ACTEBA 2026 Presentation Night

It’s time to come together and celebrate another fantastic year of 8 Ball with our ACTEBA family!

Join us for a great night of celebration, recognition, good food and great company as we reflect on another successful year of events, achievements and memorable moments.

This year’s Presentation Night will be extra special as we:
Welcome a new ACTEBA Life Member
Induct a new member into the ACTEBA Hall of Fame
Announce the winner of the prestigious Richard Taliaferro Sportsperson of the Year Award!

Saturday, 12 December 2026 at the Harmonie German Club, Narrabundah
6:30pm arrival for a 7:00pm start
TICKETS – ACTEBA Members – $12
Non-Members – $33
A variety of meal options are available, with full details provided when purchasing your ticket.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE: 👉 https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/4a49b8

You can also scan the QR code on the poster to purchase your tickets. Whether you’re a player, volunteer, supporter, family member or friend, we’d love to see you there! Let’s celebrate the people, achievements and friendships that make our ACTEBA community so special. See you there! 

Champion of Champions 2026

The ACTEBA Champion of Champions competition for 2026 kicks off this week.

The following teams qualify for this year’s event.
Strawbz 
Muppets
Rams
Demolition
KAOS
Budgie Smugglers
Screamers
Nevilles
Balls in Hand
Juniors

Both of this week’s matches are to be played at the Harmonie German Club starting at 7:30pm. These matches are
Rams Vs Demolition
Budgie Smugglers Vs Screamers

The draw for this competition can be accessed at the following PoolStat link: 2026 ACTEBA Champion of Champions competition.

The by-laws for this comp are below. Please ensure your teams are the same as the team that won your division in the season that you won. 

ACTEBA by-laws January 2023

72.  The Champion of Champions tournament will be an annual handicapped knockout competition for the grand final winners of each division for the previous Summer and Winter competitions. This tournament shall take place after the completion of the Winter competition and prior to the commencement of the following years Summer competition.
For the purposes of this competition the Vice-President shall act as the Tournament Director. The tournament will be held at venues determined by the Tournament Director. The Tournament Director reserves the right to vary the draw if required.

73.  Each match will consist of 25 frames, divided into 4 rounds of 6 frames, plus 1 doubles match. The format for the competition shall be the same as the Weekly competitions (refer By-Law 9), with the exception of the doubles match, played between rounds 2 and 3. For this match, any 2 players may pair up from the team without the need for substitution, i.e. player 8 may pair with player 9 for the home team, and player A with player H for the away team. Home and away teams for each match will be determined by a coin toss.

74.  The teams invited to compete shall be those that were the divisional champions (i.e. winner of the grand final) for the previous Summer and Winter competitions, and a team representing the Junior competition. Should a team win 2 divisions in the year they shall play in the higher of the 2 divisions, and the lower spot shall be left void. Should a team win a division twice, they are only allocated one spot in the draw. Should a team decline the invitation to participate, that slot for the draw shall be replaced with a bye (i.e. another team will not be invited to take their place).

75.  Only team members from the victorious team are eligible to play in that team. A player may only represent one (1) team during this competition.

76. The Junior representative team shall be selected by the Junior Development Officer, with the following selection criteria; a) at the time of the tournament players are still eligible to represent the state at the Junior National event, and b) players have in the last calendar year participated for at least 1 term of the Junior training or state trials competition.

77.  The handicap shall be as follows:
(a) Super League: +0
(b) 1st Division: +4
(c) 2nd Division: +6
(d) 3rd Division: +8
(e) 4th Division: +10
(f) 5th Division: +12
(g) Juniors team: +10

78.  At the completion of all 25 frames, handicaps shall be added to both team’s score to determine the winner. For example, if a 1st Division team defeated a 3rd Division team 14-11, the winner would be the 3rd division team by a score of 19-18 after addition of 8 handicap points.

2026 Winter Competition Winners

The 2026 Winter Competition Grand Finals have been played. Congratulations to all of our winners who will now take part in the Champion of Champions competition along with the winners from the Summer Competition earlier in the year, so keep an eye out for that!

Our winter champions are:
Super League: Harmonie German Club Strawbz
Div 1: Harmonie German Club Muppets
Div 2: Eastlake Gungahlin Budgie Smugglers
Div 3: Belconnen Bowling Club Screamers
Div 4: Queanbeyan Tigers Club Demolition

Commiserations to all runners-up!

A few more events to look out for to close out the year:
Champion of Champions – Starting Wednesday 11th November
State of Origin Match 3 – Saturday 5th December
Presentation Night – Saturday 12th December
Adjudicator’s Competition – Sunday 20th December

The Summer Competition is expected to start Early/Mid-January. (Exact dates will be advertised ASAP).

Referee Accreditation

IT’S HERE: IRO/AEBF Accreditation is open for registration!

Ever wanted to officiate at local, state, national or even international level? This is your way in. Become an accredited referee and be the one calling the shots where it matters most.

📅 Running 9th–16th November, at locations across Australia — we’ll confirm exact cities based on where the numbers land, so the more people from your city that register, the better chance we bring it to you.

💳 Reserve your spot with a $100 deposit (full price $350) — https://buy.stripe.com/cNi14n9fbdmq78i8tU5gc01

📧 Questions? Email us at info@aebf.com.au

Spots and locations are shaped by who signs up, so don’t sit on this one. If your city doesn’t hit numbers, you’re fully refunded — no risk in getting in early.

Let’s get you accredited. 🎱

2026 Doubles Championships – Draws

Match Start Times
Players need to ensure that they are at the Harmonie German Club when your match is called. Aside from the first matches on each day, the schedule is a guide and matches in subsequent sessions may get called earlier as tables become available. We are using Poolstat’s SMS feature that will send you a message with a table allocation and a match PIN. If matches are not started within a reasonable time frame after the SMS is sent then YOU WILL BE FORFEIT.

Playing Matches
Lag for the first break and then alternate breaks. Poolstat will ask for the first player to break when starting the match. Please finalise your match in Poolstat and the results will automatically come across so that we can call the next match.

Scotch doubles format as per the weekly competition.

Dress Code
There is no strict dress code other than no tracks or similar very casual gear. There will be two streaming tables on Saturday and Sunday and these will look best if you are neat and tidy.

Draws
The draws are published in Poolstat but updates to the date/time for rounds and the race to may need to be made, even once updates have been made in Poolstat please refer to the attached schedule for a guide of match times as it can’t take into account when a round is split over multiple timeslots.

Click to view Schedule of Play

Double elimination for Open down to the final 16, Top 16 draw will be created and distributed once teams are known: https://www.poolstat.net.au/…/2026-open-doubles-open-grade

Double elimination for Masters down to the final 4, Top 4 draw will be created and distributed once teams are known: https://www.poolstat.net.au/…/2026-masters-doubles…

Double elimination for Women’s down to the final: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/9033/2026-womens-doubles-womens-grade

Richard Taliaferro Award – Voting Now Open

The voting process for the 2026 Richard Taliaferro Award has now begun. The voting period will remain open for two weeks and will close at midnight on Friday 23rd October.

Voting Process
A nomination counts as one vote to the nominee. Any member may register one vote only for any one nominee by informing the ACTEBA webmaster at webadmin@acteba.com.au

The nominee achieving the highest number of votes will be announced at the ACTEBA Presentation Event, and will be presented with a memorial keepsake and a perpetual trophy (silver plate) engraved with their name and the relevant year of play.

The perpetual trophy is to be kept by the winner until its return as requested by the Vice President (or Core Executive) prior to the following Presentation event.

Nominees:
Matt Harmon
Georgie Genders
George Ngarae
Cate Gaffey
Pat Wadsworth
Joseph Rennie
Kenny Kiss

2026 Doubles Championships

Entries are now open for our 2026 Doubles Championships. The Championships will be held from 6pm Friday 23rd October to approx. 6pm Sunday 25th October.

This year we are running the event a little differently – it will be similar to the Singles Championships that we ran earlier in the year. All categories will be held at the Harmonie German Club and at the same time. Additional tables will brought into the venue and there will be live streaming of some tables.

Players are welcome to enter more than one category and clashes will be avoided where possible, but you may be required to choose one category over another later in the competition.

The exact race-to in each round will be determined by entry numbers.

Prize money breakdown will be determined by the final entry numbers and will be confirmed prior to play once the entries have closed.

The Championships are open to current ACTEBA members only.

We will be looking for adjudicators for the Friday night 6pm til approx 10pm, Saturday 9.30am to approx. 6pm, Sunday 9.30am to approx. 6pm. Not expecting a single person to adjudiate whole days, can break these into shifts. Let the Tournament Director know if you’re available! Email td@acteba.com.au

Entries:
Open: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/65b499
Womens: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/8c3599
Masters: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/eeeee4

Richard Taliaferro Award – Nominations Open

Nominations are now open for the Richard Taliaferro Award for the 2026 seasons. Nominations will remain open for the next two weeks and will close on Wednesday 7th October. Once the nomination period has ended, nominees will be listed on the ACTEBA website and the voting process will begin. The voting period will remain open for approximately two weeks. (The date that the voting process will close will be announced once the nomination period has ended.)

Award Selection Process
During the nomination period, any current ACTEBA member may nominate any member that they believe to have consistently displayed outstanding sportsmanship over a period of at least the previous two full consecutive seasons. Note that previous winners are not eligible to be nominated – the intent of the award is that it be passed on to a new winner every year.

A nomination will count as one vote to the nominee. Nominations can be lodged by email to the ACTEBA webmaster at the following email account webadmin@acteba.com.au

Nominees will be listed on the ACTEBA website.

Any member may register one vote only for any one nominee by informing the ACTEBA webmaster at webadmin@acteba.com.au

The nominee achieving the highest number of votes will be announced at the ACTEBA Presentation Event, and will be presented with a memorial keepsake and a perpetual trophy (silver plate) engraved with their name and the relevant year of play.

The perpetual trophy is to be kept by the winner until its return as requested by the Vice President (or Core Executive) prior to the following Presentation event.

Awardees:
2005: Sid Scott
2006: Max Ryan
2007: Greg Murphy
2008: Tolly Auva’a
2009: Steve Phillips
2010: Alison Murphy
2011: Dean Welsh
2012: Matt Wilson
2013: Kathy Harmon
2014: Paul Berger
2015: Joseph Morrall
2016: Melissa Chapelli
2017: Barry King
2018: Marg Auva’a
2019: Nicole Welsh
2020: Ian Stanley
2021: Phil Morton
2022: Penny Foudoulis
2023: Fred Johnson
2024: Jason Davis
2025: Ann Moimoi

Regards
ACTEBA webmaster

Australia Cup Trials – Results

Results from Groups 1 & 3 on Saturday

Both groups had a 3 way playoff for 2nd and 3rd in their respective groups.

Thanks to Ann for adjudicating both groups on Saturday.

Group 1: Brendon, Keith & Joko (Tavis missed out in the playoff)

Group 3: Richard, Darren & Jinbo (Jamie missed out in the playoff)

Group 2 on Sunday, Congratulations to- Frank, Steve & Richard

Results from group 4 on Sunday – Ron, Tolly & Trent

Thanks to Jo for adjudicating both groups on Sunday.

2026 ACTEBA Annual General Meeting

📣 ACTEBA AGM – Have Your Say!

Our AGM is coming up on 12 October at 6:30pm via Zoom, and all ACTEBA members are encouraged to attend.

This is your opportunity to have a genuine say in how our Association is run — including who represents you on the Executive Committee, the fees you pay, Life Membership, our Constitution, and other matters affecting ACTEBA and its members.

The AGM is where members get to vote and help shape the direction of the Association, so we’d love to see a strong turnout.

📅 12 October | 6:30pm | Via Zoom
📢 Notices of Motion must be submitted to the Secretary by 12 September.

It’s your Association. Have your say and get involved! 🎱

2026 ACTEBA Open Over 60s – Results

Here are the results for the Over 60s trials. After 7.5 hours of play, Clive Hardisty and Phil Morton qualified for the ACT Over 60s State Team and join Mongrel and Sid who qualified from the championships earlier in the year.

Thanks to all of the entrants and thanks to Chris Lilly for adjudicating! Well done those who made the top 4 playoff and qualified!

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