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WrapUp for 2025 CCS Atlantic 8-Ball Championships

  • Writer: Cue Sports Nova Scotia
    Cue Sports Nova Scotia
  • Nov 12
  • 5 min read

By Craig Teal.

November 12, 2025.


The 2025 Atlantic CCS 8-Ball Championships have completed following a marathon 4 days of competition at Doolys Portland and Dooly’s Burnside over November 7th -10th. This was the first time the championship has been held in the Halifax-Dartmouth area since 2017.


Play kicked off Friday November 7th with two divisions of male-female Scotch Doubles events.


Advanced Doubles: The Advanced Scotch doubles division had 16 teams competing. Matches were handicapped, with pairings of two Advanced players, or pairings consisting of one Advanced player and one Open player, racing to 5 games. Duos consisting of one Advanced player and one Standard player, or two Open players, raced to 4 games. Angie Kilbride and Ryan Kendall emerged the Advanced Scotch Doubles champions over the defending winners of this event the past two years, Paris Shahsavar and Brian White.



Standard Doubles: The Standard Division also had a full field with 16 entries. Teams made up of one Open player and one Standard player raced to 4 games, while teams with two Standard players raced to 3 games. Barb Mullins and Jeremy Mullins earned the Standard Scotch Doubles title outshooting Lynne Palmer and Cory Fearon in the final.




Day 2 on Saturday November 8th was all about Team Competitions.


Women's Teams: 8 Women’s Teams made up the Women’s division, played at Doolys Portland. The event was double knockout. Matches were first to win 9 games, with each team fielding 4 players. The team I Just Wanna Play came from the B-side to defeat NS Strong in the final in the extra deciding round. Team members from I Just Wanna play were Angie Kilbride, Desiree Marshall, Ashley Denny, and Bernadette Tucker.



Advanced Teams: The Advanced Mixed Team division had 5 teams, competing at Doolys Burnside in round robin format, as agreed among the teams. Matches involved 5 players from each team playing one head-to-head game per round. The first team to reach 13 wins was declared the match winner. Last years winning team Mi’kma’ki, and HRM Garbage Collection, were the two teams on top following the round robin stage. The final match saw HRM Garbage collection win over Mi’kma’ki 13-10. Winning team members were Adam Cormier, John Newman, Kyle Richard, Colin MacDonald, and Colin Maloney.



Open Teams: The Open Mixed Team division had 5 teams, competing at Doolys Burnside in traditional Double Knockout format. Teams also consisted of 5 playing members per match round, and the winner of each match was the first team to reach 13 wins. Chalk & Awe went undefeated to the final where they were victorious over The Gamblers. Champion Chalk & Awe team members were Shane Crawford, Kristin Mattatall, Russell Bernard, Tyler Whidden, and Wayne Warner.



Standard Teams: The Standard Mixed Team division had the largest turnout, with 10 teams. The teams elected for round robin format, split into two groups of 5 teams. Every match had 4 players from each team competing. The first team to 9 wins was the victor. Following round robin play there were two semi-final matches held, pitting the top 2 teams from each group crossing over to meet each other. Semi-final one had Accidental Safety’s narrowly getting by Eight Balls, needing a deciding game. Semi-final two saw Long Shotz topple Chalk Up. Long Shotz then went on to defeat Accidental Safety’s in the final 9-4. Players from Long Shotz were Percy Gouchie, Jay Hanlon, Bafex Teemane, and Cal Boudreau.



The final days on Sunday November 9th and Monday November 10th were for deciding Singles Competitions.


Women’s Singles; 40 women contested the Singles title. Matches were handicapped; Advanced players raced to 5, Open players raced to 4, Standard players raced to 3. Julie Gibson took the A-side hot seat, not losing a match. Janet Ritcey also made the final, leaving Paris Shahsavar in 4th, and Liz Young in 3rd. Because Women’s Singles was handicapped, Janet would need to beat Julie two sets if she were to win the title, and that is exactly Janet did to earn the Championship.



Advanced Singles : 26 Advanced players began the quest. Races were to 7 games, with the final set being a race to 9 games. Colin Maloney staked the undefeated spot in the final. There he awaited Milo Guevarra, who put out Clayton Dennis in 4th, and Brian White in 3rd. The final was tightly contested, but Maloney came away as champion with a 9-7 win over Guevarra.



Open Singles : 23 players vied for the Open Singles title. Races were to 6 games, the final was one set to 8. Peter Thompson made it 4th place, where he was stopped by Ryan Cawley. Cawley would then defeat Shane Crawford, leaving Crawford in 3rd place. In the final, however, the day belonged to Deryck White, earning his first major victory, winning 8-6 over Cawley.



Standard Singles : Standard Singles had a field over 37 players racing to 5 games. The final was one extended race to 7. Dave Karas earner the hotseat, going to the final without a loss. Cal Boudreau would join him, after dispatching Alex Lawrie in 4th place, and dropping last year’s winner Andy Lewis in 3rd place. The final went Boudreau’s way, firing past Karas 7-3.




Congrats to all the champions and those players finishing in the money. The weekend entails a lot of perseverance to earn a championship. A few walked away with multiple titles.


Thank you to the host halls, Dooly’s Portland and Dooly’s Burnside, their staffs and their managers, Jen Reid and Megan Hachey. Thank you to Tournament Chairpersons Jen Rowden and Tracey Goodyear for bringing the 2025 CCS Atlantic Championships to Dartmouth. Thank you also to Jess Grant for her efforts on the tournament committee. Although you couldn’t be there this weekend, you were in everyone’s thoughts. There were lots of other helping hands over the 4 days. Your assistance was much appreciated. Thank you to CCS referees Lloyd Lombard and Darren Hart. Thank you to CCS representative Wayne Dwyer, and to CCS President Ted Harms for guidance.


Much gratitude to Brian McNamara for streaming all weekend from one pool hall or the other. It was long days and Brian was hanging in for every bit of the action. You can check out the links to the streams below.


A big thank you, as always, to Dale Brimicombe for tournament directing throughout the four days. There are so many things Dale does to keep things running smoothly. And as a co-TD, I can say on behalf of myself and Dale it was a rewarding (and tiring) few days.


Thank you to all the players that attended this year1



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