1st Div
Vikings Warriors drew with The Maram Schroomptons 12 all
Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers def Fyshwick Tavern Hammerheads 13 – 11
Labor Club Matildas def Labor Club Stickmen 13 – 11
Page Tavern Cage Rattlers def The Basement Dom’s DV8s 17 – 7

2nd Div
The Maram Serious Fouls def The Maram Katz 13 – 11
(Pidos v Snipers postponed)
The Maram Filthy Wanderers def Southern Stars 15 – 9
Chisholm Tavern def Chisholm Tavern Scorpions 14 – 10

3rd Div
Northside Cougars def Ainslie Pains 17 – 7
Kaleen Demons def Southern Cross Pirates 15 – 9
The Maram Crackpots def The Maram Kickers 19 – 5
The Basement Jagerbombers def The Basement Jets 15 – 9

4th Div
The Maram Motley Cues def The Maram Deep Pockets 16 – 8
Southern Cross Gringos def Buffalo Tomtones 13 – 11
The Maram Rail Runners def Queanbeyan Roos Chickenbones 16 – 8
Ojo’s Harlequins drew with Ojo’s Gremlins 12 all

5th Div
Earls of Erindale def The Maram Concords 14 – 10
Kambah Inn Neil & Bob def Buffalo Soldiers 16 – 8
Darcy’s Defenestraters def The Maram Dubber Ruckies 15 – 9
Mercury Bar Quick Silvers def The Basement Screamers 14 – 10

Umpires tally for the Open Finals are:

Top 4 Round Robin
Stephen Phillips: 10 frames
Trent Billington: 10 frames
Greg Murphy: 8 frames

Final
Steve Phillips & Greg Murphy: 12 frames

Thank you Steve & Trent.

Next umpiring event – Ladies Doubles (currently scheduled 18-19 or 25-26 July). Pls contact me if you are available.

Greg

With thanks to Matt Connor, we have video of the final frame between Matt Harmon and Steve Thomas:

Photos from the day will also be available in the Photo Gallery soon.

The 2009 ACTEBA Open Singles Champion is:

Matt Harmon

Congratulations to Matt on winning his 4th Open Singles title, to go with his 2000, 2003 and 2004 victories. Number 4 puts Matt level with Steve Woods for most Open Singles Titles, and into 2nd place for overall Open Titles (with his 1999 & 2005 Open Doubles Titles).

7 weeks of Open Singles (and 3,988 frames) culminated in Saturday’s Top 4 Shootout, with Matt taking on defending champion Dean Welsh, Australian Under 21 Champion Daniel Sostarko and first time Top 16 qualifier Stephen Thomas. Unlike last year, where Dean had to start way back in round one, all four players were seeded, with Steve the lowest at 27.

Unfortunately, Daniel was unable to compete on the day, changing the dynamics of the shootout entirely. As Matt and Steve commenced the first match of race to 7, this left Dean to sit and wait for an hour and 45 minutes for his first frame. Similarly, Matt and Steve were to have similar waits later in the day.

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1st Div
Labor Club Stickmen def Page Tavern Cage Rattlers 14 – 10
Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers def The Maram Schroomptons 15 – 9
Fyshwick Tavern Hammerheads def Vikings Warriors 16 – 8
Labor Club Matildas def The Basement Dom’s DV8s 17 – 7

2nd Div
Chisholm Tavern def Southern Stars 13 – 11
Kaleen Pidos def The Maram Katz 14 – 10
(Snipers vs Serious Fouls postponed)
Chisholm Tavern Scorpions def The Maram Filthy Wanderers 14 – 10

3rd Div
The Maram Crackpots def The Basement Jagerbombers 15 – 9
Southern Cross Pirates def Northside Cougars 16 – 8
Ainslie Pains drew with Kaleen Demons 12 all
The Basement Jets def The Maram Kickers 19 – 5

4th Div
The Maram Rail Runners def Ojo’s Harlequins 14 – 10
The Maram Motley Cues def Buffalo Tomtones 14 – 10
The Maram Deep Pockets def Southern Cross Gringos 14 – 10
Ojo’s Gremlins drew with Queanbeyan Roos Chickenbones 12 all

5th Div
The Maram Dubber Ruckies drew with The Basement Screamers 12 all
Earls of Erindale def Kambah Inn Neil & Bob 18 – 6
The Maram Concords def Buffalo Soldiers 18 – 6
Darcy’s Defenestraters def Mercury Bar Quick Silvers 15 – 9

1st Div
Vikings Warriors def Page Tavern Cage Rattlers 15 – 9
The Maram Schroomptons def The Basement Dom’s DV8s 16 – 8
Labor Club Matildas def Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers 13 – 11
Fyshwick Tavern Hammerheads drew with Labor Club Stickmen 12 all

2nd Div
Chisholm Tavern def The Maram Serious Fouls 15 – 9
Chisholm Tavern Scorpions def The Maram Katz 15 – 9
Kaleen Pidos def The Maram Filthy Wanderers 18 – 6
(Stars vs Snipers postponed)

3rd Div
The Basement Jagerbombers def Ainslie Pains 13 – 11
Northside Cougars def The Basement Jets 17 – 7
Southern Cross Pirates def The Maram Kickers 19 – 5
Kaleen Demons drew with The Maram Crackpots 12 all

4th Div
Ojo’s Harlequins drew with The Maram Deep Pockets 12 all
Ojo’s Gremlins def The Maram Motley Cues 17 – 7
Buffalo Tomtones def Queanbeyan Roos Chickenbones 14 – 10
The Maram Rail Runners def Southern Cross Gringos 15 – 9

5th Div
The Basement Screamers drew with The Maram Concords 12 all
Mercury Bar Quick Silvers def Earls of Erindale 18 – 6
Kambah Inn Neil & Bob won on forfeit againstDarcy’s Defenestraters
The Maram Dubber Ruckies def Buffalo Soldiers 18 – 6

Congratulations to the 9 players who this weekend earned an invitation to represent the ACT at this year’s Australian Eight Ball Championships, in particular the four players who qualified for next weekend’s Top 4 shootout to decide the 2009 ACTEBA Open Singles Champion.

A new look Top 16 contested this year’s championship, with only defending champion Dean Welsh, Anthony Chia, Mongrel, Matt Power, Michael Hazilias and Rony Sood backing up from last year’s Top 16. Some old faces returned to the fold, with Danny Marlow, John “JR” Pagden, Paul Carlile, Semisi Naupoto and of course Matt Harmon ready to make their presence known. Newcomers to the final round were Andrew Pearce, who qualified from 3rd division, Daniel Sostarko, the reigning Australian Under 21 Champion, Edmund Chen, top shooter in 1st division last season, Stephen Thomas, perennial top 32 player and Nicole Welsh, current Australian Ladies Representative. Continue reading

The Open Singles Top 16 Shootout will be running over Saturday and Sunday this weekend at The Maram, with play commencing at 10.30 on both days.

Drop in and cheer on Canberra’s best as they battle for a place on the 2009 ACT Team.

[Note: Round 1 results will be posted as soon as I receive them.]

Players,

The 2009 Winter Captain’s Pack (including the draw, scoresheets, team gradings, captain’s guide and a copy of the world rules) is now available.

The documents can be downloaded as a single file here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2009_captains_pack.zip

… or individually from the Docs and Forms page.

[edit 21 Jun 14:35]: The Draw page has now been updated, and the team info entered into the Results/Ladder system.

The Maram will be running a four person teams comp starting Tuesday 30 June

Comp will run for eight weeks plus finals and is open to a maximum of eight teams.

Entry fee is $15 per player, with each team registering a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 5 players. Each team can register a maximum of 2 players ranked in the top 50, as per the current ACTEBA rankings.

HURRY!! ONLY ROOM FOR THREE MORE TEAMS!!

PRIZE MONEY FOR WINNING TEAMS!!

ENTER YOUR TEAM NOW!!!

To enter please call Cath Jones on 0419 487 498