sarkar
$450
Open 10-Ball
32 Players
Payout
1st
Alex Pagulayan
$2,500
2nd
John Morra
$1,100
3rd
Jason Klatt
$900
4th
Mario Morra
$675
5-6th
Erik Hjorleifson
$500
5-6th
Waleed Hashem
$500
7-8th
Andy Aupin
$400
7-8th
Dave Parker
$400
Women’s Events
Naomi Williams and Brittany Bryant continue to dominate the Canadian pool scene. Both players only suffered losses to each other. This year, Naomi would be crowned 8-Ball and 9-Ball champion. Brittany would not be left empty-handed as she manage to take home the 10-Ball title.
Naomi Williams and Brittany Bryant
Womens 8-Ball
4 Players
1st
Naomi Williams
2nd
Brittany Bryant
3rd
Suzanne Peters
4th
Stefanie Virag
Womens 9-Ball
7 Players
1st
Naomi Williams
2nd
Brittany Bryant
3rd
Leanne Lini
4th
Valerie Bedard
Womens 10-Ball
4 Players
1st
Brittany Bryant
2nd
Naomi Williams
3rd
Suzanne Peters
4th
Maureen Seto
Amateur Divisions
These events always attract the highest number of participants. The 8-Ball event had 36 players with Timothy Bristow coming out on top over Clayton Dennis in the finals. Sumon Sarkar was on his game as he reached the 9-Ball finals for the second consecutive year, this time taking the title in a 53 player field. Jun Briones fought back from the B-side to win the 10-ball title. Hanna Kwon and Marie-France Blanchette came out on top of the 8-Ball and 9-Ball women’s events, respectively.
Sumon Sarkar
Womens Amateur 8-Ball
13 Players
Payout
1st
Hanna Kwon
$950
2nd
Valerie Bedard
$600
3rd
Natasha Khan
$400
4th
Angela Carrigan
$250
Amateur 8-Ball
36 Players
Payout
1st
Timothy Bristow
$1,500
2nd
Clayton Dennis
$1,200
3rd
Marius Nakas
$900
4th
Sumon Sarkar
$700
5-6th
Jun Briones
$450
5-6th
Steven Liao
$450
7-8th
Ephriam Day
$350
7-8th
Jehlar Fernandez
$350
Womens Amateur 9-Ball
9 Players
Payout
1st
Marie-France Blanchette
$800
2nd
Angela Carrigan
$500
3rd
Kristy Rinalli
$300
Amateur 9-Ball
53 Players
Payout
1st
Sumon Sarkar
$1,700
2nd
Marius Nakas
$1,400
3rd
Jehlar Fernandez
$1,100
4th
Vince Chrylser
$850
5-6th
Ronald Giron
$650
5-6th
Tony Hong
$650
7-8th
Jeet Khandai
$450
7-8th
Greg Plester
$450
9-12th
Nicholas Ridley
$300
9-12th
Rick Garrant
$300
9-12th
TJ Humber
$300
9-12th
Woodee Tran
$300
Amateur 10-Ball
28 Players
Payout
1st
Jun Briones
$1,300
2nd
Sumon Sarkar
$950
3rd
Jeet Khandai
$700
4th
Ronald Giron
$450
5-6th
Greg Johnson
$325
5-6th
Isaac Ramos
$325
Junior Division
In the Under-19 finals, Dean Cuillerier whitewashed his opponent 7-0 for the title, while Brenden Croft took the Under-17 title.
Juniors U17
4 Players
1st
Brendan Croft
2nd
Haydar Cappo
3rd
Isaac Yee
4th
Corrado Nucifora
Juniors U19
5 Players
1st
Dean Cuillerier
2nd
Emmanuel Rampersaud
3rd
William Cadieux-Meloche
Full Brackets are available at https://compusport.ca/CS/GeneralSearch/Index/5938
A special thank you to John White and Frank Kakouros who made this event happen. Without these guys contributing their time and efforts over 12-days, this event would not have been such a success. We look forward to exciting news from the CBSA regarding next years events. Keep practicing!