[UPDATED: Correct spreadsheet is now linked below.]
This weekend saw the first round of the Open Doubles played at The Maram, Kaleen Bar & Bistro and the Labor Club. With 10 groups of 8 and only the top 3 qualifying in each, it was always going to be cutthroat, but the weekend did see a few surprises.
The dominators this weekend were Bob Sifri & Edmund Chen (17/4), Pete Smith & Shane Smith (15/3), Nicole Welsh & Semisi Naupoto (15/3) and Brent Hampton & Jason Tanaskovic (15/3).
But I have brag about my performance, for the first time in my eight ball trials history, my partner and I were actually leading our group. It doesn’t matter that it was only because we finished our first frame with a win before anyone else, and then we lost our next 3 and wound up 6th, for about two minutes we were the leaders in our group with one frame against everyone else’s zero, so there. (I’ve also been asked to mention that I had two shots on the black in another frame and potted the white on the first visit – happy, Callum & Pat???).
All reports were of a great weekend for everyone, with the days being played in a great spirit and a surprisingly smoothly run day of doubles, rather than the usual bog down we can sometimes get. So credit must go to both the players and adjudicators, especially the rookies, Tolly and Mel (with a nod to the mentor, Scrol).
Groups for next weekend will be out by Tuesday afternoon, but all four groups will be played at The Maram next weekend.
Well played to pairs this weekend and good luck to the pairs for next weekend.
Full results from round one:
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Doubles_Round1_Results.xls
Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
