Jonni Fulcher

Jonathan (Jonni) Fulcher (born September 22, 1974, in Inverness, Scotland) is a top-ranked Swiss professional contender in a variety of pocket billiard disciplines who currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland and competes throughout the world. [ [http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/jonnifulcher.php Euro Pool Player Resource] , "www.Pro9.co.uk". Retrieved September 17, 2007]

Early Days

Fulcher first began to play snooker at the age of 10. He moved to London age 18 to study physics at Imperial College London University where he continued to play snooker thanks to the Imperial College Snooker Club that had four full-size snooker tables. He competed in the British Universities Sports Association national tournaments and won the BUSA individual championships in 1999, following which he captained the England University snooker team to three wins in the Home Nations Team Championships. [ [http://www.mimente.com/Billiards/Profile/index.cfm Jonni Fulcher Wins] , "Mimente.com". Retrieved September 17, 2007]

Professional career

It is when Fulcher moved to Switzerland in August 2003 that he began to compete at the highest level in European snooker and pocket billiard disciplines and won numerous tournaments on the Swiss and European tours. [ [http://greenbaize.blogspot.com/2007/06/snooker-fulcher-ends-borgs-unbeaten-run.html Snooker: Fulcher Ends Borg's Unbeaten Run] , "Greenbaize.blogspot.com". Retrieved September 17, 2007]

He has been the number-one ranked Swiss Snooker player on numerous occasions from 2004 to 2007. He is the 2004 Swiss Snooker Champion. He reached the quarterfinal of the 2006 Swiss Snooker Open, where over 20 top 50 ranked professionals competed;

Since he has competed in nine-ball events, Fulcher has participated in 15 of the European Pocket Billiard Federation tournaments (a.k.a. the EuroTour) and secured victory in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, defeating world-class champions such as Ralph Souquet, Roman Hybler, and Tony Drago in the finals. His triumph over Tony Drago was generally thought to be the biggest surprise of the 2006 Swiss Nine-ball Open. [ [http://www.kozoom.com/fr/general/boutique-billard/produits/1420/ Drago/Fulcher Nine-ball Swiss Open 2006] , "Kozoom.com". Retrieved September 17, 2007] Clarifyme|date=August 2008|reason=Are these the same two events, or two different wins over Drago? If not, when was the EuroTour victory? He was ranked number two in Europe and 29 in the world in 2007. [ [http://www.billiardpulse.com/2006/10/jonni-fulcher-wins-euro-tour-in-own.html Jonni Fulcher wins Euro Tour in own backyard] , "BilliardPlus.com". Retrieved September 17, 2007]

He won the 2007 Montfortpokal Austrian Open tournament in Feldkirch, beating a competitive field along the way, namely Michael Felder, Sandor Tot, and Martin Kempter in the final. He also secured the Swiss 2006 team championship title in Bern with his team mates from the Carouge Billiard Club in Geneva. He has made countless competitive century breaks in snooker tournaments and scalped many of the top European snooker and pool players along the way, most notably Thomas Engert, Ralph Souquet, Tony Drago, Christian Reimering, Stefan Cohen, Dimitri Jungo, and Jasmin Ouchan. Though his list ofsnooker victories is longer than his pool merits, his performance in thePoolComps.com Swiss Open will has brought Jonni Fulcher some worthy recognition. [ [http://www.epbf.com/sportsite/Newsletter/newsletter2006-06eng.pdf Jonni Fulcher Achieves Sensational Victory [, "EPBF.com] . Retrieved September 17, 2007]

In the 2007 European Snooker Championships he triumphed over Alex Borg, the previous champion, 4-0 and ended his 24 Match unbeaten run. He lost narrowly to top snooker players, 4-3, Ian McCulloch in 2003 Swiss Open quarter final, 3-1 to Neil Robertson at the 2005 Swiss Open last 32 (having made 76 break in the first frame and a 107 clearance in the second frame), and 3-1 Dave Harold in 2006 Swiss Open Quarter Final. He also reached the last 16 of the 2006 Bienne Grand Prix International Nine-ball Championship in Switzerland, losing to Sandor Tot who went on to win the tournament.

Titles

Stats as of Oct 2007:World Pool-billiard Association Ranking: 29
Eurotour Ranking: 2
Swiss Snooker Ranking: 2
Swiss Pool Ranking: 4
Snooker Highest Break: 147
9-ball Break Runs: 6
8-ball Break Runs: 8
14-1 Series: 114
National and International Tournament Victories: 34

"'Snooker Victories:"' 20.05.2007 Grand Casino Open, Black Ball, Baden
11.02.2007 Zuri Oberland Cup, Pfäffikon
28.01.2007 Swiss QT, Adliswill
17.12.2006 Swiss QT, Baden
03.11.2006 Billiardino Snooker Open, Billiardino Club, Zurich
29.10.2006 Swiss QT, Köniz
04.03.2006 Swiss, Finale Leman Cup Morges
24.02.2006 Swiss, Aargauer Master Cup RT-4 Zofingen (Medela Sports)
14.01.2006 Swiss QT Morges
12.01.2006 Swiss, Leman Cup Morges
22.12.2005 Swiss, Leman Cup Morges
05.11.2005 Swiss Elite-QT Baden
26.10.2005 Swiss Jackpot Zofingen
08.10.2005 Swiss QT Biel
19.02.2005 Swiss QT-Elite Baden
13.11.2004 Swiss Elite-QT Baden
30.10.2004 Swiss National Open Baden
19.04.2004 Swiss Championship
03.04.2004 Swiss QT Zofingen
13.03.2004 Swiss QT Zofingen
21.02.2004 Swiss QT Brugg
31.01.2004 Swiss QT Morges
10.01.2004 Swiss, 7. Int. Dreikönigsturnier Adliswil
25.10.2003 Swiss, QT Zofingen
1999 British Universities Individual Champion
1997 British Universities National Team Champions

Pool Victories:
28.05.2007 Montfortpokal, Austria
25.11.2006 Swiss Ranking QT – 14-1, Bumpliz
04.11.2006 Swiss Ranking QT - 9-Ball, Bremgarten
07.10.2006 Poolcomp.com Eurotour 2006 Swiss Open Champion
30.09.2006 Qualified for IPT Tour Card Play off in Lampertheim Germany
10.09.2006 Swiss Double Open Champion, Sion
20.08.2006 Swiss Triple Open 14/1 Champion, overall 2nd place in Bumpliz, Bern
28.02.2006 Swiss Ranking QT – 14/1 endlos, Sion

Other Achievements:
23.09.2007 2nd place, 18th Swiss Seeländercup 2007, Code 8 15.9.2007 9th place Eurotour Weert, Netherlands17.6.2007 9th place Eurotour Rankweil, Austria
14.4.2007 9th place Eurotour Napoli, Italy
25.2.2007 9th place Eurotour Liberec
21.01.2007 2nd place, Cue Club 311 Open, Solothurn , Code 7
9.12.2006 5th place Spanish Torneo Internacional de billar pool bola-8
9.12.2006 33rd place Eurotour Spain
18.11.2006 3rd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
11.11.2006 5th place, Snooker Swiss Open, Zofingen
22.10.2006 3rd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Brugg, Code 7
22.09.2006 17th in Eurotour Holland – beat Thomas Engert to get to last 32 on TV table
10.09.2006 2nd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
20.08.2006 2 nd place, Swiss 21st. Triple Open, Bümpliz (Gesamt), Code 7
09.06.2006 Eurotour Austria 17th beat Jasmin Ouchan, Joern Kaplan, Michael Schmidt
14.04.2006 Eurotour Italy 33rd place beating Craig Osborne
05.02.2006 4th place, Swiss Drei Königsturnier 2006 Zusatztableau, Code 7
28.01.2006 2nd place, Swiss 8er Ball, 2. QT-Runde 05/06, Sion, QT-Liga B
23.09.2005 2nd place, 16th Swiss Seeländercup 2005, Code 8
28.08.2005 2nd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
20.08.2005 5th place, Swiss Triple Open Bümpliz 2005, 14/1, Code 7

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