SAINT QUENTIN - Maxime Panaia has won his second French three cushion title in a row for players under 25 in Saint Quentin. It was his eighth national title in total for Panaia, who is a BC Colmar player and was too strong for Nathan Duriez in the final, 35-27 in 25, thanks partly to a run 11.
Maxime Panaia achieved an overall average of 1,194. Next stop for the champion is the national tournament on 13 and 14 January in Romans-sur-Isère.
The players on the podium were:
- Maxime Panaia
- Nathan Duriez
- Ghani Refassi
- Rémi Chenay
In the preliminary rounds, Panaia played in Group A with Dominique Janvier, Nathan Legendre and Charles Legendre.
Group B consisted of Nathan Duriez, Rémi Chenay, Romain Leduc and Quentin Watbled
Group C: Badreddine Refassi, Tangui Duriez, Damiel Babe and Djason Ponthieu.
Final ranking:
- Maxime Panaia 10-1,194-11
- Nathan Duriez 7-1,006-10
- Badreddine Refassi 4-1,099-9
- Rémi Chenay 5-0,742-6
- Dominique Janvier 4-0.656-3
- Tangui Duriez 4-0.766-6
- Damien Babe 4-0.467-4
- Romain Leduc 2-0.649-6