The following are the finals and venues (although I still have a couple to confirm). The home teams are listed first.
Div 1
HGC DV8’s vs Vertikal Tonkas at HGC (Tables 7 & 12) SCC Tuggeranong Elephants vs Burns Club Schroomptons at SCC Tuggeranong
Div 2
HGC Demolition vs RUC Team Lish at HGC (Tables 9 & 10) Basement Whalers vs Belconnen Bowling Club Screamers at The Basement
Div 3
Basement Baseballs vs Calwell Tavern Chalk-o-Holics at The Basement Calwell Tavern Gringos vs Basement Jacks at Calwell Tavern
Div 4
Zoo Bar Firey Shooters vs RUC Ruccoons at Belconnen Bowling Club Zoo Bar Felt Rippers vs Page Tavern Team Lynx at The RUC
Good luck everyone.
Ian
Joint TD
2020 Winter Comp Finals week 1
2020 Ladies Doubles
Entries for the 2020 Ladies Doubles are now closed.
To view the draw please check Poolstat at the following link: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/2256/2020-ladies-doubles-grade
2020 Open and Ladies Singles State Championships
The draw for each of the competitions and the overall schedule of matches has been finalised. Please view the attached schedule to see when your match is due to be played. Ideally you should arrive 30 minutes before your match is due to start as in some instances we may be able to start matches earlier than the scheduled time.
The following links are also available to view live scoring of the competition.
https://poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/2224/2020-ladies-singles-state-title-grade
https://poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/2225/2019-state-open-singles-grade
2020 Masters Doubles
Entries for the 2020 Masters Doubles are now closed.
The draw for this comp will be available shortly, please check PoolStat at the following link: https://poolstat.net.au/acteba/
Thanks,
Graham O’Connell
Joint ACTEBA Tournament Director
2020 Winter Comp finals update
All captains in divisions 1-4 please note the new schedule for finals. As discussed at the last two captain’s meetings the NRL State of Origin series being scheduled for three consecutive Wednesday nights from 4 November has presented scheduling issues for finals and venues.
Therefore following the conclusion of Round 14 this Wednesday the finals will be postponed for 3 weeks. Finals will start on 25 November and grand finals will be played on 9 December 2020.
Please notify and discuss with your players this week. Also captains should take note of ACTEBA By-Law 37 which states a player must have played at least one frame in six matches to be eligible for finals. If you need to confirm if your team is all eligible please contact td@acteba.com.au and we can check. Otherwise you can check yourself by looking at individual records on the results page.
Ian
ACTEBA – COVID-19 Umpiring Clarification
Players and Umpires
I would like to bring the following to the attention of all ACTEBA players and umpires.
Due to restrictions against “mingling” during the current pandemic, some venues are asking that umpires remain seated during each frame. While this is very far from ideal, and makes some calls extremely difficult to make with assurance, we MUST co-operate with the venues and any rules that they feel are necessary at the present time. I hope the following guidelines will help us make this work.
When a player requests a decision on a snooker, frozen or touching ball, the umpire should immediately call “Time Out”, the player should then return to their seat, and the umpire will then approach the table and make their call. The umpire should then return to their seat before calling “Time Running”. The player can then return to the table. In the event of a disputed call, ONE player (usually a team captain) will be asked to adjudicate. Both players and the umpire will remain seated until the adjudicator has made their call (which shall be final) and resumed their seat.
Where this type of procedure is being used, the umpire MAY give a player permission to perform an act which the umpire would normally do – picking up the cue ball for ball in hand, re-spotting a ball off the table etc – and this shall NOT constitute a foul.
I know that there are some calls which cannot be made by inspecting the table after the fact, and indeed this is why umpires are usually encouraged to be mobile. There is nothing we can do about this at the affected venues while ever COVID restrictions are in force. Accordingly I would ask that all players do the right thing and call their own fouls when they are aware that one has occurred. I know the large majority of players do so anyway, and I thank you all for that.
The temporary rule that the breaking player should rack the balls is entirely consistent with 8-ball rules, and should be followed, if only to demonstrate our willingness to co-operate with the venues and their requirements.
I ask all players and umpires to observe the proper spirit of the game. Mistakes will be made, by players and umpires, but the world does not end. Play fairly, umpire to the best of your ability, and enjoy being able to play at all. Other places are not so lucky!
I hope this advice will allow us all to play without dispute or conflict, but in the event that further clarification is required please call me, or if appropriate ask the venue manager to call me, and I will make every effort to resolve the situation to your and their satisfaction.
Many thanks,
Iain McCulloch
ACTEBA Head Umpire
04683 14683.
2020 Open Doubles – Round 1 Results & Top 24 Draw
Congratulations to those who have made it through to the Top 24 of the Open Doubles. Please see results from the Round 1 Groups attached.
The Top 24 is a double-elimination knockout that spans across Friday Night, Saturday, and Sunday. The top 8 seeds get a Bye on the Friday night and all other teams will have their first match at either 6.30pm or 8.00pm on Friday.
Although a schedule has been put out, there is a small amount of flexibility to move your match from one time slot on Friday to the other if that works for you and your opponent. If you do plan on switching please get in touch with me before organising to do so to make sure the spot is still available to move. There is no flexibility for rearranging any of the matches on Saturday or Sunday.
I have attached the initial playing schedule and the draw can be found here: https://poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/2184/2020-open-doubles-top-20-grade
Poolstat will be used for recording match results and logins will be provided on the day.
Adjudicators
We currently have one adjudicator and it would be great to have a couple more to spread the effort out across the three days. The schedules of play are:
6.30 – 9.30pm Friday Night
10am – 7pm Saturday
10am – approx 4/6pm Sunday depending on how many finals need to be played
If you are available to help out in any of those time slots for any period of time please let me know.
Thanks,
Graham O’Connell
Joint ACTEBA Tournament Director
Events Update
Morning Members,
The Core committee meet last night to discuss a range of topics, with main discussion being around the schedule of events and the impact COVID-19 is having.
Before going on I want to make it very clear that below is just a guide and is likely to change as we are still in uncertain times of when Life will return to normal. We are doing our best to be proactive, and once the Government releases information stating it is safe to resume, we will provide more definite dates on events.
We have produced 2 proposed calendars based on a scenario of being able to commence on the 1st of June and the 1st of July. We did have a May scenario, but we just think it is so unrealistic it will be an option so won’t publish that scenario.
These 2 scenarios are attached, and I have made some key notes below of what has changed:
1st June Scenario
- Champion of Champion cancelled
- Open and Ladies Trials cancelled….. subject to how much notice provided of when restriction are lifted, we may try to squeeze in trials back to back in mid-late June
- Summer season continues
- Winter season starts straight after Summer and extends into December
- Open & Ladies Singles event run together over one weekend in November
1st July Scenario
- Summer season cancelled and will not resume
- Winter season starts a little later I year
- Champion of Champion cancelled
- Open & Ladies Trials cancelled
- Open & Ladies Singles event run together over one weekend in November
A few comments on both scenarios. The Open & Ladies Singles has been moved to the 6th (Evening), 7th & 8th of November and both events will run in conjunction with each other over that weekend. This is the only event that has been booked in and won’t change (unless Nationals changes to these dates and government restriction extend longer than anticipated). This year, the Winner and Runner up won’t get automatic selection into the respective State Team. This is due to the event being run after Nationals, which was the only option with the venue. Ian & Graham will provide more info on this in coming days
If we are not able to run trials, the Open and Ladies teams will be hand selected. We discussed this at length last night and if we go down this path a Selection Panel will be formed including the Core committee and some independent members. A process will be put in place which we have already discussed, and the team members will be selected on majority decision from the selection panel. We are hoping to be able to discuss this process at the first Captains meeting once we resume back.
The cancellation of events will influence rankings points. This is something that we are still working through and once we have a firm calendar in place and restriction have been lifted, we will finalise this and publish to members.
There is a financial impact on the association with these cancellations as well. Again, this is something we will look at when we have more assurance, but this will impact state team funding and Presentation Night.
The other items that was discussed last night is the AEBF National Championships. At this stage there is no certainty that they will proceed. The AEBF will announce the decision on whether to proceed with the event on or before the 31st of May. This decision may impact the scenarios of ACTEBA Calendar and once this announcement is made, we will be able to look at how that effects our local events.
ACTEBA Core will update members as much as possible as information comes to hand. I would like to continue to wish all members and their families all the best during these challenging times. I would also particularly like to thank our venues and wish them and their staff all the best as they have been impacted most at this point by these restrictions. We can’t wait to be back in your venue enjoying your hospitality.
***EVENTS POSTPONED***
COVID-19
Due to the Current Situation with COVID-19, ALL ACTEBA Events are now postponed (including tonight).
We would appreciate if Captains could make your venue aware that the Wednesday Night league is currently on hold until further notice
A detailed Statement from ACTEBA with further information will be provided tonight or tomorrow morning.