2023 State of Origin – Match 3

Saturday 11th November, Harmonie German Club
9:30am for a 10:00am Start

Please see attached the grading of teams for the final match of the 2023 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.

Current Scores
The Southern Guns have won the first two matches this year, so the Northern Potters are playing for pride in this final match!

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 players will be contacted top-down from each division list in the attached later today 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 the Tournament Director know.

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.

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

2023 Champion of Champions Competition

The following teams have qualified for the 2023 Champion of Champions Competition.

SummerWinter
Super LeagueMatildasStrabz
Div 1KaosScriviners
Div 2Team LishShenanigans
Div 3ScreamersRams
Div 4Cue JumpersBalls in Hand
JuniorsSelected by JDO

The competition will commence this Wednesday night 1/11/23. All games in Round 1 will be played at the Harmonie German Club.

Below is the full draw for the 2023 Champion of Champions Competition

To view the rules click the following link to visit the Champion of Champions rules page

http://acteba.com.au/wp/?page_id=9607

The Nationals – 2023 Australian 8-Ball Championships

Good luck to all the players representing the ACT at the 2023 Nationals in Albury.

Follow the action vis the PoolStat links below.

PoolStat Links
2023 Australian Teams (Open Grade)
2023 Australian Teams (Women Grade)
2023 Australian Teams (Masters Grade)
2023 Australian Teams (Women Over 50 Grade)
2023 Australian Teams (Over 60 Grade)
2023 Australian Teams (Cup Grade)
2023 AEBF Plate (Open Grade)
2023 AEBF Plate (Women’s Grade)
2023 AEBF Plate (Masters Grade)
2023 Australian Doubles (Open Grade)
2023 Australian Doubles (Women’s Grade)
2023 Australian Doubles (Masters Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Open Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Masters Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Women’s Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Women Over 50 Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Over 60 Grade)
2023 Australian Singles (Cup Grade)

Preliminary Finals

Neutral venues for this week’s preliminary finals have been set as follows and home/away has been randomly assigned via coin toss:

Super League: Embalmers vs Matildas at Harmonie German Club

Division 1: DV8s vs Scriveners at Monaro Tavern

Division 2: Chalk-o-Holics vs Flaming Moe’s at Page Tavern

Division 3: Rams vs Team Lynx at Harmonie German Club

Division 4: Balls Deep All Stars vs Neil & Bob at Kambah Inn

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 Sunday 8th October.

Voting Process

A nomination counts as one vote to the nominee. 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 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:
Matt Harmon
Ann Moimoi
Stephen Reid
Shane Smith
Pat Wadsworth
Fred Johnson
Vic Hrstic
Carrie Mangelsdorf

2023 Junior Selection Trials – Results

Last weekend the juniors tried out for their position to represent in 2024 which will be hosted here in Canberra!

Results

Under 12’s
1st: Frank Huang
2nd: Jeremy Goodlock

Under 15’s
1st: Charles Huang
2nd: Nevaeh Chapelli

Under 18’s
1st: Mau Tamehana
2nd: Will Girvan

All the kids played amazing and fought really hard! Congratulations to you all!

Thank you to everyone that helped out on the day.

Thanks to Mongrel for the tables.

Thanks to the Harmonie German Club for the venue.

We are all looking forward to January when we host nationals and have the opportunity to show case the Junior talent from around Australia.

Thanks to those who have already offered their assistance, if there is anyone else that would like to help or can offer sponsorship, please contact Lissi to make the arrangements.

2023 Richard Taliaferro Award – Nominations Open

Nominations are now open for the Richard Taliaferro Award for the 2023 seasons. Nominations will remain open for the next two weeks and will close on Sunday 24th September. 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 approximately two weeks. (The date that the voting process will cease will be announced once the nomination period has ended.)

Award Selection Process

During the nomination period, any current ACTEBA member 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 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 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.

Awardees:

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
2020: Ian Stanley
2021: Phil Morton
2022: Penny Foudoulis

2023 Junior Selection Trials

Junior selection trials will be held on the Sunday 17th of September at The Harmonie German Club from 10am to select the 2024 Junior National team who will represent Canberra when we host the Nationals!

Please register by messaging Lissi on 0432 681179. Please advise which age group you will compete in.
Depending on the size of the groups we may need to add the Saturday as well.

Age groups:
Ages are determined by the calendar year (eg. to play in under 12’s in 2024 your 12th birthday has to be no later than the 31st of December 2023).
Under 12’s
Under 15’s
Under 18’s
Under 18 Girls

Schedule of Play:
Under 12’s and Under 15’s will start at 10:30. Tables will be open from 10am.
Under 18’s open & Under 18’s Girls will start from approx midday.
Finals to be played immediately after the round robin.

2023 ACTEBA Open Doubles – Top 16 Results

Congratulations to Joseph Rennie and Kenny Nicol who got up 7-3 in the second final over Colin Gamble and Mongrel. Well done to everyone that participated in the event this year and thanks to Phillip Thorp for adjudicating on Sunday.

For the full results of the Top 16 click on the following PoolStat link 2023 ACTEBA Open Doubles – Top 16

2023 ACTEBA Open Doubles – Top 16 Schedule

The randomised draw with 4 seeds has been made and this is the Top16 Schedule with games commencing at 10am on Saturday 2nd September and progressive games continuing onto Sunday.

Scoring is via PoolStat, click on this link for full draw and to see live scores, 2023 ACTEBA Open Doubles – Top 16

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