Rockwood pool prodigy set to represent Canada at world championships | 24CA News
A Rockwood teen will likely be competing in opposition to the highest junior billiard gamers on the planet.
Sixteen-year-old Bryzen Ace Manipula lately gained the 2023 Canadian Billiard and Snooker Association’s Canadian Junior Championship within the boys under-19 class. The win earned him a spot on the World Pool-Billiard Associations Junior Championship in Austria in October.
Manipula started enjoying pool as a baby watching his dad and grandfather play the sport.
“It really just runs in my family,” mentioned Manipula. “My dad and grandpa really liked to play pool as did my aunts and uncles.”
It was simply final 12 months that Manipula determined to take up aggressive billiards significantly. He gained 5 tournaments and made it to the semi-finals in one other match in 2023. Manipula lately bought a sponsorship from a Japanese cue maker, Mezz Cues.
Bryzen Manipula on the Jason Shaw Juniors in London, England the place he was a semifinalist.
Katherine Manipula/submitted
For Manipula, the expertise of enjoying aggressive pool is thrilling.
“I find it enjoyable to just be playing something that I like,” Manipula mentioned.
When he isn’t choosing up a pool cue, Manipula is choosing up the books whereas attending John F Ross CVI in Guelph. He want to someday play pool as knowledgeable.
But for now, Manipula is having fun with the second and dealing onerous at his craft.
“I’m competing as much as I can and travelling to the States (for tournaments). I don’t care if I lose, I just work hard and keep playing.”
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