ACTEBA Life Membership Announcement

Nicole Welsh was formally awarded Life Membership at our Presentation Night earlier this year; however, she was unfortunately unable to attend, and due to my own workload, I have not been able to publicly share this announcement until now.

It gives us great pleasure to officially welcome Nicole Welsh as the newest Life Member of the ACT Eight Ball Association.

Nicole has been a valued member of ACTEBA since 1992 and has made an outstanding contribution to our association both on and off the table. While her achievements as a player are exceptional, Life Membership is awarded in recognition of dedication, service, and commitment to ACTEBA over many years.

Nicole served as ACTEBA Secretary for 11 consecutive years (2013–2024), making her the longest-serving Secretary in the association’s history. During that time, she played a key role in delivering national events, strengthening relationships within our sport, and ensuring the best interests of ACTEBA and its members were always represented.

She has also helped guide the ACT Women’s Team to three Australian Championships and was the recipient of the Richard Taliaferro Award in 2019.

There are not many elite players who give back to the sport and their association to the extent that Nicole has. Her contribution to ACTEBA has been significant, lasting, and deeply appreciated.

On behalf of the Executive Committee and all ACTEBA members, thank you Nicole for your dedication, leadership, and service to our association.

Please join us in congratulating Nicole Welsh on this well-deserved recognition and welcoming her to the ACTEBA Life Membership Family.

Congratulations Nicole!

2026 Open Trials Round 3 Groups

Congratulations to those who made it through round 2 of the Open Trials on the weekend.

Some plenty good pool with a handful of master breaks and master shots being around the place as well, ya can’t beat that!

Please see Round 2 Results and Round 3 Groups.

We have our top 8 seeds join in this week with groups of 10 so it only gets tougher! It continues to be a Round Robin x3 and with the larger groups this week the top 5 from each group will make it through to the Top 20 next weekend.

9.30am for a 10.00am start at the Harmonie German Club.

Volunteers Wanted – Jackpot Joker

Would you like your ACTEBA season fees covered simply by helping out for an hour on a Tuesday night?

ACTEBA is looking for volunteers to assist with the Harmonie German Club Jackpot Joker.

✅ Help out for 1 night and we’ll cover 50% of your season fees
✅ Help out for 2 nights and we’ll cover 100% of your season fees
✅ Already paid your fees? We’ll refund them accordingly

The best part? It’s easy!

All you need to do is spend approximately 1 hour walking around the club selling Jackpot Joker tickets. You’ll meet members and patrons, help raise valuable funds for ACTEBA, and have a bit of fun along the way.

Volunteer Dates Available

📅 7 July 2026
📅 21 July 2026
📅 4 August 2026
📅 18 August 2026
📅 1 September 2026
📅 15 September 2026
📅 29 September 2026
📅 13 October 2026
📅 27 October 2026
📅 10 November 2026
📅 24 November 2026
📅 8 December 2026
📅 22 December 2026

This is a fantastic opportunity to give back to the association while significantly reducing your costs for the season.

Please note: State Team Players are welcome to help, however volunteer hours will contribute towards State Team funding eligibility rather than season fee reimbursement.

If you’re interested in helping out, send us a message, or speak to a member of the Executive Committee.

A small commitment can make a big difference to ACTEBA.

💙 Support ACTEBA
🤝 Meet People
💰 Save Money

2026 Winter Competition – Entries Now Open

Entries are now open for the 2026 Winter Competition.

The competition will start on Wednesday July 15/Thursday July 16 with grand finals concluding on Wednesday 4th/Thursday 5th November. Captains please make your venues aware of the competition dates.

Graded entries will close Monday 6th July after the Captain’s Meeting with the gradings, draw, and captains pack to be released on Wednesday 8th July.

All entries after Monday 6th July will incur a $10 late fee and will not count towards your team’s grading.

To enter: https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/eaa8ca

2026 Open Trials Round 2 Groups

Click the following link to view the 2026 Open Trials Round 2 Groups

This week is a Round Robin x3 with the Top 4 making it through to the Top 40 next weekend. Please be mindful that groups 5, 6, 7, 8 will be playing at 2-table venues so please factor this into your day. An 8-player group on 2 tables is likely to take 8 to 8.5 hours.

Just confirming that the groups 7 and 8 are locked in at ByChance Bar & Bistro as attached.

Please ensure that you are aware of your start times:
Harmonie German Club – 9.30 for a 10.00 start
Eastlake Gungahlin – 10.00 for a 10.30 start
ByChance Bar & Bistro – 10.00 for a 10.30 start

We are still looking for an adjudicator for:
Saturday – ByChance Bar & Bistro
Sunday – Eastlake Gungahlin
Sunday – ByChance Bar & Bistro

If anyone is available this weekend please contact the Tournament Director.

2026 Open Trials – Round 1 Results

Group 1

Congratulations to Nick, Ralph, Damien and George. Thanks to Matt Connor for adjudicating this group on Saturday.

Group 3

Congratulations to Frank, Phil, Airton and Zac. Thanks to Matt Connor for adjudicating this group on Saturday.
Airton won the first playoff of 5 player with 3 wins from 4.
Zac won the second playoff of three players on a countback with 2-0,1-2

Group 2

Congratulations to Georgie, George, Max and Scott. Thanks to Will Keogh for adjudicating this group on Sunday.
Alex withdrew from playoff

Group 4

Congratulations to Darren, Alex, Graham and Vanessa. Thanks to Will Keogh for adjudicating this group on Sunday.

2026 Open Trials Round 1 Groups

We have our groups for round 1 of the open trials this weekend. Note: Some players have changed groups, the affected players have been notified of the changes.

This week is a Round Robin x3 with the Top 4 from each group going through to next weekend where we’ll introduce the bulk of the players.

All groups this week are 9.30am for a 10.00am start at the Harmonie German Club.


Round 1 and 2 Byes
The top 8 seeds have a bye for both the first and second round
The next 48 seeds have a bye the first round only

For the full list please see attached. Round 1 Groups

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.

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