Full Results from the 2017 Canadian Pool Championships

Jun 2, 2017

From May 23rd to May 28th, the Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association (CBSA) hosted the 22nd Annual Canadian Pool Championships at the Black Lake Arena in Thetford Mines, Quebec. The seven-day event had a full schedule which included tournaments in 8 different divisions:
8-Ball
9-Ball
10-Ball
One-Pocket
Straight Pool
Speed Pool
Bank Pool
Junior Pool
The CBSA is recognized internationally by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). With this recognition, winners of this event are given the opportunity to represent Canada at the World Pool Championships, and most other major International pool events.

Women’s Events
Once again, Naomi Williams and Brittany Bryant have added a few more national titles to their already impressive resumes. Naomi Williams won the 8-Ball event and Brittany Bryant won both the 9-Ball and 10-Ball. These ladies always manage to get the job done when the heat is on - a sign of a true champion. In the amateur division, Lynnette Valencia and Marie-France Blanchette came out on top of the 8-Ball and 9-Ball events, respectively. It’s only a matter of time before these players will be a threat in the open events.




Women's 8-Ball
10 Players
Payout


1st
Naomi Williams
$1,850


2nd
Veronique Menard
$550


3rd
Brittany Bryant
$360






Women's 9-Ball
9 Players
Payout


1st
Brittany Bryant
$1,900


2nd
Veronique Menard
$550


3rd
Naomi Williams
$360



 



Women's 10-Ball
7 Players
Payout


1st
Brittany Bryant
$1,830


2nd
Naomi Williams
$450


3rd
Janet Ritcey
$300



 



Women's Amateur 8-Ball
10 Players
Payout


1st
Lynnette Valencia
$1,000


2nd
Marie-France Blanchette
$650


3rd
Valerie Bedard
$400


4th
Simone Lloyd
$300



 



Women's Amateur 9-Ball 
13 Players
Payout


1st
Marie-France Blanchette
$1,100


2nd
Nathalie Chabot
$750


3rd
Valerie Bedard
$530


4th
Lisa David
$375




Open Events
The first of the open events was 8-Ball. It was Adam Monture who stole the show as he marched through the event undefeated beating one champion after another. Adam has been tearing up the scene in Ontario playing, and winning, in nearly every tournament he enters. His efforts have finally paid off with his first National title winning 11-7 against Jason Klatt in the finals.




Open 8-Ball
30 Players
Payout


1st
Adam Monture
$3,250


2nd
Jason Klatt
$1,150


3rd
John Morra
$870


4th
Erik Hjorleifson
$650


5-6th
Francis Crevier
$500


5-6th
Alain Martel
$500


7-8th
Guillaime McNicoll
$400


7-8th
Luc Salvas
$400



 
In the 9-Ball event, John Morra proved that he can still play despite his decision to take a break from the game earlier this year. In the final match, John narrowly edged out Erik Hjorleifson with a 15-14 score. “One of the best final matches I've ever watched!” said John White of the CBSA.



Open 9-Ball
36 Players
Payout


1st
John Morra
$3,450


2nd
Erik Hjorleifson
$1,425


3rd
Martin Daigle
$1,125


4th
Alain Martel
$850


5-6th
Luc Salvas
$625


5-6th
Jason Klatt
$625


7-8th
Adam Monture
$440


7-8th
Francis Crevier
$440



 
In 10-Ball, John Morra continued his winning ways staying on the A-side on route to the finals. On the B-side it was Jason Klatt who was determined not to go home empty-handed. In the end, Jason Klatt took the national 10-ball title with a 13-10 victory.



Open 10-Ball
36 Players
Payout


1st
Jason Klatt
$3,600


2nd
John Morra
$1,300


3rd
Alain Martel
$1,000


4th
Danny Hewitt
$770


5-6th
Luc Salvas
$570


5-6th
Francis Crevier
$570


7-8th
Martin Daigle
$415


7-8th
Erik Hjorleifson
$415



 
For the first time ever, the CBSA added 4 new open divisions; Straight Pool, One Pocket, Bank Pool and Speed Pool. Alain Martel demonstrated that he is still one of Canada`s best all-around players as he won Straight Pool, One-Pocket and Bank Pool, 3 of these 4 new events. Luc “The Machine Gun” Salvas remains the fastest Canadian player around winning the speed pool event. Luc plays so fast, I once saw him shoot the 7, 8 and 9 only to rattle the 7-ball.



One Pocket
13 Players
Payout


1st
Alain Martel
$300


2nd
Luc Salvas
$200


3-4th
Greg Plester
$75


3-4th
Dany Nguyen
$75


 
 
 


Straight Pool
21 Players
Payout


1st
Alain Martel
$450


2nd
Francis Crevier
$300


3-4th
Bryan Depencier
$150


3-4th
Brian Massender
$150


 
 
 


Bank Pool
23 Players
Payout


1st
Alain Martel
$500


2nd
Dany Nguyen
$300


3-4th
Greg Plester
$175


3-4th
Shane Gummerson
$175


 
 
 


Speed Pool
8 Players
Payout


1st
Luc Salvas
$400


2nd
Erik Hjorleifson
$200


3-4th
Alain Martel
$50


3-4th
Greg Plester
$50



 
Amateur Divisions
These two events had the highest number of participants. The 8-Ball event had 42 players with Rod Arsenault coming out on top over Paul Duell in the finals.




Amateur 8-Ball
42 Players
Payout
 


1st
Rodney Arsenault
$1,350
& Ring & 2018 Entry with Hotel


2nd
Paul Duell
$1,235
 


3rd
Stefane Godinho
$900
 


4th
Rene Brind'Amour
$600
 


5-6th
Paul Gordon
$400
 


5-6th
Shane Gummerson
$400
 


7-8th
Timothy Bristow
$300
 


7-8th
Kyle Richard
$300
 



 
Paul Duell redeemed himself in the 51 player 9-Ball event winning 11-8 over Sumon Sarkar in the finals.



Amateur 9-Ball
51 Players
Payout
 


1st
Paul Duell
$1,400
& Ring & 2018 Entry with Hotel


2nd
Sumon Sarkar
$1,270
 


3rd
Shane Gummerson
$950
 


4th
Rene Brind'Amour
$660
 


5-6th
Greg Plester
$430
 


5-6th
Stefane Godinho
$430
 


7-8th
Denis Neron
$300
 


7-8th
Jean-Francois Neault
$300
 


9-12th
Brad Guthrie
$240
 


9-12th
Rodney Arsenault
$240
 


9-12th
Jonathan Thibeault
$240
 


9-12th
Claude Cote
$240
 



 
 
Junior Division
Nicolas Carinci won the U19’s over William Cadieu Meloch. In the U17 division, Dean Cuillerier defeated Brenden Croft 7-3 in a field of 14. It was the largest turnout in the Juniors and it was split it into two divisions for this reason. All 4 finalists qualified to represent Canada at the World Junior Championships in Moscow this October.  Participation in the WPA World Juniors is also divided into U19 and U17 divisions which are subject to verification of the age of the participants who have qualified as well.




Juniors U17
14 Players


1st
Dean Cuillerier


2nd
Brenden Croft


3rd
Tommy Cayer


 
 


Juniors U19
5 Players


1st
Nicolas Carinci


2nd
William Cadieu Meloche


3rd
Jerome Nadeau



 
 
Full Brackets are available at compusport
Live streaming of the event was sponsored by Eventime, and provided by Billardquebec.
Photos provided by the CBSA.




Special thanks to everyone involved who worked together to make this event a success. Hope to see you all again next year