Brittany Bryant
Brittany Bryant has won a lot of Canadian Women’s Championships. She counted sixteen in her trophy case before competing this year, including multiple 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball titles. Even a Mixed Junior Canadian Championship going all the way back to 2009. With all of those titles won, she had still never pulled off a sweep of the 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball titles. Well, not until this year.
This year’s events kicked off on August 16th, at The Hidden Spot in Calgary, with eighteen players in the Women’s Open 8-Ball Championship. Players were split into two groups of nine players on separate double elimination boards, with the top four players from each group advancing. Bryant had dominating 6-3 and 6-0 wins over Cheryl Maloney and Jessica Wade to advance from her group, along with Janet Ritcey, Joanne Ashton and Sheila King. Advancing from the other group were Veronique Menard, Cathy Metzinger, Brandy Johnson and Naomi Williams.
The final stage of the 8-ball was eight players on a single elimination board. Bryant had wins over Brandy Johnson and Joanne Ashton to make her way to the finals, where she beat Veronique Menard 7-1 for Canadian Championship number 17.
Next up was the Women’s Open 10-Ball Championship with twenty ladies playing in the same format. Bryant advanced out of her group this time, with wins over Lan Phong and Brandy Johnson.
The single elimination board saw Bryant with wins over Paris Shahsavar and Naomi Williams to get to the finals where she faced Veronique Menard again. Menard had wins over Desiree Church and Joanne Ashton on her way to the finals, but still couldn’t get past Bryant in another 7-1 Bryant win and Canadian Championship number 18.
The fourteen player 9-ball division was a shorter trip to the single elimination phase for Bryant, as she caught a bye and then beat Janet Ritcey to quality for the final stage.
Bryant finished off the clean sweep through the final stage with wins over Naomi Williams and Toni Sakamoto before an 8-5 win over Janet Ritcey in the finals for Canadian Championship number 19.
Bryant said after the wins that she felt her late Father’s calming presence at the table all week long. “I was really just hoping for a good showing and to control my emotions. I truly felt my dad with me and that allowed me to have no nerves throughout the entire event. That is a feeling I will crave for the rest of my life.” she said.
Bryant also credited her new sponsor for helping provide the equipment she won with. “To have my first win as a Predator Team member at the Canadian Championships is perfect! I’m becoming a more consistent and stronger player and this might be the confidence boost I’ve needed. “ she said.
Even with the three new trophies she is making room for, Bryant says she has a solution to the issue of possibly running out of space. “I will keep building more trophy space. If I’m entering an event I’m planning on winning.”
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