State Trials: 2011 Open Doubles Round 3 Groups

Hi all

Please find below the groups for Round 3 of the Open Doubles.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Doubles_Round3_Groups.xls

While I am aware I am normally quite accommodating, please aware that it will be impossible to adjust these groups if you can’t play on the day you have been allocated.

Good luck to all players this weekend, and to those not still in there, pop on down to one of the venues to see some great doubles.

Regards

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
0403 545 619

State Trials: 2011 Open Doubles Round 2 Results

[UPDATE: Full results are now available, click the link below to download.]

Hi all

I have in the results from 4 of the 6 groups that played this weekend. Sorry – but working to 11.30pm on a Sunday doesn’t give me much time to chase up the others! I will send them out as soon as I get them, and obviously this will delay the groups for next weekend but hopefully only by half a day!

Last week I mentioned that a team was close to remaining undefeated for the entire day, so I have done a bit of research into the results I have – which are 2007 onwards – to see what the best performances have been to date. There have been no dominating doubles pairs but a few singles rounds stood out as pretty bloody damn good. (By the way, I am sure Matt Power will have input for this as his records go back a long way…)

In the 2009 Singles, David Kilpatrick shot 24/4 in round 1, while then ACTEBA President Doug Percy almost matched him by shooting 23/5, but this was in round 2, so had a bit more weight to it. 2010 saw a string of high scores in round 1, with Pete Smith hitting 20/4, Simon Wade 21/3, and Neil Whitbread 23/5. Sterling Cross smashed 27/5 in round 2 while Matt Harmon entered the fray as a seed in round 3 by hitting 21/3.

But the two best performances I have on record dwarf all of these.

First of all, take a crack at Adam Marlow shooting 25/3 in round 4 – that’s right, round 4, the top 32 – on his way to a state final that year. Not even Steven Woods or Matt Harmon have nailed scores like those that late in the trials.

Then let’s look at Kenny Nicol’s 2010 Singles efforts. Kenny’s scores for the first three rounds were 20/4, 23/5 and 21/7. This gave him a win/loss record of 64/16, or an incredible 80%! Mind you, it’s probably been a while since Kenny had to play the rest of us mere mortals. I shudder to think what the seeds would do to us if they all had to play round one…

Special mention does have to go to Mike Stanker, who shot 18/14 in a group of 9 one year but still finished 5th and missed out on getting through! This is the highest amount of wins a player has achieved without qualifying for the next round. I won’t mention lowest scores because I’m pretty sure one of my efforts is in there somewhere…

WELL, this has all been leading up to something. At 11 o’clock on Sunday morning, Group 1 of the 2011 Open Doubles Round 2 commenced at the Labor Club. By 5 o’clock that afternoon, the players had dispersed having seen Matt Power and Dean Welsh annihilate their group to tune of 20 wins and only ONE loss. That’s 95.24%. That’s going through a full season, playing 4 frames every week, and only losing 3 frames. That’s hitting 5 sixes in a row and having the last ball bounce a metre inside the boundary. That’s scoring a try every 5 minutes but getting one disallowed because of a forward pass. That’s having a tee shot on a par 4 finish an inch from the cup. That’s having… ok I’m done.

Well done to Matt and Dean on a great day’s play. We are still searching for that elusive perfect day but I am sure it will be a long time before their effort is matched. Seriously – ONE LOSS in a whole day of eight ball? How is anyone that good? And I haven’t even mentioned that Matt and Dean had by far the toughest group of the six…

In other news, Group 3 proved the closest of the day, with only 5 frames separating 1st from 8th.

Hopefully I will get the missing results early and can send them out, but until then, enjoy the attachment.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Doubles_Round2_Results.xls

State Trials: 2011 Open Doubles Round 2 Groups

Hi all

Please find below the groups for round 2. Good luck to all players this weekend.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Doubles_Round2_Groups.xls

Regards

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
0403 545 619

State Trials: Update

Hi all captains,

Firstly, a reminder that nomination forms are due at the meeting on Monday night for all remaining events (Open and Ladies singles, Ladies doubles, Masters, under 21s). All relevant fees must accompany the entry forms (attached below for your convenience). Please note that Monday’s meeting will be at MOOSEHEADS, 7pm start as usual. Keep in mind that they have a dress code, so don’t wander down in your trackies and thongs please!

Also, there has been a date change for the open singles ‘knockout’ event, to be held for the first time this year instead of the traditional top 4 playoff. The change is simply to bring this event forward to be after the weekend of the top 16 playoff. So, instead of the knockout event being held on 6/7 August, it will be held on 23/24 July.

The thinking behind the initial timing was to have the knockout event closer to the national championships, to provide better practice for those in the state team. However, upon reflection it was thought that the break would not be beneficial to those competing, and the nationals was more than 2 months later anyway! Anyone that can win the title after the top 16 weekend and then the playoffs the following weekend will truly deserve the crown of state champion 2011!

Please pass this information on to your teams, and if there are any strenuous objections to this date change, please bring those objections to the committee meeting on Monday, which is at MOOSEHEADS.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Trials_Nom_Form.doc

Cheers,

Matt Power
ACTEBA asst tournament director
0438 214 008

State Trials: 2011 Open Doubles Round 1 results

Hi all

With the 2010 Divisional Championships and 9 Ball been and gone, this weekend marked the first round of the 2011 ACTEBA Eight Ball Trials Season. While this may be my last as Tournament Director, it doesn’t make it any less exciting. Yes I know I might seem like a nerd, but having you guys and gals smashing it out to fill my spreadsheets kind of gives me… ok I am a stats nerd.

A bloody tight first round was contested this weekend, with most groups going down to the wire. One actually spilled over to a three way play off (which me as an adjudicator loves cos I get to have another beer, but unfortunately it wasn’t my group).

Unfortunately we did have a few no-shows, which is pretty confusing given players only nominated 3 weeks ago, but it made it a quicker day for those groups affected, at least.

Before you jump to the attachment to see who was awesome and who was not, I saw a Sunday pair win 12 in a row, and just as I was asking if any player (singles or doubles) had gone through a round undefeated, this pair managed to lose their last three frames. So thanks for ruining my dream, unnamed pair!!!

Next week sees the seeds join the fray, so ladies and gentlemen – you thought this week was hard, wait till these buggers hit you.

Please find below results from round one, groups for round two will be out by Tuesday morning.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Doubles_Round1_results.xls

Results: 2011 Summer Round 9

Hi all,

A couple of huge 20-4 victories (Hammerheads and KAOS) and an impressive 3 draws in 4th division highlight the results this week. Please see below and attached, cheers. Continue reading

State Trials: Open Doubles Round 1 Groups

[UPDATE: 24/3: The two remaining groups will now be held at The Maram. And yes they have 12 tables so there will be 4 tables per group.]

Hi all

The Open Doubles Championship begins this weekend with Round One. With yet another bumper entry list of 78 pairs, we have decided to award seedings and first round byes to the Top 16 pairs.

This leaves 62 pairs for round one, which will be contested over 8 groups (6 x 8 and 2 x 7) with the top four qualifying for the second round. Each group will play three round robins against all other pairs
in the group.

Round Two sees the 16 seeds join the 32 qualifiers in 6 groups of 8, again 3 round robins with top 4 qualifying.

Round Three will be 3 groups of 8 play 3 round robins and the top 4 qualifying for the Top 12 Shootout.

The Top 12 Shootout will be held over two days, with all pairs playing two round robins on the Saturday, followed by a third round on Sunday. The Top 4 will then play a finals series of 1 v 2 and 3 v 4, with the winner of 1 v 2 making the final and the loser playing the winner of 3 v 4 to join them.

A few points, as always:

  • PLAY COMMENCES AT 11AM FOR ALL GROUPS. If you are not present when the first frame of the day is called, then you will be automatically disqualified. If you have a legitimate reason for running
    late, call either myself or your adjudicator prior to 11am. Failure to do this will also result in disqualification.
  • Be ready when your frame is called. The day goes long enough as it is, so if you are going for a smoke or to grab a feed, ask your adjudicator before you go, as they may need you to play again.
  • There are no scheduled breaks for lunch, so arrange in advance with your adjudicator when is a good time to have a quick feed.
  • As there are no referees on the day, be honest with your opponents as far as fouls go, sportsmanship etc.
  • And finally, buy your adjudicator a drink.

The 16 seeds for the tournament are:

Ranking Names
1 Rony Sood & Michael Hazilias
2 Mick Norton & Ian Will
3 Semisi Naupoto & Nicole Welsh
4 Alessandro Nasca & Dragan Markovic
5 Matt Power & Dean Welsh
6 Anthony Chia & Colin Gamble
7 Peter Penfold & Peter Madden
8 Ian Stanley & Ted Mallowes
9 Ben Boyd & Troy Miller
10 Brendon Smith & Richard Bondietti
11 Dylan McFawn & Kris Bandte
12 Phil Bailey & Andrew Bailey
13 Edmund Chen & Bob Sifri
14 Andrew Pearce & Phil Morton
15 Stephen Thomas & Michael Masal
16 Kenny Nicol & Phil Bryan

Please finda link below to the groups and venues for Round One. (Note that two groups still need a venue confirmed – will let you know tomorrow). As this is quite a lengthy process to coordinate, I will be unable to make any changes to days of play. As you only nominated 3 weeks ago, your availibility should not have changed, anyway, so hopefully no one’s forced to miss work or their wedding anniversary.

Good luck to all players this weekend.

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Open_Doubles_Round1_Groups.xls

Results: 2011 Summer Round 8

Hi all,

Results below and attached. Good luck to everyone playing doubles this weekend!

Continue reading

2011 9-Ball Tournament

Hi all

The 9 Ball is still on this weekend at The Maram, Open on the Saturday / Sunday and Ladies on the Sunday only. Tables will be open from 10am for practice with play to start at 10.30am.

Whilst we have 12 tables at our disposal, previous years have run late into the Saturday night (We’re talking 10pm here). With this in mind, be prepared to return on Sunday to complete the competition.

The format will be double elimination knockout as in previous years. We will be using the 9 ball white balls, as although we are playing on eight ball tables, the idea is to run as close to a 9 Ball game as
possible.

Any questions please call or email.

Regards

Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
0403 545 619

Results: 2011 Summer Round 7

Apologies for the delay, but here are the results for round 7. I used to think that playing at home was an advantage, but now I’m not so sure, with this week only 5 of 20 home teams saluting. One of those was a huge 22-2 win for the Pidos in div 2, an equal record.

[webmasters note: previous round results will be re-uploaded soon.]

The detailed ladder is available here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2011_Summer/2011_Summer_Ladder.xls Continue reading

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