Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)

Canadian Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationToronto
CountryCanada
Established1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Organisation(s)Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association
FormatAmateur event
Recent edition2022
Current championCanada Vito Puopolo

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.

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

[2][3]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
Amateur event
1969[4] Canada Paul Thornley Canada Don Maybee 18–10 Toronto
1970 Canada Paul Thornley Unknown Unknown Unknown
1971 Canada Winnie McKinlay Unknown Unknown Unknown
1972 Canada Cliff Thorburn Unknown Unknown Unknown
1973 Canada Bill Werbeniuk Canada Robert Paquette 16–15 Toronto
1974 Canada Cliff Thorburn Canada Julien St. Denis 13–11 Ottawa
1975 Canada Cliff Thorburn Canada Bill Werbeniuk 11–1 Ottawa
1976 Canada Cliff Thorburn Canada Bill Werbeniuk 9–2 Ottawa
1977 Canada Cliff Thorburn Canada Robert Paquette 10–6 Ottawa
1978 Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Robert Paquette 10–6 Ottawa
1979[5] Canada Jim Wych Canada Robert Paquette 10–7 Ottawa
1980[6] Canada Jim Bear Canada Robert Paquette 9–3 Ottawa
1981 Canada Bob Chaperon Canada Carey Lorraine 9–5 Ottawa
1982[7] Canada Brian McConnell Canada Robert Paquette 9–7 Montreal
1983 Canada Alain Robidoux Canada Tom Finstad 9–3 Montreal
1984 Canada Tom Finstad Canada Claude Smith 9–6 Montreal
1985 Canada Alain Robidoux Canada Mike Sobala 9–6 Montreal
1986 Canada Gary Natale Canada Larry Firth 7–4 Vancouver
1987 Canada Alain Robidoux Canada Jeff White 7–1 Vancouver
1988 Canada Brady Gollan Canada John Bear 7–3 Halifax
1989[8] Canada Tom Finstad Canada Gary Natale 8–6 Halifax
1990 Canada John White Canada Jeff White Unknown Halifax
1991 Canada Ed Galati Canada Frank Kissner 8–5 Toronto
1992 Canada Chris Woods Canada Fern Loyer 8–1 Saskatoon
1993 Canada Daryl Wouters Canada Tom Matsui 8–6 Saskatoon
1994 Canada Kirk Clouthier Canada John Kenyon 6–3 Guelph
1995 Canada Mike Sobala Canada Gerard Morrison 7–3 Vancouver
1996 Canada Ben Reicker Canada Ray Saunders 8–4 Saskatoon
1997 Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Charlie Brown 6–3 Saint John
1998 Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Tom Finstad 7–3 Halifax
1999 Canada Jim Wych Canada Tom Finstad 6–4 Saint John
2000 Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Bob Chaperon 6–3 Guelph
2001 Canada Cliff Thorburn Canada Tom Finstad 4–3 Vaughan
2002 Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Cliff Thorburn 6–1 Saint John
2003 Canada Alain Robidoux Canada Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Halifax
2004 Canada Alain Robidoux Canada Tom Finstad 6–2 Montreal
2005[9] Canada Tom Finstad Canada John White 6–4 Montreal
2006[10] Canada Alain Robidoux Canada John White 6–2 Markham
2007[11] Canada Floyd Ziegler Canada Tom Finstad 6–0 Ottawa
2008[12] Canada Kirk Stevens Canada Tom Finstad 6–2 Toronto
2009[13] Canada Alain Robidoux Canada John White 6–1 Toronto
2010[14] Canada Floyd Ziegler Canada Fern Loyer 6–3 Toronto
2011[15] Canada Alex Pagulayan Canada Floyd Ziegler 6–0 Toronto
2012[16] Canada Alex Pagulayan Canada Tom Finstad 6–3 Toronto
2013 Canada Floyd Ziegler Canada Jason Williams 6–2 Toronto
2014[17] Canada Alan Whitfield Canada Floyd Ziegler 6–1 Toronto
2015[18] Canada John White Canada Floyd Ziegler 6–2 Toronto
2016[19] Canada Rodney Cuillèrier Canada Floyd Ziegler 7–4 Saint-Lambert
2017[20] Canada John White Canada Fern Loyer 7–5 Toronto
2018[21] Canada Brady Gollan Canada Alan Whitfield 6–4 Toronto
2019[22] Canada Bob Chaperon Canada Lobsang Lama 6–5 Toronto
2020 Tournament Not Held
2021
2022[1] Canada Vito Puopolo Canada Alan Whitfield 5–3 Toronto
2023[23] Canada Jason Williams Canada Floyd Ziegler 5–1 Toronto

Finalists

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 1 1 2

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