Nationals: Open Singles positions

The ACTEBA has 6 spots available in the National Single titles to be held in Adelaide 17-30 October. In accordance with our by-laws these spots have been offered to all members of the top 16 from Open Singles selection trials. The spots are fully self-funded with no support to be provided by ACTEBA. Players need only be available on the day of play and the event is knockout format.

These positions are now being offered to those players who competed in the top 32 of the Open Singles selection trials. The positions are offered on a first come first served basis (up to 6) should more interest exist then current rankings will be considered with the top 6 ranked players being offered the position.

Response is to be via email (pres@acteba.com.au) or phone message 0408 227 341 to Joseph Morrall. Any interest must be received no later than 27 August 2010.

In the event that 6 positions are not filled the positions will be offered to the highest ranked players in either the Ladies or Masters team.

ACTEBA will not consider interest from outside the groups already discussed unless exceptional circumstances can be presented.

State Trials: 2010 Open Doubles Round 2 Groups

Hi all,

(This has been sent to the captains distribution list as well as all participating players)

Please find attached the groups for the 2nd round of the ACTEBA Open Doubles championships. All groups will be at the Maram (2 on Sat, 2 on Sun) and the bistro will be open between 12 noon and 2pm both days. Good luck to all teams, and remember, only the top 3 teams make it through to the final 12.

Click to download:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Doubles_Round2_Groups.xls

State Trials: 2010 Open Doubles Round 1 Results

[UPDATED: Correct spreadsheet is now linked below.]

This weekend saw the first round of the Open Doubles played at The Maram, Kaleen Bar & Bistro and the Labor Club. With 10 groups of 8 and only the top 3 qualifying in each, it was always going to be cutthroat, but the weekend did see a few surprises.

The dominators this weekend were Bob Sifri & Edmund Chen (17/4), Pete Smith & Shane Smith (15/3), Nicole Welsh & Semisi Naupoto (15/3) and Brent Hampton & Jason Tanaskovic (15/3).

But I have brag about my performance, for the first time in my eight ball trials history, my partner and I were actually leading our group. It doesn’t matter that it was only because we finished our first frame with a win before anyone else, and then we lost our next 3 and wound up 6th, for about two minutes we were the leaders in our group with one frame against everyone else’s zero, so there. (I’ve also been asked to mention that I had two shots on the black in another frame and potted the white on the first visit – happy, Callum & Pat???).

All reports were of a great weekend for everyone, with the days being played in a great spirit and a surprisingly smoothly run day of doubles, rather than the usual bog down we can sometimes get. So credit must go to both the players and adjudicators, especially the rookies, Tolly and Mel (with a nod to the mentor, Scrol).

Groups for next weekend will be out by Tuesday afternoon, but all four groups will be played at The Maram next weekend.

Well played to pairs this weekend and good luck to the pairs for next weekend.

Full results from round one:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Doubles_Round1_Results.xls

Regards

Chris Jones

ACTEBA Tournament Director

State Trials: 2010 Masters Singles and Ladies Doubles

Hi all

A huge day at The Maram on Sunday 24 July saw both the Ladies Doubles Top 4 and the Masters Singles Top 8 play off for their respective titles, with the Masters also playing for the 4 spots in this year’s ACT Masters Team. With ACTEBA’s most experienced adjudicator overseeing the two groups, the 16 participants were assured of a smoothly run day.

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Results: 2010 Winter Round 4

Hi all,

Results from round 4 are below and attached. Please note this does not include bonus points from Monday’s meeting, these will be incorporated into next week’s ladder. Good luck to all of you that are playing doubles on the weekend. Continue reading

State Trials: 2010 Open Doubles Round One Groups

Hi all

Welcome to the 2010 ACTEBA Open Doubles Tournament. This year we have a record 82 pairs competing over three weekends for the title, starting this weekend with 10 groups of 8 pairs.

The format for round one is as follows:

Play will commence at 11am, with tables open at 10.30am, except at Kaleen Bar & Bistro, where play begins at 11.30, with tables open from 11am.

Any pair not present when the first frame of the day is called will be disqualified, except where they have contacted the adjudicator, the Tournament Director or the Assistant Tournament Director to explain their late arrival at least 15 minutes prior to the start of play. Please note that contacting another player at the venue will not be accepted unless they can speak to the people named above.

Play will consist of three round robins, for a total of 21 frames for each pair.

The Top Three will qualify for round two.

In the event of a tie for third place, a minimum of a race to 2 must be played, however the competing pairs may decide to play more frames.

Should the playoff be contested by more than two pairs, a round robin of minimum race to 2 will be contested, with the placings decided in the respective order: matches won, frames won, least frames lost. Should a tie still occur, affected pairs will recommence the playoff.
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Results: 2010 Winter Round 3

Results from Round 3 below. Continue reading

2010 Winter TEAM FEES

Captains/Players,

Due to the change in the start date to the Winter 2010 season, some confusion has arisen as to the correct due date for team fees.

After careful consideration of the spirit of the relevant bylaw (ByLaw 16) and in an effort to allow as much time as possible for teams to collect fees, the Executive Committee have decided to set the due date for Winter fees to the September Committee Meeting (6 September). Even though this is after Round 8, the $10 late fee has been waived.

HOWEVER, all fees MUST be paid on or before this meeting, otherwise teams WILL be placed on the debtors register and all wins declared forfeits, as per ByLaw 19, if fees are not received by the close of the meeting on September 6.

Regards,

Matt Kendrick
ACTEBA Vice-President

State Trials: 2010 Masters Singles Round 1 Results

Today saw the first round of the 2010 Masters Singles at The Maram. With the field split into 2 groups this year, it would leave the Top 4 from each group to play tomorrow in a battle for the 4 spots in the 2010 ACT Masters Team.

Group One included the defending champion, Tolly Auva’a, three time runner up Ted Mallowes and 2006 runner up Neil Whitbread. But Group Two held the advantage with triple champion Jack Dehm, double champion Rolf Bandte, 2008 champion Kev Harrow and 2007 champion Pete Smith. Despite this, Mongrel entered Group One as the rookie, joining Vince Wood in the “juniors” category. Continue reading

Results: 2010 Winter Round 2

Hi all,

Results are below and attached, but given so many of you are starting to ask about the Open Doubles event, I thought I’d advise everyone of the format we’re going with for this year. This is a bit of a change from previous years, and a bit more cut-throat, but this is mainly due to the record high number of teams… 82 of them!

Round 1 – 7/8 Aug: Top 2 seeds (Anthony Chia & Colin Gamble and Michael Hazilias & Rony Sood) have a bye; leaving 10 groups of 8 teams, playing a full round robin 3 times. Each team (assuming everyone turns up) will get 21 frames. The top 3 teams progress to round 2.

Round 2 – 14/15 Aug: Top 2 seeds join 30 qualifiers, leaving 4 groups of 8 teams, playing a full round robin 3 times, with the top 3 teams progressing to round 3. Each team should get 21 frames.

Round 3 – 22/23 Aug: Top 12 (and final) over 2 days. Full round robin 3 times, playing two rounds on the Sat and one on the Sun, with the top 3 teams making the playoff. Team that qualifies 1st is automatically into the final, with 2nd playing 3rd and the winner playing 1st in the state doubles final.

Open Singles spots – a reminder that anyone that made the top 16 in the Open state selection trials and was subsequently offerred a spot in the Singles event at the National Championships needs to confirm whether they are going to go… ASAP.

And now for the results (last weeks incorrect result between the Jets and the Demons has been amended): Continue reading

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