Hi all, and welcome to a new season. I’m happy to report that all matches went ahead last night, with no forfeits (but almost one…) and most all results reported (by most captains). A reminder that every team needs to send an sms to me before 9am Thursdays or they risk not getting their bonus points on the ladder…
The detailed ladder is available here:
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Hi all
You couldn’t have asked for a better round going into the last weekend of the 2011 ACTEBA Open Singles Title. With one group decided by a playoff, the other 3 all had just one frame separating 4th and 5th.
While group 3 had three players tied for 2nd on 16 frames, 5th place was just one back on 15. But Group 2 produced the tensest finish of the day, as 3rd and 4th sat equal on 14 frames, 5th, 6th and 7th were just one frame back on 13!!!
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Hi all
Please find attached the Captain’s Pack for the 2011 Winter Season. (Thanks to Matt Power for putting this together).
Included is:
You will notice that the finals series format has changed. For those who haven’t attended the meetings or read the minutes, week 1 is 1 v 2 and 3 v 4. The winner of 1 v 2 progresses straight to the Grand Final, while the loser plays the winner of 3 v 4 to get there the following week. For the loser of 3 v 4, sorry, no more second chances this year. This gives more of a reward to the teams that finish in the top 2.
Please refresh yourself with the guide for captains, it is a useful tool for any queries that may come up throughout the season. It also avoids the “I didn’t know I had to do that” argument!
Also, a LOT of work has been done to update the by laws by Matt Power. These were officially passed as accepted at last night’s meeting and will be emailed out soon. Please don’t just delete the email when it comes, it can save you a world of hurt if you know the rules.
IMPORTANT – registration fees are due at the next meeting, MONDAY 1st AUGUST. This only gives you 3 rounds to collect your fees from your players, so please be organised.
Good luck to all teams this season. We continue to see close battles for the finals spots and tight finals matches being played, showing that we are getting stronger each season.
Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
0403 545 619
The 2011 Winter Team Gradings, Scoresheets, Captain’s Guide, the Winter Draw, and a copy of the most recent World 8-Ball Rules are available as a single WinZip archive here:
2011 Winter Captain’s Pack (Winzip, 231 kb)
UPDATED – Venues are confirmed.
Group 1 – The Basement (Sun)
Group 2 – The Maram (Sat)
Group 3 – The Maram (Sat)
Group 4 – Labor Club (Sun)
Hi all
Yet another exciting round of eight ball was contested on the weekend, with two groups decided by playoffs. This included group 3, which saw the top 3 finish level on 16 frames, then two players play off for 4th after finishing just one frame back on 15!
Not too many surprises, with most of the top seeds performing well, but some big efforts from some of the “lower” seeds certainly shook things up this weekend. Mention has to go to Brent Hampton (23/9), as well as Mongrel and Dean Welsh (both 22/6).
We did see 10 of the top 32 seeds fall this weekend, including one very big upset, but with 8 of our top 10 and 16 of our top 20 still remaining, it’s going to be very tough for one of our three Round One “bolters” to keep their great run up.
In case you didn’t already notice and haven’t opened the attachments before reading my dribble, attached are the results from Round 3 and groups for Round 4. With so much more on the line this weekend, there will be no changes. These are locked in. Venues, however, will be added tonight (didn’t get a chance what with the meeting last night).
Well played to the players who bowed out this round, there are a lot of players out there who would have loved to have had a shot. And of course, good luck to all players this weekend. Remember – a spot in the 16 and a chance at the State team is on the line!
Click to download:
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round3_Results.xls
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round4_Groups.xls
Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
Quick update from Blackpool, where the Aussies are making some big noise and shaking things up:
Aust over 50s team WON the world title, defeating England B in the final 5-3!
In the over 50s singles, Terry Bond made the final, but lost 8-6 to Tony Kay (Eng)
Aust mens team made the semi finals, but lost to England 11-8.
In the open singles, Ben Nunan made the semi final, but lost 10-8 to the 4th seed Adam Davis.
Aust ladies team made the semi finals, but lost to England 8-6! England beat Northern Ireland in the final 8-7.
In the ladies singles, Renata Delahunty made the semi final, and BEAT Sharon Dickson (Wal) – who knocked out top seed Sue Thomson in her quarter final – 7-2. Renata now faces 2nd sead Emma Cunningham in the final.
Click the banner above for more info (stats, live streamed matches, etc…)
Go Aussies!
Hi all,
Last night, the Division 1 state of origin match was held at the Canberra Labor Club in Belconnen. Heading into the match, the score was tied up at 80 frames each, meaning whoever won the night would win the series…
A solid opening round saw the Potters lead 5-3 at the first break, a performance they matched in the 2nd and 3rd rounds to lead 15-9 with most thinking the result was now a forgone conclusion. However, the Guns rallied strongly, winning the first 4 frames of the last round to bring the score back to 15-13, before the Potters won the next 2 to clinch victory. Final score… 17-15.
A great series this year, and I think the hosting of 2 matches at the same venue on the same night was a real winner. I suspect this will happen again next year, meaning the 5 division matches will be over in 3 weeks. Bring it on I say, and GO POTTERS!
Matt Power
[UPDATED 11:15 29/6/11: Round 3 groups available here: http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round3_Groups.xls]
[UPDATED 21:05 28/6/11: Round 2 results attached.]
Hi all
With 4th place in all 9 groups decided by 2 frames or less (including two playoffs), it was another tight weekend of tournament Eight Ball.
An incredible 12 players notched up 20+ wins on the weekend, with Palmer Dunn hitting 24/8 to win the most frames, and Simon Wade clocking 21/7 in a group of 8 to also hit 75% for the day.
With 67 players left, this weekend sees the Top 32 seeds join the qualifiers in 8 groups (3 x 9 players and 5 x 8 players). This is where it really gets interesting as the pressure definitely gets raised about 4 notches.
For those who like my useless facts, the 36 qualifiers contain just 21 of the 35 players from the 33-65 seeds. Now, the 65th seed was ranked 76th, and of the remaining 15 qualifiers, only 6 also come from within the top 100. A further 5 are from 101-150, while 4 players are ranked outside the top 150!!!
I’ll have more useless facts about the number of frames we’ve played so far next week…
Groups for round 3 will will be out in the morning, I was supposed to do it today but the file I sent myself at work was corrupted so here I am now doing this.
I have only sent this to the captains, as my email doesn’t have the capacity to send to bulk addresses, so if you want to send it on to your team please do, but I will send to all players in the morning as well.
Please find attached the results for round 2.
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round2_Results.xls
Rehards
Chris Jones
ACREBA Tournament Director
0403 545 619
Hi all,
Apologies for the lateness of this (almost forgot to send it!) but this is now the stuff dreams are made of… Last night saw the Guns overhaul the Potters 18-14. After the Potters smashed them in div 6, the Guns have clawed their way back with 3 wins and a draw. This means the series is all tied up at 80 frames each heading into the first division match next Wed.
So hopefully all who read this (and more) will be at the Labor Club in Belconnen, 8pm next Wed night, to see the best Canberra has to offer battle it out for the shield! Come on Guns [edit: heheh]!!!
[UPDATED]: Please note that the Round 2 groupings were re-adjusted about two hours after they were first emailed, please check that you have the latest version.
Hi all
Well, my final tournament has kicked off in style with a tight round of the Open Singles this weekend gone.
Of the 11 groups that competed, 4th was decided by a playoff in two of them, with a further 7 decided by 1 frame! Only group 11 was clear cut, with a massive 4 frame gap between 4th and 5th. As for the other group…
We had the unfortunate situation this week of being left with a group of 4. Well, not unfortunate for the 4 who then got a free pass to round 2, but I guess unfortunate for the rest of us battling through a group of 8 or 9 only to miss out by one frame after 7 hours of eight ball. (Curse that missed black in round 1!!!!)
I know circumstances change and people can’t always make their group, but I only ask that if you know you will be unavailable, please call either myself or Matt Power before the weekend to inform us. While we won’t be able to help with switching your day of play, we can at least look at moving players around to keep it a level playing field. Think about how you felt at 6 o’clock on the weekend knowing a group of 4 had played. I know I was pretty p***ed off on the day.
All that being said, there were a few players who did the right thing and let us know in advance, so thank you to them.
Moving on, well done to all players who played this weekend. And congratulations to the players who qualified for Round 2. This weekend sees the seeds 33-65 join the fray with our 44 qualifiers. A bumper round 2 of 77 players has been split into 9 groups this weekend, again with the top 4 qualifying.
Please find attached results from round 1 and the groups for round 2.
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round1_Results.xls
http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Singles_Round2_Groups.xls
