Date of Birth

5 November 1976

TEAM ACUERATE

Home Town

Duffel, Belgium

Club

St Martins, Ghent

High Match Break

138

High Practice Break

143

Country Ranking

2003 Belgian No. 3

Achievements

2003-4 East Flanders Ranking Event 1 Winner

2003-4 East Flanders Ranking Event 2 Winner

2003-4 Belgian Ranking Event 3 Runner Up

2003 European CT Qualifier Quarter Final

2003 East Flanders Champion

2002-3 Belgian Ranking Event Runner up

2002 East Flanders Champion

2001-2 Belgian Ranking Event Quarter Final

2001-2 Euro Tour Event 3 Last 16

2001-2 East Flanders Champion

2000-1 East Flanders Ranking Event Winner

1997-2000 Team Champion - Oost Vlaanderen

Biography

Considering the fact that Tino - the only Belgian I've met with a Yorkshire accent - didn't start playing snooker until he was nearly twenty, he's made remarkable progress in a short space of time.

He has won his regional championship for the past two years and in the 2003 European Challenge Tour qualifying event he reached the quarter final, missing out by just one match on the chance to compete alongside the professionals on the WSA Challenge Tour.

Tino's rapid progress might in part be attributed to the amount of time he has spent practicing in the UK, alongside leading professionals such as Jimmy Michie - hence the Yorkshire accent!