Congratulations to Edmund Chen & Malachy McNeill for winning the 2021 ACTEBA Open Doubles Championship. Well played to Nicole Welsh & Jason Tanaskovic who were the runners-up.
A big thanks to the Tournament Directors, the venues and the adjudicators who all contributed to the running of this event.
Click the following link to view the Top 16 draw for the 2021 ACTEBA Open Doubles Championship. The Top 16 will be held over the weekend 27th & 28th November at the Harmonie German Club. This round is a double elimination knockout.
See the following image for order of play. Please arrive 30 minutes before your start time as games may be able to begin earlier than scheduled,
or click the following link to open or download order of play image Top 16 Order of Play
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Glen & Joseph won the play-off for 4th place
Group 4
Please click the following link to see the groups for Round 2. Preferred days of play have been accommodated where possible.
This week is a Round Robin x3, with the top 4 from each group making it through to the Top 16 Double Elimination Knockout next weekend. If a qualifier for the Top 16 withdraws then positions will be offered to the next in line to ensure we have a group of 16 playing off for the title.
**Adjudicators**
We are still looking for adjudicators for this weekend at either venue on either day. If you’re available to assist please let Graham O’Connell know and he can get you set up.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Please come and join us to celebrate the success of our teams and members over the last 2 years at our Gala Presentation at the end of Winter season Finals Day on 11th December 2021.
Click on following link to view further details and to purchase tickets. Ticket Sales end Wednesday 8th December at 11.30pm!
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/acteba-presentation-night-tickets-209056833617
Regards,
Matt Harmon | President
ACT Eightball Association (ACTEBA)
M: +61 413844154 | E: pres@acteba.com.au | W: www.acteba.com.au
The voting process for the Richard Taliaferro Award has now begun. The voting period will remain open for two weeks and will close at midnight on Wednesday 24th November.
Voting Process
A nomination counts as one vote to the nominee.
Any member may register one vote only for any one nominee by informing the ACTEBA webmaster at webadmin@acteba.com.au
The nominee achieving the highest number of votes will be announced at the ACTEBA Presentation Event, and will be presented with a memorial keepsake and a perpetual trophy (silver plate) engraved with their name and the relevant year of play.
The perpetual trophy is to be kept by the winner until its return as requested by the Vice President (or Core Executive) prior to the following Presentation event.
Nominees:
Gerard Johnston
Phil Morton
Shane Smith
Matt Power
Warren Mangelsdorf
Please see attached the groups for Round 1 of the Open Doubles to be held this weekend. Click link to download file Round 1 Groups
Based on entries the format of the competition will be:
**Round 1**
* 6 seeds
* 5x Groups of 8, Top 5 make it through to Round 2
**Round 2**
* 4x Groups of 8, Top 4 make it through to Final 16
**Round 3**
* Top 16, double elimination knockout
If I have missed your preferred day or if I’ve missed a partner update please let me know – there were a lot of movements in this draw so I’m bound to have missed something.
All withdrawals should have received their refunds by now. If you haven’t got yours please get in touch.
If you’re available to assist with adjudicating this weekend please let me know. Saturday or Sunday. German Club or Basement.
Graham
ACTEBA Tournament Director
As discussed at the recent captain’s meeting the entries for the 2022 Summer Comp are now open. We ask that teams or players register via the following Eventbrite link 2022 ACTEBA Summer Comp.
Entries will close at midnight 31 December 2021 to enable full team grading and preparation of draws to occur.
The season is scheduled to commence on Wednesday 12 January 2021.
Any questions please contact the Tournament Directors at td@acteba.com.au.
Please also note that entries into the competition after the closing date above will have an additional fee added to the season cost.
From the Umpire’s Table
I would like to welcome everybody back to actually playing Eightball! The revised 2021 ACTEBA Playing Rules are now available on the website. Although there are no significant changes to the rules – mainly it is clarification and correction of some errors that had crept in – I would advise all players to refresh their memory of the rules by reading the new version.
A quick reminder on a couple of important points. ALL Wednesday night frames must be umpired, and both teams must provide umpires for the matches. No separate time-keeper is required, but the umpire should use a tactile timing device (e.g. smartphone app), and not a stopwatch that needs to be looked at.
It is the Umpire’s responsibility to announce the breaking player, and to ensure that the rack is correctly set (Yellow J, Red head ball, Black on the spot), although the breaking player may set the rack themselves if they choose. If the Umpire fails to announce the breaking player (or announces it incorrectly), then it is NOT a foul if the wrong player breaks.
But the Umpire’s most important responsibility is to ensure that both players get, and appear to get, a fair game. The Umpire should therefore be, and appear to be, totally impartial, and must avoid expressing either criticism, or support in the form of barracking, for either player.
Finally – a reminder that although on matters of what actually occurred at the table (e.g. did the ball reach the cushion?) the Umpire’s decision is absolutely final, I am always available on Wednesday nights to resolve any uncertainty on the rules. Please call me on 04683 14683 at the time – don’t wait to ask me about it 2 weeks later!
All the best to all our players,
Iain McCulloch, Head Umpire.