Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)

Canadian Amateur Championship

Tournament information
Country	Canada
Established	1969
Organisation(s)	Canadian Billiards & Snooker Association
Format	Amateur event
Recent edition	2015
Current champion(s)	John White

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

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 Alan Whitfield who defeated former champion Floyd Ziegler 6–1 to win the 2014 tournament.

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 noticeably Cliff Thorburn who won the compition in 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 2001 and would go on to become the only former champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1980 becoming the first champion from outside the United Kingdom in the modern era.

Winners

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Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	City
Amateur event
1969	Paul Thornley	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1970	Paul Thornley	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1971	Winnie McKinley	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1972	Cliff Thorburn	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1973	Bill Werbeniuk	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1974	Cliff Thorburn	Julien St. Denis	Unknown	Unknown
1975	Cliff Thorburn	Bill Werbeniuk	Unknown	Unknown
1976	Cliff Thorburn	Bill Werbeniuk	Unknown	Unknown
1977	Cliff Thorburn	Bob Paquette	10–6	Ottawa
1978	Kirk Stevens	Bob Paquette	10–6	Ottawa
1979[3]	Jim Wych	Bob Paquette	10–7	Ottawa
1980	Jim Bear	Bob Paquette	Unknown	Ottawa
1981	Bob Chaperon	Carey Lorraine	Unknown	Ottawa
1982	Brian McConnell	Bob Paquette	Unknown	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	Unknown	Vancouver
1987	Alain Robidoux	Jeff White	7–1	Vancouver
1988	Brady Golan	John Bear	7–3	Halifax
1989	Tom Finstad	Gary Natale	Unknown	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[4]	Tom Finstad	John White	6–4	Montreal
2006[5]	Alain Robidoux	John White	6–2	Markham
2007[6]	Floyd Ziegler	Tom Finstad	6–0	Ottawa
2008[7]	Kirk Stevens	Tom Finstad	6–2	Toronto
2009[8]	Alain Robidoux	John White	6–1	Toronto
2010[9]	Floyd Ziegler	Fern Loyer	6–3	Toronto
2011[10]	Alex Pagulayan	Floyd Ziegler	6–0	Toronto
2012[11]	Alex Pagulayan	Tom Finstad	6–3	Toronto
2013	Floyd Ziegler	Jason Williams	6–2	Toronto
2014[12]	Alan Whitfield	Floyd Ziegler	6–1	Toronto
2015[13]	John White	Floyd Ziegler	6–2	Toronto

Stats

Finalists

Rank	Name	Winner	Runner-up	Finals
1	Robidoux, AlainAlain Robidoux	7	0	7
2	Thorburn, CliffCliff Thorburn	6	2	8
3	Stevens, KirkKirk Stevens	6	0	6
4	Tom Finstad	3	8	11
5	Floyd Ziegler	3	3	6
6	John White	2	3	5
7	Paul Thornley	2	0	2
7	Wych, JimJim Wych	2	0	2
7	Pagulayan, AlexAlex Pagulayan	2	0	2
10	Werbeniuk, BillBill Werbeniuk	1	2	3
11	Chaperon, BobBob Chaperon	1	1	2
11	Gary Natale	1	1	2
13	Winnie McKinley	1	0	1
13	Jim Bear	1	0	1
13	Brian McConnell	1	0	1
13	Brady Golan	1	0	1
13	Ed Galati	1	0	1
13	Chris Woods	1	0	1
13	Daryl Wouters	1	0	1
13	Kirk Clouthier	1	0	1
13	Mike Sobala	1	0	1
13	Ben Reicker	1	0	1
13	Alan Whitfield	1	0	1
24	Bob Paquette	0	5	5
25	Fern Loyer	0	2	2
25	Jeff White	0	2	2
27	Julien St. Denis	0	1	1
27	Carey Lorraine	0	1	1
27	Claude Smith	0	1	1
27	Mike Sobala	0	1	1
27	Larry Firth	0	1	1
27	Bear, JohnJohn Bear	0	1	1
27	Tom Matsui	0	1	1
27	John Kenyon	0	1	1
27	Gerard Morrison	0	1	1
27	Ray Saunders	0	1	1
27	Charlie Brown	0	1	1
27	Frank Kissner	0	1	1
27	Jason Williams	0	1	1

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