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Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)

The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the highest ranking amateur event in the country.

Canadian Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationToronto
CountryCanada
Established1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Organisation(s)Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2022
Current championCanada Vito Puopolo

The competition was first established back in 1969 which was won by Paul Thornley. Alain Robidoux is the record championship holder with seven titles, one ahead of Kirk Stevens. Tom Finstad holds the record for reaching the most finals having reached eleven finals and won the championship three times. The championship is currently held by Vito Puopolo, who defeated Alan Whitfield 5–3 in the 2022 final.[1]

Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Alain Robidoux, Kirk Stevens, Bob Chaperon, Jim Wych, Bill Werbeniuk and most notably Cliff Thorburn who won the competition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001, eventually going on to become the first player in the modern era from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980.

Winners edit

[2][3]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
Amateur event
1969[4]   Paul Thornley   Don Maybee 18–10 Toronto
1970   Paul Thornley Unknown Unknown Unknown
1971   Winnie McKinlay Unknown Unknown Unknown
1972   Cliff Thorburn Unknown Unknown Unknown
1973   Bill Werbeniuk   Robert Paquette 16–15 Toronto
1974   Cliff Thorburn   Julien St. Denis 13–11 Ottawa
1975   Cliff Thorburn   Bill Werbeniuk 11–1 Ottawa
1976   Cliff Thorburn   Bill Werbeniuk 9–2 Ottawa
1977   Cliff Thorburn   Robert Paquette 10–6 Ottawa
1978   Kirk Stevens   Robert Paquette 10–6 Ottawa
1979[5]   Jim Wych   Robert Paquette 10–7 Ottawa
1980[6]   Jim Bear   Robert Paquette 9–3 Ottawa
1981   Bob Chaperon   Carey Lorraine 9–5 Ottawa
1982[7]   Brian McConnell   Robert Paquette 9–7 Montreal
1983   Alain Robidoux   Tom Finstad 9–3 Montreal
1984   Tom Finstad   Claude Smith 9–6 Montreal
1985   Alain Robidoux   Mike Sobala 9–6 Montreal
1986   Gary Natale   Larry Firth 7–4 Vancouver
1987   Alain Robidoux   Jeff White 7–1 Vancouver
1988   Brady Gollan   John Bear 7–3 Halifax
1989[8]   Tom Finstad   Gary Natale 8–6 Halifax
1990   John White   Jeff White Unknown Halifax
1991   Ed Galati   Frank Kissner 8–5 Toronto
1992   Chris Woods   Fern Loyer 8–1 Saskatoon
1993   Daryl Wouters   Tom Matsui 8–6 Saskatoon
1994   Kirk Clouthier   John Kenyon 6–3 Guelph
1995   Mike Sobala   Gerard Morrison 7–3 Vancouver
1996   Ben Reicker   Ray Saunders 8–4 Saskatoon
1997   Kirk Stevens   Charlie Brown 6–3 Saint John
1998   Kirk Stevens   Tom Finstad 7–3 Halifax
1999   Jim Wych   Tom Finstad 6–4 Saint John
2000   Kirk Stevens   Bob Chaperon 6–3 Guelph
2001   Cliff Thorburn   Tom Finstad 4–3 Vaughan
2002   Kirk Stevens   Cliff Thorburn 6–1 Saint John
2003   Alain Robidoux   Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Halifax
2004   Alain Robidoux   Tom Finstad 6–2 Montreal
2005[9]   Tom Finstad   John White 6–4 Montreal
2006[10]   Alain Robidoux   John White 6–2 Markham
2007[11]   Floyd Ziegler   Tom Finstad 6–0 Ottawa
2008[12]   Kirk Stevens   Tom Finstad 6–2 Toronto
2009[13]   Alain Robidoux   John White 6–1 Toronto
2010[14]   Floyd Ziegler   Fern Loyer 6–3 Toronto
2011[15]   Alex Pagulayan   Floyd Ziegler 6–0 Toronto
2012[16]   Alex Pagulayan   Tom Finstad 6–3 Toronto
2013   Floyd Ziegler   Jason Williams 6–2 Toronto
2014[17]   Alan Whitfield   Floyd Ziegler 6–1 Toronto
2015[18]   John White   Floyd Ziegler 6–2 Toronto
2016[19]   Rodney Cuillèrier   Floyd Ziegler 7–4 Saint-Lambert
2017[20]   John White   Fern Loyer 7–5 Toronto
2018[21]   Brady Gollan   Alan Whitfield 6–4 Toronto
2019[22]   Bob Chaperon   Lobsang Lama 6–5 Toronto
2020 Tournament Not Held
2021
2022[1]   Vito Puopolo   Alan Whitfield 5–3 Toronto

Finalists edit

Rank Name Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Alain Robidoux 7 0 7
2 Cliff Thorburn 6 2 8
3 Kirk Stevens 6 0 6
4 Tom Finstad 3 8 11
5 Floyd Ziegler 3 4 7
6 John White 3 3 6
7 Bob Chaperon 2 1 3
8 Brady Gollan 2 0 2
8 Paul Thornley 2 0 2
8 Jim Wych 2 0 2
8 Alex Pagulayan 2 0 2
12 Bill Werbeniuk 1 2 3
12 Alan Whitfield 1 2 3
14 Gary Natale 1 1 2
14 Mike Sobala 1 1 2
16 Winnie McKinley 1 0 1
16 Jim Bear 1 0 1
16 Brian McConnell 1 0 1
16 Ed Galati 1 0 1
16 Chris Woods 1 0 1
16 Daryl Wouters 1 0 1
16 Kirk Clouthier 1 0 1
16 Ben Reicker 1 0 1
16 Rodney Cuillèrier 1 0 1
16 Vito Puopolo 1 0 1
26 Robert Paquette 0 6 6
27 Fern Loyer 0 3 3
28 Jeff White 0 2 2
29 Lobsang Lama 0 1 1
29 Julien St. Denis 0 1 1
29 Carey Lorraine 0 1 1
29 Claude Smith 0 1 1
29 Larry Firth 0 1 1
29 John Bear 0 1 1
29 Tom Matsui 0 1 1
29 John Kenyon 0 1 1
29 Gerard Morrison 0 1 1
29 Ray Saunders 0 1 1
29 Charlie Brown 0 1 1
29 Frank Kissner 0 1 1
29 Jason Williams 0 1 1

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