Wayne Thibodeau Goes Undefeated To Score Victory At Predator Tour Finale
- Cue Sports Nova Scotia
- Apr 26
- 3 min read
By Dale Brimicombe.
April 26, 2026.
Tournament Bracket:
Brian's CueSport Live Streams:
Day 1, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTa3YjskSd0&t=12s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTa3YjskSd0&t=12s)
Day 1 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqKp9nSkiVA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqKp9nSkiVA)
A strong field of 69 players filed into Dooly’s Portland in Dartmouth this past weekend to vie for the title in the Predator Tour Finale. Large fields during the season saw records broken for participation and this day would be no different, well surpassing last year’s inaugural event total of 54 players.
Richard “Buddy” Young had an up-and-down road to the final, squeaking past Mitch Tucker 7-6 early on then playing flawlessly in the A side semi-final, dispatching Ryan Kendall to the one-loss side with a 7-0 whitewash win. On the other side of the draw,
Wayne Thibodeau, a top eight finisher from last year’s finale, made his way to the hot seat but it was no easy road for him as he survived three hill-hill clashes along the way before dispatching Young 7-3 to await his opponent in the final. On the B side, Kendall then eked out a 5-4 win over Nok Mantolino before defeating Young 5-3, setting up a clash of players from opposite ends of the province in the final, Thibodeau from Digby area and Kendall from Sydney. The players traded games to 4-4 before Wayne pulled away, finally closing out the set with a 7-4 win.
Main Event Payouts:
1st - $1000 Wayne Thibodeau
2nd - $700 Ryan Kendall
3rd - $580 Richard Buddy Young
4th - $400 Nok Mantolino
5th/6th - $265 Adam Cormier, Brian White
7th/8th - $180 Chris Penney, Clayton Dennis
9-12 - $130 Milo Guevarra, Jody Swim, Bill MacPherson, Travis Warren
13-16 - $90 Troy Richards, Kyle Richard, Craig Teal, Janet Ritcey
Dana Luddington organized a fundraiser for Brian McNamara to be able to purchase some new equipment for his live streaming. The 100 squares sold out quickly and a draw was done with Mike Eamon taking home the $500 prize. Dana then presented Brian with the other $500, which will help him update his gear and keep our pool community in touch with our local events. Thanks to all who supported the cause and we look forward to continue working with Brian in the future.
CSNS vice-president Bruce Lilly was on hand to do the loyalty draw for a Predator Aspire cue. For every three cue raffle tickets purchased during the season a player got a ballot and all those went into a draw for the grand prize. Jevan Buchi was the lucky winner - congrats Jevan!
550 and under Fargo payouts:
4-way split for 1st ($100 each) - Brendan MacEachern, Wayne Rodgers, Cal Boudreau, Dave Karas
450 and under Fargo payouts:
2-way split for 1st ($140 each) – Lynne Palmer, Jevan Buchi
3rd/4th - $60 each – Kevin Shannon, Byron Brown
A huge shout out to Predator for their continued sponsorship of our tour; many thanks also to Jen Reid and the staff at Dooly's Portland for hosting our event this year – you folks are awesome to work with and we appreciate your continued support of our events; to Brian McNamara and Brian's Cuesport Streams for a great weekend of coverage; and to the many tournament officials who made time to ensure the event ran efficiently throughout the weekend; and to you, the players and fans, who make it all worthwhile - THANK YOU!!!
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