Canada's Future Shines Today

Jul 6, 2014

The 2014 Canadian National Amateur/Junior Pool Championships were held from June 24th-29th. For the first time in many years, the event was held outside of Ontario. The room owner for Fairville Shooters in Saint John, New Brunswick welcomed all players by adding $1,000 to each event.
The first event was the amateur women's 8-Ball with 14 players participating. Theresa Hunter bounced back from a loss in the second round to take the title:



Amateur Women's 8-Ball
14 players


1st
Theresa Hunter (NB)


2nd
Cathy Horgan (NB)


3rd
Valerie Bell (NB)



2014 Canadian Amateur Women's 8 Ball ChampionTheresa Hunter
Next up was the Amateur Men's 8 Ball. Adrian Fragoso made the trip from Ontario worthwhile as he kept his composure together winning 8 straight matches for the national title. This win was Adrian's first win in a major event.  We look forward to seeing Adrian in the spotlight again soon.



Amateur Men's 8-Ball
33 players


1st
Adrian Fragoso (ON)


2nd
Des Chong (NB)


3rd
Joe McIntyre (NB)



2014 Canadian Amateur 8 Ball ChampionAdrian Fragoso
In the Junior 9-Ball Event, "Team Ontario" dominated this event filling out the top three spots. Stuart MacTaggart now has his first national title under his belt.



Junior 9-Ball
8 Players


1st
Stuart MacTaggart (ON)


2nd
Nicholas Ridley (ON)


3rd
Kayla Roloson (ON)



Stuart MacTaggart, Kayla Roloson and Nicholas Ridley
The Men's Amateur 9-Ball event, "Team New Brunswick" proved that they too can play this game. Mike Henderson went undefeated with a hill-hill win in the finals. Mike will be representing Canada next year at the World 9-Ball Championships.



Amateur Men's 9-Ball
42 Players


1st
Mike Henderson (NB)


2nd
Fernand Charest (NB)


3rd
Matt Crawford (NB)



Left to right: Fernand Charest, Mike Henderson, Matt Crawford
The last event was the Amateur Women's 9-Ball. Theresa Hunter captured her second national title in less than a week with a 9-6 win over Lisa Savoy in the finals.



Amateur Women's 9-Ball
13 Players


1st
Theresa Hunter (NB)


2nd
Lisa Savoy (NB)


3rd
Candace Campbell (NB)



Theresa Hunter and Mike Henderson
Congratulations to all players who represented their respective provinces. Visit www.cbsa.ca to view the complete brackets for all events. Special thanks to the two major sponsors for this event, OB Cues and Simonis Cloth. Their support of Canadian Cue Sports is greatly appreciated.