State Trials: 2010 ACTEBA Open Singles Champion

Matt Harmon

Congratulations to Matt on winning his 5th Open Singles Title, in doing so becoming the most decorated Open Singles player in ACTEBA history.

Matt did it the hard way, losing his first match to Michael Hazilias before facing a 1-4 deficit to Sterling Cross and certain elimination. But Matt rallied, winning the last four frames and then his next 3 against Anthony Chia to set up an unlikely finals spot by edging Hazza out by a solitary frame after Matt, Hazza and Anthony all finished on two wins each. Sterling was the unlucky one, but can still celebrate 4th spot in the ACT for the year.

Matt then went on to complete a 9-5 victory over Anthony in the final.

The day was highlighted by the aggressive approach all four players took into each frame, with some unbelievable white ball control displayed by all.

For Top 4 Results and Frame Counts please click here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/2010_Open_Singles_Top4_Results.xls

And for stats for all players in the tournament please click here:

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

For a full report, click through to the rest of the article below.

Chris Jones
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State of Origin 2010 Update

2nd Division

In keeping with the first three matches, the 2nd division match last night was so close! The Guns came in with a two frame lead, but with two strong teams these two frames didn’t necessarily mean a lot.

Progressive scores were 4-4, 8-8 and then 13-11 to the Guns after the third round (all four matches played have seen the score 13-11 to the Guns at three quarter time!).

Guns won the match 17-15, bringing the overall scores to Southern Guns 66 – Northern Potters 62.

Special mention to Cindy Blackmore from the Southern Guns who shot 4/4.

1st Division match will be played at The Maram next Wednesday (30 June), 8pm. Will the Guns keep their lead and get the shield back after two years, or will the Potters fight back and keep the shield another year? Come along and cheer on your team it what promises to be another exciting match!!

2010 Open Singles Top 16 Statistical Analysis

It was pointed out to me very early that my Top 16 ladder I sent with the email was calculated against 52 frames played instead of the 60 that were actually played. This was because I used last year’s primitive spreadsheet that had only 14 players. You’ll notice this has been amended since.

Well I’ve tried to make amends by providing possibly the most detailed statistical analysis of any Eight Ball Tournament anywhere. Yes, I am a stats nerd and I know there are a few poor souls like me out there.

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Results: Open Singles Top 16

Hi all

This weekend saw the Top 16 of the 2010 ACTEBA Open Singles Championship go head to head for places in not only the 2010 ACT Open Team, but the Top 4 to decide the 2010 ACT Open Singles Champion next Saturday. The event was kindly hosted by The Maram and witnessed almost 500 frames of top quality Eight Ball. Continue reading

State of Origin 2010 Update

3rd Division

Going into last night’s 3rd Division State of Origin match the Southern Guns held a four frame overall lead at 34 – 30.

What a close match!! Guns got off to a small lead and were 5 – 3 up after the first round. Potters brought it back to 8 – 8 at half time. In the third round the Guns managed to sneak ahead at 13-11. The Potters then took off in the last round winning five frames in a row to guarantee a draw, and got one more to win 17 – 15.

Special mention to Tim Murphy from the Southern Guns and to Jason Davis from the Northern Potters who both shot 4/4.

Overall score is now Southern Guns 49 – Northern Potters 47.

2nd Division match will be played at Fyshwick Tavern next Wednesday (23 June). Come along and cheer your side on in what promises to be another close match!

Venues: Google Maps

Players,

I’ve started compiling a Google Map of pool and snooker venues around Canberra and Queanbeyan. At the moment, Ive restricted myself to venues with two or more tables, however feel free to add single-table venues (but be sure to note this.)

Please feel free to add to this – the more info, and the more venues, the better!

Google Maps link

(You’ll need a Google Mail or Apps account to edit the map.)

Association: New ByLaws uploaded

The new ByLaws passed at the last meeting have been upoaded to the site, and are available on the Docs and Forms page, or via direct download here:

http://www.acteba.com.au/downloads/ACTEBA_ByLaws_Jun2010.pdf

2010 Coaching Course

A coaching course to qualify Level 1 coaches is being held this year for ACTEBA members.

The course will be conducted on 4 Sunday afternoons – 4 July, 11 July, 1 August and 19 September. Venue TBA.
Expressions of Interest are invited and should be submitted to Theresa Whitten via ACTEBA email (see the Commitee page or use the Contact Form).

Cost will be $100 which will include Coaching Manual, venue hire, etc. Any profit will go to the National Junior Eightball Championships.

Subjects will include: Introduction to 8ball, Basic Techniques, Skills Learning Programme, Fundamentals of Sportmanship. Theresa will also include other skills including strategy, learning from watching, perfect practice time and mind control/concentration.The course will conclude with Theory and a Practical Performance Tests.

The advantages of being a Level 1 Coach are but not limited to:

  • sharing accurate knowledge of skills with fellow 8ball players
  • being able to charge for coaching lessons
  • Improve your own game of 8ball

State of Origin 2010

If the matches played so far this year are any indication, it’s going to be a very close year for SofO!

5th Division
Southern Guns and Northern Potters drew 16-16 after being neck and neck all match.
Special mention to Nam Ngo from the Southern Guns and Ruth Stone from the Northern Potters who both shot 4/4.

4th Division
Southern Guns defeated Northern Potters 14-18. The Guns were in front 11-5 at half time, and the Potters came back to make it only 13-11 to the Guns after the third round. What a match!
Special mention to Terry Cunningham from the Southern Guns who shot 4/4.

Southern Guns take a four frame lead into next Wednesday’s 3rd Division match which will be played at Ojo Cafe & Bar. Come down and cheer for your team (and your footy team – it will be on the big screen) in what looks like it will be another tough match!

Minutes: May 2010

Provisional minutes from the May 2010 meeting are available for review:

http://www.acteba.com.au/Minutes/2009-2010/Min-May10.pdf

These minutes will be tabled at tonight’s meeting.

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