Captains and Players,

The 2012 Summer Captains Pack is now available to download:

2012 Summer Captains Pack (.zip, ~300k)

The pack contains the following documents (clicking these links will download the individual files):

2011 Summer stats
2011 Winter stats
2012 Calendar
Guide for New Captains
2012 State of Origin Teams
2012 Summer Draw
2012 Summer Scoresheet
2012 Summer Team Grading
2012 Trials Nomination Form
ACTEBA Rankings as at December 2011

The Docs and Forms / Draw pages will be updated shortly.

By now all ACTEBA members should be aware that ACT is again hosting a national 8ball titles. Following on from our success in 2009 with the senior event, next week we will host the best junior 8ball players in Australia as they seek an Australian title. The juniors are from all states and territories in Australia, and addition to seeking the title for team play, there will be individual titles in U12, U15 and U18 on offer. The event starts on the afternoon of Sun 15 January 2012 and goes through to Sat 21 January 2012. The event is being hosted at the Harmonie Club of Canberra in Narrabundah. Matches run all day and start around 9am finishing around 5pm. I encourage anyone who can attend to drop in and watch some great pool and cheer on the ACT Team. Previous ACT Juniors include Nicole Welsh, Dean Welsh, Matt Harmon and Steve Woods. The junior competition is where our future stars can be found.

ACT retains a fantastic record when it comes to refereeing I would like this to continue.If anyone can umpire a few games (and get the best seat in the house for the match) that would be greatly appreciated.

To date the organising committee in conjunciton with the AEBF committee have arranged the majority of the details. However we are down to the physical end and we will need people to assist in setting the room up on Sat 14 January. Exact timings to follow but any assistance would be appreciated. There may also be a need for some assistance at the presentation night on Sat 21 January.

Congratulations to Ojo’s KAOS, who defeated Chisholm Tavern on Wednesday night to become the 2011 Champion of Champions.

The match was close, with Chisholm Tavern ahead 11-8 at the last break, but KAOS rallied to win the last four frames and take the championship.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

The January meeting is on the 9th, with the Summer season starting on the 18th. (The full calendar will be updated shortly.)

All the best for 2012,

Matt Kendrick
ACTEBA Vice President

Results from last night’s Champion of Champions semi-finals:

Chisholm Tavern (div2) 15 def Hammerheads (div1) 13
KAOS (div3) 13 def Islanders (div3) 10

Next week’s Grand Final between Chisholm Tavern and KAOS should be a cracker.

The match will be played at Ojo’s in Tuggeranong – hope to see a few of you down there!

Last night Chisholm Tavern defeated the DV8’s to progress to the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions.

The KAOS/Islanders match was postponed to next week:

WEEK 3 DRAW:

Match 6: Chisholm Tavern (div2) v Hammerheads (div1) @ Ojo’s
Match 7: Islanders (div3) v KAOS (div3) @ Kaleen

Winners go into the Grand Final on Dec 21@ Kaleen Tavern.

Week 1 Results:
Match 1: DV8s defeated Balls Deep All Stars
Match 2: Hammerheads def Uni Bombers
Match 3: Islanders defeated Juniors
Match 4: KAOS defeated Pains

Chisholm Tavern had the bye

Week 2 (Dec 7):

Match 5: Chisholm Tavern (div 2) vs DV8’s (div 2) at Ojo’s
Match 7: Islanders (div 3) vs KAOS (div 3) (winner into grand final) at Kaleen Tavern

Hammerheads have the bye

Due to having 9 teams in this year’s tournament, the draw for Champion of Champions is as follows:

Week 1 (Nov 30):
(Qualifying) Match 1: DV8s (div2) vs Balls Deep All Stars (div5) at Kaleen Tavern
Match 2: Uni Bombers (div5) vs Hammerheads (div1) at Chisholm Tavern (winner to Week 3)
Match 3: Islanders (div3) vs Juniors (div3) at Kaleen Tavern
Match 4: KAOS (div3) vs Pains (div 4) at Ojo’s
Chisholm Tavern has a bye

Week 2 (Dec 7):
Match 5: Chisholm Tavern vs winner Match 1 at Ojo’s
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4 (winner into grand final) at Kaleen Tavern
Winner Match 2 has a bye

Week 3 (Dec 14):
Match 6: Winner Match 5 vs Winner Match 2 at Ojo’s (winner into grand final)
Winner Match 7 has a bye

Week 4 (Dec 21):
Grand Final: Winner Match 6 vs Winner Match 7 at Kaleen Tavern