Shawn Budd
Player
Full Name : Shawn Budd
Position : Captain
Nickname : The Money Maker
Place of Birth : Australia
D.O.B : 02/03/1974
High Break (social) : 147
High Break (comp) : 138
High Break (Elite League) : 56

Career

Early career

  • 2 time Australian under 18 snooker champion
  • 1994 Asian pacific under 21 snooker champion - televised on the ABC
  • 1994 valley national open 8 ball champion Las Vegas - over 5000 entries from 50 countries

Turned Professional in 1992

1995/1999

  • Tottenham open winner- London
  • 1996 Bribe Island Champion
  • 1997,98,99 Australia National snooker champion
  • 1997 IBSF World Championship Last 32
  • 1997 Rooty Hills Masters Champion (3 consecutives centuries in final- at the time only the 8th player in the world to do so in competitive play)
  • 1998 IBSF World Championship Last 16
  • 1998 WPBSA Oceania Qualifying Winner
  • 1998 Princes Cup Winner
  • 1999 Australian 8 ball champion held at Crown Casino
  • 1999 Australian 9 ball Champion
  • 1999 IBSF World Championship Last 16
  • 1999 Central Coast Leagues Champion
  • 1999 Fred Osbourne Albury Championship Runner Up
  • Winner of the 1999 $100,000 8 ball Challenge - The largest prize money tournament ever held in Australia

2000/2005

  • 2000,2002,2004 Australian Open Snooker Champion
  • 2001 Valley 8-ball Masters Champion Las Vegas
  • 2004 R/up Australian National Snooker Championships

 2006/2009

  • 2006 NSW state 8 ball Champion
  • 2007 R/Up Central Coast - Beaten by world number 7 Neil Robertson
  • 2007 Semi finalist Australian 9 ball
  • 2007 The first ever Australian Open Scotch Doubles Champions - Stuart Lawler and Shawn Budd- nominated to represent Australian in Rotterdam, September 2007
  • 2007 Runner up Australian National snooker championships
  • 2008-2009 Fred Osbourne Albury Championship winner
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