2026 ACTEBA Open Trials – Entries Open

Our Open Trials will begin in just under two weeks time and entries will be closing in one week, the night of Tuesday 9th June.

To Enter: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/170303

The Open Trials will run across four weekends:

Rd 1 – 13th/14th June
Rd 2 – 20th/21st June
Rd 3 – 27th/28th June
Rd 4 (Top 20) – 4th/5th July

Rounds 1 to 3 only one day of play is required. There is no guaranteed day of play. Players can notify the tournament director before each round if you can’t play on a particular day on the coming weekend. If you notify the tournament director by COB on the Monday of each week then all attempts to give you your preferred day of play will be made.


Indicative Format. Subject to change.

Play starts 10am. Rounds will require at least 6 hours to complete. There will be no breaks for lunch. Seeds may be required to play in earlier rounds than indicated below.40 Seeded Players

• Week 1. All Seeds get a BYE. Remaining players split into groups. Round Robin x3. Top 4 per group progress

• Week 2. Top 8 Seeds get a BYE. Remaining players split into groups. Round Robin x3. Top 4 per group progress

• Week 3. Round Robin x4. Top 5 per group progress to Top 20.

• Week 4. Top 20. Round Robin x4. Top 5 qualify for State Team.

2026 ACTEBA Women’s Trials – Top 12 Results

Congratulations to the top 5 ladies who have made the ACT 8 Ball squad. Penny, Ashleigh, Michelle, Kathy and Kylie. (Kylie won the play-off with Heather 2-0).

The full results are as follows
1. Penny Foudoulis 35-15
2. Ashleigh Rose Smith 34-16
3. Michelle Massey 30-20
4. Kathy Harmon 28-22
5. Kylie Power 25-25
6. Heather Robertson 25-25
7. Christine Allen 23-27
8. Georgie Genders 22-28
9. Vanessa Nelson 19-31
10. Tammie Ashlin 18-32
11. Erica Ford 16-34

Thanks to Mick Girvan for adjudicating on Saturday and Phil Morton for adjudicating on Sunday.

Mid-Year Comp

Due to the six-week break between seasons we will be running a short competition on Thursday nights.

Entries are here: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/cf12ed

Details are attached. Click here to view PDF document

The competition aims to include a few aspects to the game that we don’t get much exposure to here:

  • Match clocks
  • Shorter shot clock
  • “Rundown” format – Higher-ranked teams start on negative scores and must chase down the lower ranked teams before the match clock runs out

Teams are both salary capped and handicapped to ensure that players of all skill levels can enter and have a fair crack at the prize money.

Entries are open now and close on Monday 8th June with the first matches on Thursday 11th June. Get your teams together and start putting those entries in!

Any questions or clarifications please contact the Tournament Director, some aspects will be unknown until we have the final entry numbers.

2026 ACTEBA Women’s Trials – Group Results

Results from Saturday’s group.
Thanks to Jason Davis for adjudicating today.
Well done to Vanessa, Penny, Kylie, Georgie, Christine and Lauren who won the playoff 2-1 against Jess.

Results from Sunday’s group.
Thanks to Georgie Genders for adjudicating today.
Congratulations to Tammie, Kath, Ashleigh, Shelley, Heather, and Erica on making it through to next weekend’s Top 12.

Division 1 to 4 Finals Series

The finals series for Divisions 1 to 4 has been enabled in Poolstat.

To view the finals series, there is a link that appears at the top of the page “Finals” that will show the matchups and the venues.

The format for the finals series is:

Week 1 – 13th May – Qualifying Finals

Match 1: 1st vs 2nd – Winner straight to Grand Final, Loser plays winner of Match 2. Match is played at 1st’s home venue.

Match 2: 3rd vs 4th – Winner plays loser of Match 1, Loser knocked out. Match is played at 3rd’s home venue.

Note that in Div 4 the match of 1st vs 2nd will be held at Belconnen Bowling Club rather than Northies Kaleen

Week 2 – 20th May – Preliminary Final

Match 3: Loser 1 vs Winner 2. Neutral venue determined by tournament director

Bye Week – 27th May

A bye week for all divisions due to NRL State of Origin

Week 3 – 3rd June – Grand Final

Match 4: Winner 1 vs Winner 3. Neutral venue determined by tournament director.

2026 ACTEBA Womens Trials

Registrations for the womens trials are now open and will close Monday 18th May at 7pm.

We expect to complete the event over the first weekend only, 23rd/24th May.

For further details and to enter: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/e5ef59

Good luck!

2026 Summer Competition – Outstanding Fees

Due to when we took entries for our summer competition (end of 2025, before AEBF affiliation was available) we did not capture the AEBF affiliation fees for 2026. In addition to this an administrative error caused the ACTEBA 2026 Summer Competition fee to be charged incorrectly ($70 instead of the correct fee of $90 per season).

This means there are three fees that need to be captured:

– $20 ACTEBA Summer Competition fee. This applies to ALL PLAYERS.

– $15 annual AEBF Affiliation Fee. Applies to ALL PLAYERS.

– $20 annual AEBF Affiliation Fee for Representative players. Applies to all players who have traveled to Junior Nationals, Senior Nationals, and the Aus Cup in the past 5 years.

This has been set up to be captured through PlayHQ at the following link: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/a1bd14

If you have already paid your 2026 AEBF affiliation fee please send the tournament director td@acteba.com.au a copy of your email confirmation/invoice and a voucher code to discount the AEBF affiliation component of the above will be provided.

The form handles the $15 AEBF affiliation and the $20 ACTEBA season fees for everyone.

If you are a representative player this needs to be added as a product on page 5. There are questions in the form that will guide you through what is needed based on whether you have already paid your AEBF affiliation or if you are a representative player.

For the question “Do you play for a club, but are registering to the association/league your club plays in?” The answer is “No”.

We would like everyone to be paid and up to date by Friday 15th May.

2026 ACTEBA Singles Championships Schedule

Schedule of Play
Please see the link to view the Schedule of play for all of this weekend’s Singles Championships.
Clashes have been avoided except for the thread of matches highlighted in red. Depending on results in earlier matches these may end up running later than anticipated.
Players should ensure that they are at the Harmonie German Club when your match gets called. Aside from the first matches on each day the schedule is a guide – matches in subsequent sessions may get called earlier as tables become available. We are using Poolstat’s SMS feature that will send you a message with a table allocation and match PIN, if matches are not started within a reasonable time frame after the SMS is sent then YOU WILL BE FORFEIT.

Playing Matches
Lag for the first break and then alternate breaks. Poolstat will ask for the first player to break when starting the match. Please finalise your match in Poolstat and the results will automatically come across so that the next matches can be called.

Dress Code
There is no strict dress code other than please no trackies or similar very casual gear. There will be two streaming tables across both Saturday and Sunday and these will look best if you are neat and tidy. A simple polo shirt similar to what many teams wear in the weekly comp is fine.

Draws
Open: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8089/2025-acteba-open-singles-state-championship-grade

Womens: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8091/2026-acteba-womens-singles-state-championship-grade

Masters: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8090/2026-acteba-masters-singles-state-championships-grade

Under_23: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8096/2026-acteba-under-23s-singles-state-championship-grade

Open_60+: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8094/2026-acteba-60-singles-state-championships-grade

Womens_50+: https://www.poolstat.net.au/acteba/knockout/8095/2026-acteba-womens-50-singles-state-championship-grade

2026 ACT State Championships – U23s, Womens 50+ & Open 60+ – Entries Open

We have registration forms up for the Under 23s, Womens 50+ and Open 60+ as per below.

Entries for these will close at 8pm Thursday night (9th April) and the draw will be done straight afterwards.

Based on the EOIs the approximate schedule will be as per below but may change due to final numbers:
Open 60+: First matches 4pm Friday, with remaining matches over the weekend

Womens 50+: Should run Saturday only

Under 23s: Should run Sunday only

To enter:

U23: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/88e204

Womens 50+: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/828439

Open 60+: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/8238fd

2026 ACT State Championships – Entries Now Open

Entries for the 2026 ACT State Championships are now open and will close on Monday 6th April at 6pm.

The championships are a knockout style tournament with the Open, Womens, and Masters to all be held in the same venue at the same time – atmosphere! Live streaming will be in place for select matches across the Saturday and Sunday.

The events will be held across Friday 10th April to Sunday 12th April at the Harmonie German Club.

These are ranking and prize money events, with the Winners being crowned ACT Champion. Winner and Runner Up offered positions in the state team.

Based on past years, the top 8 in the Open and the top 4 in the Womens and Masters receive a cash prize (subject to entries in each category).

To enter please see below links:

Open: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/4118c0

Womens: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/8ca2e1

Masters: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/6a52d1

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