A quick reminder to you all that the 2011 Presentation Night is to be held on FEBRUARY 25th, at the Southern Cross Club Tuggeranong.

The cost will be the same as last year ($25 for members, $45 for non-members), with a similar 3-course meal and awards presentation format.

FULL PAYMENT must be made no later than the February meeting.

Nominations for the 2012 Richard Taliaferro Sportsperson of the Year award are now closed. Voting is now open, and will close on February 17. Please use the Contact Page to email your votes to Matt Kendrick, and be sure to include your name. (Note that a nomination counts as a vote.)

The 2012 Nominees are:

Matt Byers
Dean Welsh
Christine Lowry
Corey Power

(please note: Tolly's nomination has been withdrawn - an individual may only win the award once. Members who have voted for Tolly may vote again.)

Hi again,

OK, I've managed to sort things out for the divisional playoffs this weekend, apologies for the late notice. I'm not used to having to organise such events, and am finding it takes a fair amount of time and effort, so I'm not looking forward to the trials later this year lol…

Captains - please let your players know these details tonight, as whilst I have sent this to all participating players, not all of them have an email address. In the tables below, I have put brackets around players that are unable to make it, and starred the names I am yet to hear from. Everyone else should turn up - please let me know if you are now unable to be there...

The format is simple, a round robin followed by a grand final only, so you'll have to be playing well all day to win the trophy. The round robins will be as follows (depending on how many players make it):

8 or 7 players - single frame;
6 players - single frame (twice);
5 or 4 players - best of threes;
3 players only - best of fives.
After the round robin, the top 2 players will play in the GF (best of five). If a tie occurs (eg for 2nd) then a best of 2 playoff will determine positions.

The venues and times have also been sorted, with all divisions commencing at 12 noon. The tables may or may not be open prior for a bit of practice. I expect the playoffs should conclude between 3pm and 5pm. The only thing I haven't sorted yet is an adjudicator, so if someone out there wants to help (and save me a few phone calls) please let me know…

Division 1: Saturday, 12 noon, Canberra Labor Club
Division 2: Saturday, 12 noon, Ojo Café & Bar
Division 3: Saturday, 12 noon, Kaleen Bar & Bistro
Division 4: Sunday, 12 noon, Canberra Labor Club
Division 5: Saturday, 12 noon, Kaleen Bar & Bistro

Seed Comp 1st Division Won Played %age
1 Summer *Edmund Chen 38 49 77.551%
2 Winter Michael Masal 34 44 77.273%
3 Summer Anthony Chia 40 52 76.923%
4 Winter (Michael Hazilias) 33 44 75.000%
5 Summer Rony Sood 35 47 74.468%
6 Summer John Pagden 36 50 72.000%
7 Winter Dean Welsh 35 49 71.429%
- Winter (Anthony Chia) 37 52 71.154%
8 Summer Sterling Cross 35 50 70.000%

Seed Comp 2nd Division Won Played %age
1 Winter Peter Madden 41 53 77.358%
2 Winter Phil Bailey 42 55 76.364%
3 Summer Aaron Kaminski 35 49 71.429%
4 Winter Glen O'Connell 38 54 70.370%
5 Winter (Tom Prpic) 35 50 70.000%
6 Summer Danny Marlow 30 43 69.767%
7 Summer Jeremy Smith 34 49 69.388%
8 Summer Andrew Bailey 36 52 69.231%

Seed Comp 3rd Division Won Played %age
1 Winter (Paul Wilcott) 44 52 84.615%
2 Summer *Neil Whitbread 42 52 80.769%
3 Summer Rolf Bandte 41 52 78.846%
4 Summer *Matt Byers 40 54 74.074%
5 Summer Kris Bandte 35 48 72.917%
6 Winter Ann Moimoi 32 44 72.727%
7 Summer (Jacob Rolfe) 38 55 69.091%
8 Winter Steve Phillips 35 52 67.308%

Seed Comp 4th Division Won Played %age
1 Summer (John Murphy) 35 42 83.333%
2 Winter Joshua King 43 53 81.132%
3 Summer Michael Swansborough 42 56 75.000%
4 Winter Zoran Hristic 40 54 74.074%
5 Summer *Garth Frost 36 49 73.469%
6 Summer Danial Ward 41 56 73.214%
7 Summer (Jonno Eggleton) 34 48 70.833%
- Winter (Michael Swansborough) 36 52 69.231%
8 Winter Graham O'Connell 38 55 69.091%
8 Winter Joko Goreski 38 55 69.091%

Seed Comp 5th Division Won Played %age
1 Winter Hamish McCarthy-Harding 48 53 90.566%
2 Summer (Aidan Allen-Hall) 37 46 80.435%
3 Winter (Steven Trute) 40 51 78.431%
4 Summer (Troy Loughnan) 33 45 73.333%
5 Winter Long Dang 32 44 72.727%
6 Winter Michael Charlton 38 53 71.698%
- Summer (Joko Goreski) 32 46 69.565%
7 Winter Brett Hennock 28 41 68.293%
8 Summer Tony Aleksovski 34 50 68.000%
8 Summer Ben Barton 34 50 68.000%

Matt Power
ACTEBA tournament director

Results from Round 1 are below. The full ladder spreadsheet will be available for download after Round 2, or you can check it out online by clicking the "Results/Ladder" link above.



Continue reading "Results: 2012 Summer Round 1"

Captains and Players,

The 2012 Summer Captains Pack is now available to download:

2012 Summer Captains Pack (.zip, ~300k)

The pack contains the following documents (clicking these links will download the individual files):

2011 Summer stats
2011 Winter stats
2012 Calendar
Guide for New Captains
2012 State of Origin Teams
2012 Summer Draw
2012 Summer Scoresheet
2012 Summer Team Grading
2012 Trials Nomination Form
ACTEBA Rankings as at December 2011

The Docs and Forms / Draw pages will be updated shortly.

By now all ACTEBA members should be aware that ACT is again hosting a national 8ball titles. Following on from our success in 2009 with the senior event, next week we will host the best junior 8ball players in Australia as they seek an Australian title. The juniors are from all states and territories in Australia, and addition to seeking the title for team play, there will be individual titles in U12, U15 and U18 on offer. The event starts on the afternoon of Sun 15 January 2012 and goes through to Sat 21 January 2012. The event is being hosted at the Harmonie Club of Canberra in Narrabundah. Matches run all day and start around 9am finishing around 5pm. I encourage anyone who can attend to drop in and watch some great pool and cheer on the ACT Team. Previous ACT Juniors include Nicole Welsh, Dean Welsh, Matt Harmon and Steve Woods. The junior competition is where our future stars can be found.

ACT retains a fantastic record when it comes to refereeing I would like this to continue.If anyone can umpire a few games (and get the best seat in the house for the match) that would be greatly appreciated.

To date the organising committee in conjunciton with the AEBF committee have arranged the majority of the details. However we are down to the physical end and we will need people to assist in setting the room up on Sat 14 January. Exact timings to follow but any assistance would be appreciated. There may also be a need for some assistance at the presentation night on Sat 21 January.

Due to having 9 teams in this year's tournament, the draw for Champion of Champions is as follows:

Week 1 (Nov 30):
(Qualifying) Match 1: DV8s (div2) vs Balls Deep All Stars (div5) at Kaleen Tavern
Match 2: Uni Bombers (div5) vs Hammerheads (div1) at Chisholm Tavern (winner to Week 3)
Match 3: Islanders (div3) vs Juniors (div3) at Kaleen Tavern
Match 4: KAOS (div3) vs Pains (div 4) at Ojo's
Chisholm Tavern has a bye

Week 2 (Dec 7):
Match 5: Chisholm Tavern vs winner Match 1 at Ojo's
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4 (winner into grand final) at Kaleen Tavern
Winner Match 2 has a bye

Week 3 (Dec 14):
Match 6: Winner Match 5 vs Winner Match 2 at Ojo's (winner into grand final)
Winner Match 7 has a bye

Week 4 (Dec 21):
Grand Final: Winner Match 6 vs Winner Match 7 at Kaleen Tavern

Hi again,

Last night, after waiting an extra week to play their GF, the 3rd div combatants had to wait even longer, as the match went into overtime! In the end, it was the Dickson Tradies Islanders who defeated the Chisholm Tavern Deep Pockets, with a final score of 15 - 12. Congratulations!

ps don't forget, Champion of Champions starts next week (Matt Kendrick to advise shortly) and team nominations for next season are due at the December meeting.

Please also note that ALL PERPETUAL TROPHIES must be returned at the December meeting.

Hi all,

Another season comes to a close, with the winners probably still celebrating and the losers still ruing missed opportunities… Special congrats to the Pains and All Stars as they came through from 3rd place, which means in the new playoff format they won 3 sudden death matches in a row, beating each of the other semi finalists to take home the trophy!

1st Div
Fyshwick Tavern Hammerheads def Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers 13 - 9, repeating the result from last season...

2nd Div
Chisholm Tavern def The Maram Filthy Wanderers 13 - 3, making that 3 of the last 4 winter comps in 2nd div...

3rd Div
Grand final: Chisholm Tavern Deep Pockets v Dickson Tradies Islanders, at Kaleen next Wed. DPs looking for their first title, and Islanders looking to take out 4th div then 3rd div in same year...

4th Div
Uni Pub Pains def Uni Bombers 13 - 8, the Bombers just falling short of winning 5th div then 4th div in same year...

5th Div
The Maram Balls Deep All Stars def Felt Rippers 13 - 6, giving the All Stars their first title!

All winners will be invited to compete in the Champion of Champions tournament starting soon, along with the winners of the 2011 Summer comp…

Hi all,

Please find below the confirmed venues for this weeks grand finals. Best of luck to all teams competing…

1st Div
Embalmers v Hammerheads, at Fyshwick

2nd Div
Chisholm Tavern v Filthy Wanderers, at OJOs

3rd Div
Islanders v Concords played tonight, at Page Tavern
Grand final: Deep Pockets v winner of tonight's match, at Kaleen

4th Div
Uni Bombers v Uni Pub Pains, at Uni Pub

5th Div
Felt Rippers v Balls Deep All Stars, at Chisholm Tavern

Hi all,

Firstly, if you have not submitted all scoresheets for this season, please contact me ASAP or you risk your entire team receiving zero rankings points for this season… Also don't forget, team nomination forms (attached) for next season are due at the December captains meeting.

Congratulations to the winners last night, as they will now contest the grand final next week. Below are the results, with venues to be confirmed hopefully before the weekend… (neutral vanues, but if captains have a preference, please let me know asap)


Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Finals Week 2"

(UPDATE: the event is Sunday 13th, not Saturday as previously posted)

A venue has been confirmed for the 2011 Juniors Trials.

Details:

Sunday 13 November, Kaleen Tavern. Competition begins at 10am, $20 entry. Players can register and pay on the day.

Please contact Trent with any questions.

1st Div
Hammerheads v Stickmen, at Labor Club

2nd Div
Filthy Wanderers v KAOS, at Chisholm Tavern

3rd Div
Islanders v Concords, match may be rescheduled, date and venue TBC

4th Div
Patriots v Pains, at Kaleen

5th Div
Buffalos v Balls Deep All Stars, at OJOs

Andrew Saltmarsh, Secretary of the AEBF, has sent in the following:

Hi All,

Please pass onto all people in your State / Territory by the way of forwarding this email, placement on your web sites or word of mouth:

Australian Eight-Ball Federation are asking for nominations for the position of:

Under 21 / Masters Team Manager

Nominations Close with the secretary via email on Sunday November 13th 2011

General duties prior to the team leaving will be making sure all monies are paid on time, code of conducts are signed and returned to the AEBF, collation of uniform sizes and any extra sizes that may be required, travel arrangements and accommodation if the person concerned wishes to stay longer than the normal period of the trip and other duties that the AEBF may ask

Duties while away will be organising the team/s for their matches, team sheets, the general well-being of the team – team harmony, behavioural problems that may occur and other duties that the AEBF may ask

Team manager/s will be required to submit two reports on return from the World Championships

1 General Report to the AEBF Delegates

2 Report to the AEBF Executive on behavioural problems or other issues that a team manager may not feel comfortable in putting in the general report

Under 18 Junior Team Manager

Nominations Close with the secretary via email on Wednesday January 18th 2012

Duties as above

Regards,

Andrew Saltmarsh
AEBF Secretary
www.aebf.com.au

Hi all,

Congratulations to all teams that qualified for the finals series. And don't forget the final series has changed, so it's now 1 v 2 with the winner straight into the GF, and 3 v 4 with the loser eliminated. Almost every division came down to the results from last night, and two 5th placed teams managed to squeeze into the top 4 right at the last moment (the Snipers in 1st div and the Jacks in 4th).

Please note there's a break of 3 weeks before the finals series commences, due to the Nationals. So week 1 of the finals is on Wednesday, 2nd November. Can all home teams (ie those who are listed 1st) arrange with their venue to host the finals match there, and confirm with me when this is done.

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 14"

Hi all,

Only 1 week to go and the top 4 is decided in just one division (2nd). And only one 3rd placed team is safe (1st div, my team!). And how close are 3rd and 5th divisions!! Results below, and ladders include bonus points from Monday's meeting…

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 13"

Bonus round!

Theresa and Cindy have organised another round of the popular "Play It Forward" tournaments on October 8 at The Maram.

See the flyer below for details.


http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/play_it_forward_comp_8oct.pdf

Hi all,

Full results below and attached. With 2 weeks to go, the closest division is 5th, with (effectively) 1 frame separating 4th and 5th…

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 12"

Results below. Full ladder will be published with the Round 12 results tomorrow.
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 10"

Results below. Full ladder to be published with the Round 12 results tomorrow.
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 11"

Players,

The last in the current series of Cindy and Theresa's "Play It Forward" 8-ball tournaments is scheduled for Saturday 24 September at The Maram.

Please see the flyer below for more info. Should be a great day!

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/play_it_forward_comp_24sept.pdf

Hi all,

See below and attached. Ladders include bonus points from Monday's captains meeting.

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 9"

Players,

The third installment in Cindy and Theresa's "Play It Forward" 8-ball tournaments is scheduled for Saturday 10 September at The Maram.

Please see the flyer below for more info. Should be a great day!

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/play_it_forward_comp_10sept.pdf

Morning all,

Results are below and attached. I have also attached the updated players list (players shaded yellow either haven't paid or there is some other issue that needs sorting on Monday). Cheers.

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls

The updated Team List is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Team_List.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 8"

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 7"

Hi all,

Don't stress if these don't come out at 9am on Thursday mornings (I might have set the standard a bit high!), they will eventually come out... I have updated the ladders to include all bonus points from the last meeting, and have attached the detailed ladder. Results follow, although I am still missing one result from last night... cheers.

[ed: apologies from Matt K, i missed the results email last week.]


The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 6"

Captains,

An updated teams list is available for the Winter 2011 competition.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Team_List.xls

This is also available from the Docs and Forms page.

Hi all

Apologies for the late sending of results, our ATD has other commitments this week.

Below are the results and attached is the detailed ladder. Please note my manual calculations of for and against are not official, but should be pretty accurate. I also apologise for only including team names not venues, again this is manual so trying to save time.

Good luck to all teams next week.

Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director


The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls


Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 5"

Round 4 results below. Full ladder available shortly with the Round 5 results.
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 4"

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls


Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 3"

Hi all,

With 40 teams, I was most impressed to receive 42 sms last night / this morning. All teams reported their result before 9am, which I think might be a record (or at least the first time that's happened for a long time).

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 2"

Hi all, and welcome to a new season. I'm happy to report that all matches went ahead last night, with no forfeits (but almost one…) and most all results reported (by most captains). A reminder that every team needs to send an sms to me before 9am Thursdays or they risk not getting their bonus points on the ladder…

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Winter/2011_Winter_Ladder.xls
Continue reading "Results: 2011 Winter Round 1"

Hi all

Please find attached the Captain's Pack for the 2011 Winter Season. (Thanks to Matt Power for putting this together).

Included is:

• The Draw


• Summary of Team grading


• World Eight Ball Playing Rules


• A guide for new captains


• Scoresheets in colour and black & white

You will notice that the finals series format has changed. For those who haven't attended the meetings or read the minutes, week 1 is 1 v 2 and 3 v 4. The winner of 1 v 2 progresses straight to the Grand Final, while the loser plays the winner of 3 v 4 to get there the following week. For the loser of 3 v 4, sorry, no more second chances this year. This gives more of a reward to the teams that finish in the top 2.

Please refresh yourself with the guide for captains, it is a useful tool for any queries that may come up throughout the season. It also avoids the "I didn't know I had to do that" argument!

Also, a LOT of work has been done to update the by laws by Matt Power. These were officially passed as accepted at last night's meeting and will be emailed out soon. Please don't just delete the email when it comes, it can save you a world of hurt if you know the rules.

IMPORTANT - registration fees are due at the next meeting, MONDAY 1st AUGUST. This only gives you 3 rounds to collect your fees from your players, so please be organised.

Good luck to all teams this season. We continue to see close battles for the finals spots and tight finals matches being played, showing that we are getting stronger each season.

Regards

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director

0403 545 619

The 2011 Winter Team Gradings, Scoresheets, Captain's Guide, the Winter Draw, and a copy of the most recent World 8-Ball Rules are available as a single WinZip archive here:

2011 Winter Captain's Pack (Winzip, 231 kb)

Quick update from Blackpool, where the Aussies are making some big noise and shaking things up:

Aust over 50s team WON the world title, defeating England B in the final 5-3!

In the over 50s singles, Terry Bond made the final, but lost 8-6 to Tony Kay (Eng)

Aust mens team made the semi finals, but lost to England 11-8.

In the open singles, Ben Nunan made the semi final, but lost 10-8 to the 4th seed Adam Davis.

Aust ladies team made the semi finals, but lost to England 8-6! England beat Northern Ireland in the final 8-7.

In the ladies singles, Renata Delahunty made the semi final, and BEAT Sharon Dickson (Wal) - who knocked out top seed Sue Thomson in her quarter final - 7-2. Renata now faces 2nd sead Emma Cunningham in the final.

Click the banner above for more info (stats, live streamed matches, etc...)

Go Aussies!

The teams for the 2011 State of Origin Series have been compiled, and are available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_State_of_Origin_Teams.xls

Please check the Calendar for match dates.

[UPDATED Jun 16, 14:48]

Hi all

Again - apologies for the delay in finalising these groups. The extra players I missed actually would have created a group of 10, so to alleviate this we now have a 65th seed (Phil Bryan) who will join in Round 2 with seeds 33-64.

You will notice that a few players have changed groups - however only two have actually changed their day of play. This was unavoidable in the process of adding the additional players.

Please see attached for final groups and venues.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round1_Groups.xls

Regards

Chris Jones


Please find attached the groups for round 1 of the Open Singles. Venues will be confirmed in the next few days, but thought you might like to at least see when and who you were playing.

Don't forget that the top 64 seeds have the first week off.

Play will start at 11am for all groups, with tables open from 10.30am for practice. If you are not present WHEN THE FIRST FRAME OF THE DAY IS CALLED you will be disqualified, unless you have notified either your adjudicator, myself or Matt Power PRIOR to play commencing - with a GOOD excuse. "I slept in" does not count as a good excuse.

Play will be four round robins, so for the groups of 9, this does mean 32 frames. Please be mindful of the need to shorten breaks between play by checking with your adjudicator FIRST before you go for a smoke, take a toilet break or try and squeeze in a bite to eat. You will find they are usually accomodating.

On that note, while we encourage you to purchase food from the venues that are supporting us, please be aware that a full sit down meal that takes you half an hour to eat is not fair on the other players. If you
are happy to come and go from your food then by all means order whatever you like.

Remember that at all times the adjudicator is in control of the group, so be ready to play at all times if they need you to. Adjudicators also have the final say in any close decisions or rulings that may come up through the day, so please call them over if you have any queries.

Other than that, good luck to all players this weekend in what is our largest tournament of the year. Again - venues to be confirmed in the next few days.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round1_groups.xls