Cuillerier is Champion in Canada

Rodney Cuillèrier added his name to an esteemed roll of honour after claiming the 2016 Canadian National Snooker Championship at La Bande Au Coin in Saint-Lambert, Quebec.

Cuillèrier began the event by winning all three of his group games and qualifying the knockout phase. There he eliminated Andre Roy 5-1, Mehdi Dorhmi 5-1 and Gilles Boisemenu 6-2 to reach the final for the first time.

His opponent was three-time winner Floyd Ziegler, who would contest the title match for the seventh time in the past 10 years. On his way, he had dethroned defending champion John White 5-1 in the quarter-finals, gaining a measure of revenge for his loss to him in the final 12 months before.

However, it was Cuillèrier celebrating following a 7-4 triumph.

Another new winner was also crowned in the Canadian National Seniors Snooker Championship as Fern Loyer defeated reigning champion Kristal MacLeod 4-1 in the final.

Event date: start of May 2016.