Gavin Pearce (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Congratulations to 23-year-old Penguin local Cale Barrett who took out the 2020 Oceania Snooker Championship on Sunday. It was Cale's first-ever victory in an open snooker event, and this breakthrough win has given him the option to compete in the World Snooker Tour in the next two years. Cale's snooker apprenticeship started many years earlier. His dad, Garth, attributes Cale's success to a misspent youth at The Penguin, the local pub which Garth used to operate. Cale was always keen to challenge local patrons whenever he could, and the result was an ever-growing pot of gold coins sitting at the end of the bar with Cale's name on it. Cale was first selected in the senior eight-ball team at age 13 and was the first person to simultaneously hold Australian junior titles in both snooker and eight ball. Cale is an outstanding role model for any young kid who is chasing their dream, whatever it may be: he trains hard, and, most importantly, he's persistent. Congratulations again, Cale. You're a good young fella. The snooker world is at your feet, and I wish you all the very best in whatever the future holds for you.