Australian Snooker Championship

The National Australian Snooker Championship ( Australian National Snooker Championship ) is a competition to determine the national champion title in the billiards variant snooker in Australia .

history

While there was a national championship in English Billiards as early as 1906, a title in snooker was not played nationwide until 1953. In the state of South Australia , however, the first snooker championship was held in 1924. A number of players won the title in both disciplines ( Bob Marshall , Max Williams, Robby Foldvari , David Collins, Steve Mifsud , Matthew Bolton ).

Since only amateurs are eligible, some of the best-known Australian players such as Horace Lindrum , Eddie Charlton and Neil Robertson are not represented at all or only with a few titles from their amateur days. The tournament is not to be confused with the Australian Open Snooker Championship and the Australian Professional Championship or the Australian Goldfields Open , which are tournaments with the participation of foreign players or professional players.

Record titleholders are Max Williams and Steve Mifsud, each with 8 championships.

Women have played a national championship since 1975. Kathy Parashis is the most successful participant here: in 1992 she won her 1st and 2012 her 9th title. She made it to the finals 8 times in a row in the 1990s. Fran Lovis was successful 5 times in a row (1975 to 1979) and 6 times in total.

Junior competitions have existed since 1979. After the U-18 competition, other age groups were gradually introduced.

Some titleholders are also family members. James Mifsud first won the men's competition in 2016 after his older brother Steve had been successful 7 times between 2001 and 2013. Stan Gorski won the first title for the Gorski family in 1989, winning three times in total. His wife Margaret even had 5 wins between 1991 and 2009.

Title holder

The following table shows the titleholders from 1953 or from the introduction of the respective class. In the case of multiple winners among women and seniors, the superscript number for the first victory indicates the total number of titles won in this class.

year	Men			Women	Seniors	Juniors
	winner	Result	opponent			U21 (until 1988: U23)	U18	U15
1953	Warren Simpson	Group stage	Bob Marshall	not carried out	not carried out	not carried out	not carried out	not carried out
1954	Warren Simpson	unknown	Frank Edwards
1955	Ted Pickett		Jack Harris
1956	Bob Marshall	5: 4	Warren Simpson
1957	Warren Simpson	unknown	Bob Marshall
1958	Frank Harris		Warren Simpson
1959	Kevin Burles		Frank Harris
1960	Kevin Burles		Bob Marshall
1961	Max Williams		Len Rahilly
1962	Willie Barrie 1		Jim Lyons
1963	Frank Harris	8: 4	Willie Barrie
1964	Willie Barrie	8: 5	Frank Harris
1965	Willie Barrie	unknown	Arthur Cuffe
1966	Max Williams		Ron Atkins
1967	Max Williams		Rex King
1968	Max Williams		Ron Mares
1969	Willie Barrie		Max Williams
1970	Max Williams		Harry Andrews
1971	Max Williams		Geoff Miller
1972	Max Williams		Robert McLass
1973	Max Williams		Robert McLass
1974	Lou Condo	Group stage	John Campbell
1975	Ron Atkins	unknown	Fred Thomas	Fran Lovis 6
1976	Ron Atkins	Group stage	Leon Heywood	Fran Lovis
1977	Ron Atkins	unknown	Jim Bonner	Fran Lovis
1978	Kevin Burles	4: 2 2	Ron Atkins	Fran Lovis
1979	John Campbell	Group stage 3	Jim Bonner	Fran Lovis			Greg Jenkins
1980	Warren King	Group stage	James Giannaros	Lesley McIlrath 2			Phil Jones
1981	Warren King	8: 6	John Campbell	Lesley McIlrath			Les Higgins
1982	James Giannaros	8: 3	Warren King	Megan Fullerton 3		Sam Frangie	Robert Leighton
1983	Gary Lackenby	8: 4	Adrian Campbell	Fran Lovis		Greg Jenkins	Nick Vasic
1984	Glen Wilkinson	8: 6	Adrian Campbell	Megan Fullerton		Les Higgins	Than Vinh Tran
1985	Jim Bonner	8: 5	Philip Tarrant	Linda Lucas 5		Les Higgins	Wayne Turpin
1986	Geoff Miller	8: 3	Peter Hawkes	Diane Dale		Les Higgins	Len Hill
1987	Peter Hawkes	8: 7	Roger Farebrother	Margaret Simmons 2		Steve Mifsud	Wayne Turpin
1988	Jim Bonner	8: 5	Stan Gorski	Linda Lucas		Steve Mifsud	Stuart Lawler	Steve Balderson
1989	Stan Gorski	8: 2	Barry Saxon	Margaret Simmons		Steve Mifsud	Shawn budd	Stuart Lawler
1990	Craig Duffy	8: 5	Nick Vasic	Linda Lucas		Steve Mifsud	Shawn budd	Rhys Cochrane
1991	David Collins	5: 4	Quinten Hann	Margaret Gorski 5		Andrew Hicks	Lim Soon Tut	Rhys Cochrane
1992	Stan Gorski	8: 1	Peter Hawkes	Kathy Parashis 9		Stuart Lawler	Stuart Lawler	Joel Younger
1993	Steve Waterer	unknown	Danny Love	Kathy Parashis		Scott Matthews	Rhys Cochrane	Daniel Jones
1994	unknown			Kathy Parashis		Quinten Hann	Rhys Cochrane	James Chappel
1995				Kathy Parashis		Stuart Lawler	Joel Younger	James Chappel
1996	Stan Gorski	5: 1	Craig Duffy	not carried out		Aaron Mahoney	Neil Robertson	James Chappel
1997	Shawn budd	5-0	Johl Younger	Margaret Gorski		Ian Barber	Neil Robertson	Ben Judge
1998	Shawn budd	6: 3	Steve Mifsud	Megan Fullerton		Daniel Jones	Neil Robertson	Justin Campbell
1999	unknown			unknown		Ben Middleton	Neil Robertson	Vinnie Calabrese
2000	Shawn budd	5: 2	Steve Mifsud	Ann Green		Neil Robertson	Shannon Dixon	Michael Lupton
2001	Steve Mifsud	6: 1	Neil Robertson	Margaret Gorski		James Delahunty	Ben Judge	Vinnie Calabrese
2002	Steve Mifsud	6: 3	Quinten Hann	Margaret Gorski		James Mifsud	Michael Lupton	Adam Grabish
2003	Steve Mifsud	6: 1	Johl Younger	Kathy Parashis		Neil Robertson	Michael Lupton	Guy Allan
2004	Steve Mifsud	6-0	Shawn budd	Tammy Cantoni		Ben Judge	Vinnie Calabrese	Chris Horne
2005	Vinnie Calabrese	6: 4	Roger Farebrother	Kathy Parashis		Adam Kinghorn	Vinnie Calabrese	Kurt Browne
2006	Robby Foldvari	6: 3	Matthew Bolton	Linda Lucas	Glen Wilkinson 5	Vinnie Calabrese	Tom Simmons	Ricky Emery
2007	Glen Wilkinson	6: 5	Shawn budd	Kathy Parashis	Glen Wilkinson	Vinnie Calabrese	Shaun Dalitz	Kurt Browne
2008	Ben Judge	6: 1	Aaron Mahoney	Linda Lucas	Robby Foldvari	Vinnie Calabrese	Charlie Chafe	Kurt Browne
2009	Glen Wilkinson	6: 1	Aaron Mahoney	Margaret Gorski	Glen Wilkinson	Charlie Chafe	Kurt Brown	Ryan Thomerson
2010	Steve Mifsud	6: 3	Shawn budd	Kathy Parashis	Paul Balzer	Shaun Dalitz	Kurt Brown	Cale Barrett
2011	Steve Mifsud	6: 3	Joe Minici	Shirley Smith	Joe Minici 2	Kurt Brown	Kurt Brown	Cale Barrett
2012	Johl Younger	5: 1	Shawn budd	Kathy Parashis	Joe Minici	Kurt Brown	Ryan Thomerson	Arthur Lin
2013	Steve Mifsud	5: 4	Johl Younger	Jessica Woods 5	Glen Wilkinson	Charlie Chafe	Arthur Lin	Arthur Lin
2014	Matthew Bolton	5: 2	Aaron Mahoney	Jessica Woods	Glen Wilkinson	Charlie Chafe	Cale Barrett	Hayden Goode
2015	Aaron Mahoney	5: 4	Joe Minici	Jessica Woods	Paul Thomerson 2	Ryan Thomerson	Alex Pace	Kyle Renton
2016	James Mifsud	6: 1	Vinnie Calabrese	Jessica Woods	Paul Thomerson	Cale Barrett	Alex Pace	Jake Thompson
2017	Adrian Ridley	6: 3	Steve Mifsud	Kathy Howden	Peter McCullagh 2	Cale Barrett	Hayden Goode	Danyal Porter
2018	Steve Mifsud	6: 5	Charlie Chafe	Jessica Woods	Steve Mifsud	Matt Curwood	Marc Fridman	Harry Mok
2019	Matthew Bolton	6: 2	James Mifsud	Jessica Woods	Peter McCullagh	Matt Curwood	Kyle Thomson	Xavier Daw
2020	August 2020			July 2020	May 2020	April 2020	Xavier Daw	Joshua Hands

¹Before Barrie emigrated from Scotland to Australia, he was able to win the Scottish U18 championship there in 1946 and 1947 and the men 's championship in 1956 .

² Since both players had won five games and lost one after the group stage, a playoff for the championship title was played

³After Kevin Burles passed away during the tournament and three games had not yet been played, John Campbell was declared the winner.

Ranking of men

space	player			Final participation
1	Steve Mifsud	8th	3	11
2	Max Williams	8th	1	9
3	Willie Barrie	4th	1	5
4th	Shawn budd	3	4th	7th
5	Ron Atkins	3	2	5
	Warren Simpson	3	2	5
7th	Stan Gorski	3	1	4th
8th	Kevin Burles	3	0	3
	Glen Wilkinson	3	0	3
10	Jim Bonner	2	2	4th
	Frank Harris	2	2	4th
12	Matthew Bolton	2	1	3
	Warren King	2	1	3
14th	Aaron Mahoney	1	3	4th
	Bob Marshall	1	3	4th
	Johl Younger	1	3	4th
17th	John Campbell	1	2	3
	Peter Hawkes	1	2	3
19th	Vinnie Calabrese	1	1	2
	Craig Duffy	1	1	2
	James Giannaros	1	1	2
	James Mifsud	1	1	2
	Geoff Miller	1	1	2
24	David Collins	1	0	1
	Lou Condo	1	0	1
	Robby Foldvari	1	0	1
	Ben Judge	1	0	1
	Gary Lackenby	1	0	1
	Ted Pickett	1	0	1
	Adrian Ridley	1	0	1
	Steve Waterer	1	0	1
32	Adrian Campbell	0	2	0
	Roger Farebrother	0	2	2
	Quinten Hann	0	2	2
	Robert McLass	0	2	2
	Joe Minici	0	2	2
37	Harry Andrews	0	1	1
	Charlie Chafe	0	1	1
	Arthur Cuffe	0	1	1
	Frank Edwards	0	1	1
	Jack Harris	0	1	1
	Leon Heywood	0	1	1
	Rex King	0	1	1
	Danny Love	0	1	1
	Jim Lyons	0	1	1
	Ron Mares	0	1	1
	Len Rahilly	0	1	1
	Neil Robertson	0	1	1
	Barry Saxon	0	1	1
	Philip Tarrant	0	1	1
	Fred Thomas	0	1	1
	Nick Vasic	0	1	1

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Web links

• Australian Amateur Championship at CueTracker