State Trials: 2010 Masters Singles

The 2010 ACTEBA Masters Singles is scheduled for the weekend of 24/25 July at The Maram. Play begins at 11am both days with tables open from 10.30am.

With 16 entrants again, this year’s event will see the field split into two groups of 8, with the top 4 from each group to contest the Top 8 on the Sunday. At the end of Sunday, the Top 2 will contest the final of a race to 5, with the Top 3 being invited to represent the ACT at the 2010 Nationals.

Groups have been allocated on seedings based on the past three years of Masters Singles. The Top 4 seeds have been automatically allocated to the 2009 Top 4 in finishing order, whilst first time participant Mongrel has been granted a wildcard seeding as 5th due to his high Open Ranking. The remaining 11 seeds have been allocated as per results from 2007-2009.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Masters_Groups.pdf

Good luck to all players.

Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director.

State Trials: 2010 Ladies Doubles

Hi all

The 2010 Ladies Doubles is scheduled for this weekend, 17/18 July.

The event will be held at The Maram with play to start at 11am all days, tables open from 10.30am.

The format will be the same as last year, with 4 round robins to played, two on the Saturday and two on the Sunday. The Top 4 will also be played at The Maram, at this stage on the following Saturday. As there will be just one group of 10, there have been no seedings awarded.

The 10 pairs for the Ladies are as follows:

Alison Murphy & Theresa Skipper
Ann Peffer & Cath Rollinson
Cindy Blackmore & Nicole Welsh
Heather Robertson & Penny Foudoulis
Jennifer Everett & Robin Butler
Kathy Harmon & Theresa Whitten
Kylie Power & Les O’Connor
Lee Love & Michelle Massey
Margaret Auvaa & Tammie Ashlin
Melissa Chapelli & Olivia Ott

Good luck to all ladies this weekend.

Regards

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director

2010 Winter Captains Pack, Latest Rankings, July Minutes

Players and captains,

The 2010 Winter Captain’s Pack is now available for download.

The Pack contains the following files:

2010_Winter_Draw.xls
2010_Winter_Team_Gradings.xls
world_playing_rules.pdf
2010_Winter_Scoresheet_bw.xls
2010_Winter_Scoresheet_colour.xls
Captains_Guide.doc

Individual files are also available for download from the Docs and Forms page.

Rankings as at June 2010 are also now available for download from the Rankings page. Additionally, stats from the 2010 Summer season are available to download.

Lastly, provisional minutes from the July captains meeting are available to download on the Minutes page.

Minutes: June 2010

Provisional minutes from the June 2010 meeting are now available for review:

http://www.acteba.com.au/Minutes/2009-2010/Min-Jun10.pdf

These minutes will be tabled at tonight’s meeting.

State of Origin 2010 Final Results

Southern Guns Win 2010 State of Origin Series!

Last night saw the conclusion of the State of Origin series for 2010, with the Division 1 match. The Guns went in with a four frame lead, but with two very strong teams the overall winner could have been either side.

All matches have been close this year, but this topped it. Round by round scores were 4-4, 8-8, 12-12.

Going into the fourth round the Guns only needed to win three frames to win the series. The Potters came in firing and won the first three frames, making it very tense in the Guns camp. The Guns fired back and won four of the next five frames. Potters won the final frame to end the match with a 16-16 draw.

Special mention to Edmund Chen and Michael Hazilias from the Northern Potters who both shot 4/4.

So, after 160 frames over five divisions, the final score is Southern Guns 82 – Northern Potters 78. The Guns get the State of Origin shield back after a two year break.

Congratulations to all the players for a very competitive series, and thank you to Chisholm Tavern, Labor Club, Ojo Cafe and Bar, Fyshwick Tavern and The Maram for hosting the matches.

State Trials: 2010 ACTEBA Open Singles Champion

Matt Harmon

Congratulations to Matt on winning his 5th Open Singles Title, in doing so becoming the most decorated Open Singles player in ACTEBA history.

Matt did it the hard way, losing his first match to Michael Hazilias before facing a 1-4 deficit to Sterling Cross and certain elimination. But Matt rallied, winning the last four frames and then his next 3 against Anthony Chia to set up an unlikely finals spot by edging Hazza out by a solitary frame after Matt, Hazza and Anthony all finished on two wins each. Sterling was the unlucky one, but can still celebrate 4th spot in the ACT for the year.

Matt then went on to complete a 9-5 victory over Anthony in the final.

The day was highlighted by the aggressive approach all four players took into each frame, with some unbelievable white ball control displayed by all.

For Top 4 Results and Frame Counts please click here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Singles_Top4_Results.xls

And for stats for all players in the tournament please click here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Singles_Full_Stats.xls

For a full report, click through to the rest of the article below.

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director Continue reading

State of Origin 2010 Update

2nd Division

In keeping with the first three matches, the 2nd division match last night was so close! The Guns came in with a two frame lead, but with two strong teams these two frames didn’t necessarily mean a lot.

Progressive scores were 4-4, 8-8 and then 13-11 to the Guns after the third round (all four matches played have seen the score 13-11 to the Guns at three quarter time!).

Guns won the match 17-15, bringing the overall scores to Southern Guns 66 – Northern Potters 62.

Special mention to Cindy Blackmore from the Southern Guns who shot 4/4.

1st Division match will be played at The Maram next Wednesday (30 June), 8pm. Will the Guns keep their lead and get the shield back after two years, or will the Potters fight back and keep the shield another year? Come along and cheer on your team it what promises to be another exciting match!!

2010 Open Singles Top 16 Statistical Analysis

It was pointed out to me very early that my Top 16 ladder I sent with the email was calculated against 52 frames played instead of the 60 that were actually played. This was because I used last year’s primitive spreadsheet that had only 14 players. You’ll notice this has been amended since.

Well I’ve tried to make amends by providing possibly the most detailed statistical analysis of any Eight Ball Tournament anywhere. Yes, I am a stats nerd and I know there are a few poor souls like me out there.

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Results: Open Singles Top 16

Hi all

This weekend saw the Top 16 of the 2010 ACTEBA Open Singles Championship go head to head for places in not only the 2010 ACT Open Team, but the Top 4 to decide the 2010 ACT Open Singles Champion next Saturday. The event was kindly hosted by The Maram and witnessed almost 500 frames of top quality Eight Ball. Continue reading

State of Origin 2010 Update

3rd Division

Going into last night’s 3rd Division State of Origin match the Southern Guns held a four frame overall lead at 34 – 30.

What a close match!! Guns got off to a small lead and were 5 – 3 up after the first round. Potters brought it back to 8 – 8 at half time. In the third round the Guns managed to sneak ahead at 13-11. The Potters then took off in the last round winning five frames in a row to guarantee a draw, and got one more to win 17 – 15.

Special mention to Tim Murphy from the Southern Guns and to Jason Davis from the Northern Potters who both shot 4/4.

Overall score is now Southern Guns 49 – Northern Potters 47.

2nd Division match will be played at Fyshwick Tavern next Wednesday (23 June). Come along and cheer your side on in what promises to be another close match!

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