Entries are now open for the 2025 ACTEBA Open Doubles.
Open Doubles is 2x group stages on the 27th/28th September and 4th/5th October followed by Top 16 a double elimination knockout across 18th/19th October.
In the group stages you will only be required to play on either the Saturday or the Sunday.
Entries will close on Tuesday 23rd September at 7.30pm with round 1 groups to be released ASAP afterwards.
For details and to enter: PlayHQ ACTEBA 2025 Open Doubles Registration
The ACTEBA Junior Selection Trials will be held at the Harmonie German Club in Narrabundah, on the following dates, Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th of September.
The number of entries per age group, will decide which age groups are played on which day.
Age groups:
Under 12’s
Under 15’s
Under 18’s
Under 18 Girls
Register via PlayHQ using the following link https://www.playhq.com/sports/register/cfa000
Nominations are now open for the Richard Taliaferro Award for the 2025 seasons. Nominations will remain open for the next two weeks and will close on Thursday 18th September. Once the nomination period has ended, nominees will be listed on the ACTEBA website and the voting process will begin. The voting period will remain open for approximately two weeks. (The date that the voting process will close will be announced once the nomination period has ended.)
Award Selection Process
During the nomination period, any current ACTEBA member may nominate any member that they believe to have consistently displayed outstanding sportsmanship over a period of at least the previous two full consecutive seasons. Note that previous winners are not eligible to be nominated – the intent of the award is that it be passed on to a new winner every year.
A nomination will count as one vote to the nominee. Nominations can be lodged by email to the ACTEBA webmaster at the following email account mailto:webadmin@acteba.com.au
Nominees will be listed on the ACTEBA website.
Any member may register one vote only for any one nominee by informing the ACTEBA webmaster at mailto: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.
Awardees:
2005: Sid Scott
2006: Max Ryan
2007: Greg Murphy
2008: Tolly Auva’a
2009: Steve Phillips
2010: Alison Murphy
2011: Dean Welsh
2012: Matt Wilson
2013: Kathy Harmon
2014: Paul Berger
2015: Joseph Morrall
2016: Melissa Chapelli
2017: Barry King
2018: Marg Auva’a
2019: Nicole Welsh
2020: Ian Stanley
2021: Phil Morton
2022: Penny Foudoulis
2023: Fred Johnson
2024: Jason Davis
Congratulations to Penny Foudoulis & Ann Moimoi who won the 2025 ACTEBA Womens Doubles title in an epic battle with Tammie Ashlin & Michelle Massey who were the runners-up.
For the full results click on the following PoolStat link: 2025 ACTEBA Womens Doubles Results
The 2025 ACTEBA Annual General Meeting will be held on 1st September commencing at 6:30pm.
Any notice of motions received to date will be included on Agenda, but the 1 month in advance tabling of Notices of Motions has expired.
Note there are some vacant positions on the executive committee that we would like to fill. If you are interested in nominating for any of the positions, please reach out.
Proxy form for the AGM can be found here: ACTEBA AGM Proxy Form
Congratulations Chris Lilly and Matt Power on winning the 2025 Masters Doubles, well played to Phil Morton and Murray Jeffries who were the runners-up.
Thanks to Trent for adjudicating on Saturday and Georgie for adjudicating on Sunday.
Full results can be found here: Poolstat – ACTEBA 2025 Masters Doubles
The draw for this weekend has been created. 20 teams entered this year, which created a 32 player draw with four seeds based on the last two years of Masters Doubles rankings.
The dates and estimated times of rounds are listed on the draw. It is 9.30 for a 10am start each day. The times are estimates and matches may be called earlier than the time on the schedule – if you are not present when your match is called you will be forfeited.
The first three rounds of the main draw will be on Saturday with the last two rounds on Sunday.
The first four rounds of the repechage will be on Saturday with the last four rounds on the Sunday
The Grand Final is expected to start around 3.30pm on Sunday.
Play is expected to finish around 6pm each day, unless there is a double final on Sunday.
The draw can be found here: Poolstat – ACTEBA 2025 Masters Doubles
The adjudicator will have match PINs for you to enter results straight into Poolstat.
Entries are now open for the 2025 ACTEBA Womens Doubles which is being held on Saturday and Sunday the 16th and 17th of August.
The competition is a double elimination knockout starting with a Race to 4 on both sides of the draw, increasing in the later rounds.
Entries will remain open until 7.30pm on Thursday 14th August and can be made via PlayHQ:
2025 ACTEBA Womens Doubles Entries
The draw will be completed ASAP after registrations close on that Thursday night.
Entries are now open for the 2025 ACTEBA Masters Doubles which is being held next weekend across Saturday and Sunday the 2nd and 3rd of August.
The competition is a double elimination knockout starting with a Race to 5 on the winners side and a Race to 4 on the losers side, increasing in the later rounds.
Entries can be made via the following link PlayHQ – 2025 ACTEBA Masters Doubles. Verification of your age will occur during registration.
Please see the grading of teams for the 2025 ACTEBA State of Origin Match 2.
Southern Guns leading the series 1-0.
The second match will be held Saturday 26th July, Harmonie German Club.
9:30am for a 10:00am start, Expected completion 3.00-3.30pm
What is it?
The State of Origin is a North vs South competition that is ran three times throughout the year, taking the best ranked players from the latest Open Rankings from each division and geographical region pitting them against each other.
Team Selection
Four players are selected per division, per region. This is done by selecting one female if one is available and then the top three players as per the rankings after that.
The North/South split and your division is determined by the most recent rankings from May 2025 and your address is as per your entry in the current Winter competition.
Schedule/Format
Players can expect a 10am start to about a 3pm finish including a mixture of singles races, scotch doubles, and teams event. While there won’t be a stop to play there will be plenty of time throughout the day for food/drink/etc.