Please click the following link to see the groups for Round 2. Preferred days of play have been accommodated where possible.
This week is a Round Robin x3, with the top 4 from each group making it through to the Top 16 Double Elimination Knockout next weekend. If a qualifier for the Top 16 withdraws then positions will be offered to the next in line to ensure we have a group of 16 playing off for the title.
**Adjudicators**
We are still looking for adjudicators for this weekend at either venue on either day. If you’re available to assist please let Graham O’Connell know and he can get you set up.
2021 ACTEBA Open Doubles Championship – Round 2 Groups
2021 ACTEBA Open Doubles Championship – Round 1 Results
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
ACTEBA PRESENTATION NIGHT – 2020/21 EVENTS!!
Please come and join us to celebrate the success of our teams and members over the last 2 years at our Gala Presentation at the end of Winter season Finals Day on 11th December 2021.
Click on following link to view further details and to purchase tickets. Ticket Sales end Wednesday 8th December at 11.30pm!
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/acteba-presentation-night-tickets-209056833617
Regards,
Matt Harmon | President
ACT Eightball Association (ACTEBA)
M: +61 413844154 | E: pres@acteba.com.au | W: www.acteba.com.au
Richard Taliaferro Award – Voting Now Open
The voting process for the Richard Taliaferro Award has now begun. The voting period will remain open for two weeks and will close at midnight on Wednesday 24th November.
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:
Gerard Johnston
Phil Morton
Shane Smith
Matt Power
Warren Mangelsdorf
2021 ACTEBA Open Doubles Championship – Round 1 Groups
Please see attached the groups for Round 1 of the Open Doubles to be held this weekend. Click link to download file Round 1 Groups
Based on entries the format of the competition will be:
**Round 1**
* 6 seeds
* 5x Groups of 8, Top 5 make it through to Round 2
**Round 2**
* 4x Groups of 8, Top 4 make it through to Final 16
**Round 3**
* Top 16, double elimination knockout
If I have missed your preferred day or if I’ve missed a partner update please let me know – there were a lot of movements in this draw so I’m bound to have missed something.
All withdrawals should have received their refunds by now. If you haven’t got yours please get in touch.
If you’re available to assist with adjudicating this weekend please let me know. Saturday or Sunday. German Club or Basement.
Graham
ACTEBA Tournament Director
2022 ACTEBA Summer Comp Season Entries
As discussed at the recent captain’s meeting the entries for the 2022 Summer Comp are now open. We ask that teams or players register via the following Eventbrite link 2022 ACTEBA Summer Comp.
Entries will close at midnight 31 December 2021 to enable full team grading and preparation of draws to occur.
The season is scheduled to commence on Wednesday 12 January 2021.
Any questions please contact the Tournament Directors at td@acteba.com.au.
Please also note that entries into the competition after the closing date above will have an additional fee added to the season cost.
Revised 2021 ACTEBA Playing Rules
From the Umpire’s Table
I would like to welcome everybody back to actually playing Eightball! The revised 2021 ACTEBA Playing Rules are now available on the website. Although there are no significant changes to the rules – mainly it is clarification and correction of some errors that had crept in – I would advise all players to refresh their memory of the rules by reading the new version.
A quick reminder on a couple of important points. ALL Wednesday night frames must be umpired, and both teams must provide umpires for the matches. No separate time-keeper is required, but the umpire should use a tactile timing device (e.g. smartphone app), and not a stopwatch that needs to be looked at.
It is the Umpire’s responsibility to announce the breaking player, and to ensure that the rack is correctly set (Yellow J, Red head ball, Black on the spot), although the breaking player may set the rack themselves if they choose. If the Umpire fails to announce the breaking player (or announces it incorrectly), then it is NOT a foul if the wrong player breaks.
But the Umpire’s most important responsibility is to ensure that both players get, and appear to get, a fair game. The Umpire should therefore be, and appear to be, totally impartial, and must avoid expressing either criticism, or support in the form of barracking, for either player.
Finally – a reminder that although on matters of what actually occurred at the table (e.g. did the ball reach the cushion?) the Umpire’s decision is absolutely final, I am always available on Wednesday nights to resolve any uncertainty on the rules. Please call me on 04683 14683 at the time – don’t wait to ask me about it 2 weeks later!
All the best to all our players,
Iain McCulloch, Head Umpire.
2021 Richard Taliaferro Award – Nominations Open
Nominations for the Richard Taliaferro Award for the 2021 seasons are now open, the nomination period will remain open for two weeks and will close at midnight Wednesday 10th November. 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 two weeks and will close on Wednesday 24th November.
Award Selection Process
During the nomination period, any current ACTEBA member (or, if between seasons, any member of the last completed season) 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 mailto: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 mailto: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.
Previous Winners:
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
Regards
Tony Warren
ACTEBA webmaster
ACTEBA – Resumption of Competitions
ACTEBA Executive is pleased to confirm the date we are resuming our Winter season and the announcement of the Doubles Event dates.
The Winter season will resume from round 10 on Wednesday 3rd November. Super league will commence on the 4th November from round 9. The first round of Final series will be Wednesday 8th of December, with the Semi Final and Grand Final for all divisions on Saturday 11th of December.
NOTE: teams playing at OnCue at Harmonie German Club on 3rd November and 17th November will only be permitted to play with a max of 6 players per team. ACTEBA will be in touch with the teams this is relevant to.
The Presentation Night will be held immediately after the Grand finals on Saturday 11th December. Further details regarding this will come out this week.
Masters Doubles will be played Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th November – entries and further details have been published today.
Open Doubles will be played over the following 3 weekends, these being the 13th/14th, 20th/21st & 27th/28th of November. Details and entries for this event will be published in the next few days.
2021 ACTEBA Masters Doubles Championship
Congratulations to Sid Scott and Phil Morton on winning the 2021 ACTEBA Masters Doubles Championship, well played to Ian Will and Jack Dehm who were the runners-up.
A big thanks to Fred Johnson and Ian Stanley for coordinating and adjudicating the event over the week-end.
Full results of this event can be viewed at the following link.
https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/2958/2020-masters-doubles-grade