Players,
Apologies for the unexpected downtime. As I understand it from our hosting provider, the server experienced some hardware issues, however all data has been relocated to another server and everything (hopefully) should now be OK.
The Tournement Director has informed me that venue information for this weekend’s opening round of the Open Singles championships will be released late tonight (after 11pm). Check back here tomorrow morning for details.
The 2009 State of Origin teams have been finalised, and venues for the first three matches are set.
Division 5 (Wednesday May 20): Ojo’s Cafe and Bar
Division 4 (Wednesday May 27): The Basement
Division 3 (Wednesday June 3): Chisholm Tavern
[EDIT 18:00 15/5: the teams list is being reviewed by both SoO captains, updated list here shortly.]
Hi all
Another season has come and gone, and I hope it’s been a good one for everyone. I can tell you now it’s been a great one for about 40 players, with their teams winning the Grand Finals on Wednesday night.
The Motley Cues faced an early deficit in division 5 against the Gremlins, before Captain Robbie Howe “went foe it” to avenge last season’s grand final loss to the Rail Runners with a 13-9 victory.
The Jets had a great season, missing the 4th division minor premiership by 1 point, but made amends with a 13-10 win over the Demons, regaining their spot in 3rd division.
Division 3 saw the Pumas go in as hot favourites after an almost unbeaten season, but the Seriuos Fouls caused an upset when they ran out winners in a tight game, 13-11.
The DV8s ran out to a massive lead in the division 2 grand final, before the Pidos came back strongly in round 3. Soorage and his team then picked up their game and sealed a relatively easy win 13-9 to nail a really big trophy.
Division 1 once again proved to be the biggest match of the Grand Final evening. The Embalmers took on the Stickmen and the match ran neck and neck right up until the final frame, resulting in a 12 all draw and a playoff. The Embalmers then surprised the Stickmen by nailing the playoff 3-0 and yet another Division One Title.
I’d like to thank all players and in particular the captains for another successful season of Eight Ball. But there is no rest for the wicked, with the Masters this weekend preceding two months of Open State Team Trials. For those who haven’t checked it out yet, the groups for the first round are available on the Docs and Forms page with venues to be confirmed this weekend.
A big thank you of course to the venues who have supported us this season by hosting teams, we look forward to another great season in 6 weeks time.
Don’t forget State of Origin starts next week, for details see below.
Remember that nominations for the Winter Season are due at the next meeting.
Good luck to all players in the trials, and I will see you all next season.
Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
Players,
Results from last night’s Grand Finals are in.
Div 1 – Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers def Labor Club Stickmen 15-12
Div 2 – The Basement DV8s def Southern Cross Pidos 13-9
Div 3 – The Maram Serious Fouls def Lakeview Pumas 13-11
Div 4 – The Basement Jets def Kaleen Demons 13-10
Div 5 – The Maram Motley Cues def Ojo’s Gremlins 13-9
A full report from the Tournament Director will follow later this evening.
The Captains fo the 2009 State of Origin series are:
Southern Guns: Scrol
Northern Potters: Vera Sansum
Players,
The Tournament Director has released the Round 1 groups for the upcoming State Trials, and the group and venue details for Round 1 of the Masters series.
The document is available here:
[edit: my pdf writer borked up the spreadsheet, i’ll upload a working PDF if you request one in the comments]
2009_trials_masters_round1.xls (MS Excel)
… and also on the Docs and Forms page.
The Masters kicks off at 10.30am with tables open from 10. The Tournament Director will be confirming venues and start times for the singles in the next few days. Note that in the singles groups, the top 4 qualify for the next round, and any player who needs to change days needs to contact the Tournament Director ASAP, but players will ultimately be responsible for arranging the change.
Venues and start times will be emailed to the players once finalised. All groups from here on will be released on the Monday following the round just completed.
Summer 09 Semi-Finals Results:
Div 1: Stickmen 13 def Hammerheads 9
Div 2: DV8s 13 Scorpions 5
Div 3: Pumas 15 Pirates 14
Div 4: Jets 13 Rail Runners 11
Div 5: Motley Cues 13 Gringos 5
Venue details for Summer 09 Grand Finals:
Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers v Labor Club Stickmen at The Basement
Southern Cross Pidos v The Basement DV8s at Ojos Bar and Cafe
The Maram Serious Fouls v Lakeview Pumas at Fyshwick Tavern
Kaleen Demons v The Basement Jets at Labor Club Belconnen
Ojo’s Gremlins v The Maram Motley Cues at Vikings Club Erindale
Good luck to all teams!
Quick notes from Monday’s Captians Meeting:
State of Origin: nominations for Captains for both State of Origin Teams are welcome, please email your nomination to the Assistant Tournament Director (Vera Sansum) – contact details on the Committee page. Teams will be announced soon (hopefully by the end of this week).
Kathy Harmon has resigned as Vice President. Many thanks to Kathy for her hard work! Theresa Whitten was the sole nomination to succeed Kathy, and after a vote Theresa was welcomed to the executive committe.
The Tournament Director announced that the December 2008 Rankings were now complete (and now available at the rankings page), and also promised to have the groups released for the Masters and the first round of the Open Singles State Trials announced ASAP. Players are reminded that the first round of the Open Singles will be run over the weekend of 23-24 May. The Masters will run the weekend before that (16-17 May).
The Ladies Champion this year is Cindy Blackmore, who defeated Nicole Welsh in the final on Sunday 6-3.
The umpiring tally for the Ladies Singles Finals are:
Top 4 Round Robin
Steve Phillips : 11 frames
Greg Miurphy : 10 frames
Phil Bush : 6 frames
Semisi Naupoto : 4 frames
Final
Steve Phillips : 9 frames
Thanks Steve, Phil and Semisi. – great effort.
Players,
The Tournament Director has emailed through an updated set of ACTEBA Rankings, as at December 2008.
I will update the static page tonight after the meeting, but in the meantime the spreadsheet is available here:
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/Rankings_Dec_08.xls (MS Excel format, 128 Kb)