Groups 1 & 3

These are the results from Groups 1 and 3 at the HGC on Saturday. Ashley and Tony won a 3 way playoff for 4th place in Group 3.

Thanks to Fred Johnson for adjudicating Groups 1 & 3 on Saturday at HGC.

Group 5

Thanks to Pat Wadsworth for adjudicating Group 5 on Saturday at Austrian Australian Club.

Groups 2 & 4

These are the results from the Sunday Groups 2 and 4 at the HGC on Sunday. Dom and Mick won a playoff for 4th place in Group 4.

Thanks to Jo (Jocelyn Genders) for doing a great job adjudicating groups 2 & 4 on Sunday.

Thanks to everyone who played in round 1 and congratulations to the top 4 in each group who progress to Round 2 next weekend! Those going through can you sms or msg Fred Johson if you have a day preference in Round 2.

There are 54 teams entered in the 2024 Open Doubles. This gives 13 seeded teams that don’t play in Round 1. (1 seed for each 4 teams)

(Seeds are based on the previous 2 years total scores from the May 2024 Rankings)

The following teams do not play in Round 1;

Malachy McNeill / Edmund Chen (1)
Kenny Nicol / Ian Will (Mongrel) (2)
Dean Welsh / Matt Harmon (3)
Shane Smith / Pete Smith (4)
Jonathan Charles / Paul Andonaros (5)
Jamie Peterson / Tuan Dong (6)
Nathan Miller / Troy Miller (7)
Phil Morton / Charles Huang (8)
Jason Davis / Tolly Auva’a (9)
William Keogh / Corey Power (10)
Graham O’Connell / James Alexander(11)
Trent Billington / Mau Tamehana (12)
Gerard Johnston / Matt Connor (13)

Round 1 Schedule (this is revised from the email version!) Round 1 is a round robin x 3 with the top 4 from each group progressing to round 2.

Play well, enjoy yourselves and be mindful of the 45 sec shot clock!

Get your team together and enter the Open Doubles in September.

Click on the following link to enter via Eventbrite ACTEBA 2024 Open Doubles Event

Key Details

• Registrations only through Eventbrite – do not transfer directly to ACTEBA
• Open to ACTEBA Members
• Format is Scotch Doubles to the International Rules that we currently play each week
• Entries close 9pm Tuesday 3rd September
• $20 entry per player ($40 per team) + admin fee
• Venues – To be determined based on entry numbers
• Seeds – To be determined based on entry numbers. If there are seeds these will be based on the last two years doubles results

Indicative Format

Round 1 & 2 – Group Stages – Dates 7th/8th September and 14th/15th September

• Round robin x 3, Teams will play on one day only
• Numbers to progress from each group will be dependent on entry numbers
• Please note: depending on number of entries only one of these two weekends may be required for round robin group play. Teams should be available at least one day on each of the first two weekends.

Round 3 – Top 16 – 21st and 22nd September

• All players/teams play a double elimination knockout

Saturday 31st August, Harmonie German Club 9:30am for a 10:00am start, Expected completion 2.30-3.00pm

Please see attached the grading of teams for the second match of the 2024 ACTEBA State of Origin.

What is it?
The State of Origin is a North vs South competition that is ran three times throughout the year, taking the best ranked players from the latest Open Rankings from each division and geographical region pitting them against each other.

Team Selection
Four players are selected per division, per region. This is done by selecting one female if one is available and then the top three players as per the rankings after that. I will begin contacting players top-down from each division list in the attached until the four positions per team are filled. If you’re inside the top four or are the top ranked female in your division and know that you will be keen, please feel free to let me know on here.

The North/South split is determined by your provided address for the 2024 Summer Season (Last season), where these rankings have come from.

Schedule/Format
Players can expect a 10am start to about a 3pm finish including a mixture of singles races, scotch doubles, and teams events. While there won’t be a stop to play there will be plenty of time throughout the day for food/drink/etc.

The final teams and the schedule will be published once the teams have been set.