The Masters Top 4 will play off for the 2009 ACTEBA Masters Title next Wednesday 27 May at Chisholm Tavern. The top 4 are Pete Smith, Jack Dehm, Ted Mallowes and Tolly Avuua.
Play starts at 8pm with a round robin of race to 3 and a final of race to 5. The top 3 finishers will qualify for the 2009 ACT Masters Team to compete at the Nationals later this year.
Last night’s first encounter in the 2009 State of Origin clash saw the Southern Guns take an early lead 18-14 over the Northern Potters.
The updated groupings for Round 1 of the Open Singles are now available.
Please note that different venues have different start times – check the information at the top of your group carefully. All venues will be open for practice 30 minutes before the listed start times.
The updated list is available here, and on the Docs and Forms page.
The tournament Director will be emailing this tonight, however as not all players put an email address on their forms, it would be a good idea for captains to pass these details to their players.
Players,
Apologies for the unexpected downtime. As I understand it from our hosting provider, the server experienced some hardware issues, however all data has been relocated to another server and everything (hopefully) should now be OK.
The Tournement Director has informed me that venue information for this weekend’s opening round of the Open Singles championships will be released late tonight (after 11pm). Check back here tomorrow morning for details.
The 2009 State of Origin teams have been finalised, and venues for the first three matches are set.
Division 5 (Wednesday May 20): Ojo’s Cafe and Bar
Division 4 (Wednesday May 27): The Basement
Division 3 (Wednesday June 3): Chisholm Tavern
[EDIT 18:00 15/5: the teams list is being reviewed by both SoO captains, updated list here shortly.]
Hi all
Another season has come and gone, and I hope it’s been a good one for everyone. I can tell you now it’s been a great one for about 40 players, with their teams winning the Grand Finals on Wednesday night.
The Motley Cues faced an early deficit in division 5 against the Gremlins, before Captain Robbie Howe “went foe it” to avenge last season’s grand final loss to the Rail Runners with a 13-9 victory.
The Jets had a great season, missing the 4th division minor premiership by 1 point, but made amends with a 13-10 win over the Demons, regaining their spot in 3rd division.
Division 3 saw the Pumas go in as hot favourites after an almost unbeaten season, but the Seriuos Fouls caused an upset when they ran out winners in a tight game, 13-11.
The DV8s ran out to a massive lead in the division 2 grand final, before the Pidos came back strongly in round 3. Soorage and his team then picked up their game and sealed a relatively easy win 13-9 to nail a really big trophy.
Division 1 once again proved to be the biggest match of the Grand Final evening. The Embalmers took on the Stickmen and the match ran neck and neck right up until the final frame, resulting in a 12 all draw and a playoff. The Embalmers then surprised the Stickmen by nailing the playoff 3-0 and yet another Division One Title.
I’d like to thank all players and in particular the captains for another successful season of Eight Ball. But there is no rest for the wicked, with the Masters this weekend preceding two months of Open State Team Trials. For those who haven’t checked it out yet, the groups for the first round are available on the Docs and Forms page with venues to be confirmed this weekend.
A big thank you of course to the venues who have supported us this season by hosting teams, we look forward to another great season in 6 weeks time.
Don’t forget State of Origin starts next week, for details see below.
Remember that nominations for the Winter Season are due at the next meeting.
Good luck to all players in the trials, and I will see you all next season.
Regards
Chris Jones
ACTEBA Tournament Director
Players,
Results from last night’s Grand Finals are in.
Div 1 – Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers def Labor Club Stickmen 15-12
Div 2 – The Basement DV8s def Southern Cross Pidos 13-9
Div 3 – The Maram Serious Fouls def Lakeview Pumas 13-11
Div 4 – The Basement Jets def Kaleen Demons 13-10
Div 5 – The Maram Motley Cues def Ojo’s Gremlins 13-9
A full report from the Tournament Director will follow later this evening.
The Captains fo the 2009 State of Origin series are:
Southern Guns: Scrol
Northern Potters: Vera Sansum
Players,
The Tournament Director has released the Round 1 groups for the upcoming State Trials, and the group and venue details for Round 1 of the Masters series.
The document is available here:
[edit: my pdf writer borked up the spreadsheet, i’ll upload a working PDF if you request one in the comments]
2009_trials_masters_round1.xls (MS Excel)
… and also on the Docs and Forms page.
The Masters kicks off at 10.30am with tables open from 10. The Tournament Director will be confirming venues and start times for the singles in the next few days. Note that in the singles groups, the top 4 qualify for the next round, and any player who needs to change days needs to contact the Tournament Director ASAP, but players will ultimately be responsible for arranging the change.
Venues and start times will be emailed to the players once finalised. All groups from here on will be released on the Monday following the round just completed.
Summer 09 Semi-Finals Results:
Div 1: Stickmen 13 def Hammerheads 9
Div 2: DV8s 13 Scorpions 5
Div 3: Pumas 15 Pirates 14
Div 4: Jets 13 Rail Runners 11
Div 5: Motley Cues 13 Gringos 5
Venue details for Summer 09 Grand Finals:
Fyshwick Tavern Embalmers v Labor Club Stickmen at The Basement
Southern Cross Pidos v The Basement DV8s at Ojos Bar and Cafe
The Maram Serious Fouls v Lakeview Pumas at Fyshwick Tavern
Kaleen Demons v The Basement Jets at Labor Club Belconnen
Ojo’s Gremlins v The Maram Motley Cues at Vikings Club Erindale
Good luck to all teams!