Profile

Date of Birth: 7 July 1979
Hometown: Perth, WA

Highest Tournament Breaks
Snooker: 142
Billiards: 831

BILLIARDS

15 times Australian National Billiards Champion

7 times Australian Open Billiards Champion

Winner of 6 World Ranking Billiards Events

2011 World Billiards Runner Up

2012 World Billiards Runner Up

#1 ranked Billiards player in the world 2012/13


SNOOKER

Winner of 14 National Snooker Ranking Tournaments

2014 Australian National Snooker Champion

2017 Oceania Snooker Champion

#1 ranked Snooker player in Australia since 2014

5 times World Championship representative

6 times WA State Snooker Champion

2017/18 and 2018/19 World Snooker Main Tour Professional player


SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2000 received the 882 6PR Special Achievement in Sport Award at the ANZ Sports Star of the Year Awards for becoming the youngest Australian Billiards Champion in history at the age of 20

Youngest ever WA State Billiards Champion – aged 16

5 times Bob Marshall medallist – awarded to Australia’s most outstanding cueist each year by the Australian Billiards and Snooker Council

Australian Sports Medal awarded by the Government in 2001

Footpath star at the Hillarys Boat Harbour “Walk of Fame”

Inducted into St Stephens School past students Sporting Hall of Fame

Record holder of highest break ever in the Australian National Billiards, with a break of 809 in 2017. This surpassed his previous record of 736 made in 2014. The prior record was held by Bob Marshall with 702 which had stood since 1953.

Break of 831 in the 2011 World Billiards is the highest break ever in World Championships by any Australian player

One of only 4 players to ever win both the Australian Snooker Championship and Australian Billiards Championship in the same year – 2014

Multiple times nominee for ANZ Sports Star of the Year in WA

Undefeated at State or National level Billiards in Australia since 2003


TOURNAMENT WINS

BILLIARDS

Australian National Billiards Championship (timed)
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Australian Open Billiards Championship (150up)
2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017

Oceania Billiards Championship
2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

WA State Billiards Championship
1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Jim Williamson Memorial World Open
2013, 2014

South Australia Open Billiards
2017

SNOOKER

2006
WA State Snooker Championship

2008
WA State Snooker Championship

2014
Queensland Open Snooker
City of Melbourne
Fred Osbourne Memorial Classic
Australian National Snooker Championship
WA State Snooker Championship

2015
Queensland Open Snooker
West Coast International
WA State Snooker Championship

2016
Queensland Open Snooker
West Coast International
Pot Black Open
WA State Snooker Championship

2017
Queensland Open Snooker
City of Adelaide
Oceania Snooker Championship
Lance Pannell Snooker Classic
West Coast International
WA State Snooker Championship