Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) won
6-5 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the Final of the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, held November 22 - 25, 2012 in Clermont, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won
7-3 over
Jean-Michel Menard (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec; and won
6-2 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec;
De Cruz finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated
Marc LeCocq (Nackawic, NB) 9-7, then went on to lose
8-3 against
Menard. De Cruz lost
8-4 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) where De Cruz responded with a
6-0 win over
Philippe Lemay (Trois-Rivieres, QC). De Cruz won
6-3 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Championship title, De Cruz earned
19.800 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with
104.047 total points. De Cruz ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
57.655 points earned so far this season.
