NTEBA - State B Grade Teams Champions
Eightball Tasmania held this years B Grade Teams Event at the Launceston Workers Club over the June long weekend. The event was won by the team representing Launceston, the Northern Tasmania Eightball Association, defeating the first time entrants the Hobart Eightball Association who are affiliated through the Southern Tas Eightball Association and play their roster games on a Monday night. The South East were represented by Steve Smith, Josh Waterworth, Donna Thompson, Alan Barrett, Andrew Jenkins and Linsey McDonald. You can check out all the results and how all the players went by using the link below.
Anthony Adams
2011 State Open Singles Champion
Over the weekend EightBall Tasmania conducted the 2011 State Open Singles Championship at the Launceston Workers Club. This event was won by the Beltana Saints Anthony Adams who defeated the Shoreline Hotel's Marcus Jackson 6 - 3 in the Final. Anthony defeated the Rugby Club Breaker's Chris Forsyth 5 - 1 in his Semi Final, while Marcus defeated another Rugby Club Breaker's player Ricky Lee 5 - 4 in the other Semi Final. The State Open Title adds to Anthony's bulging list of titles including numerous Tasmanian Under Age Championships and of course his 2009 Australian Under 18 Singles Championship. In winning the State title Anthony now has direct entry into this years State Team and he will be a seeded player in this years Australian Singles Championships at this years National Championships that will be held in NSW. Congratulations to both Anthony & Marcus on a great preformance.
2011 Anzac Weekend 8 Ball Final
This years Anzac Weekend 8 Ball Competition in Melbourne had prizemoney worth $18,000 up for grabs. The Final of this years event saw the current World Champion Mick Hill play the current Australian Champion James Delahunty, Mick Hill who was in Tasmania a couple of weeks ago giving exhibition matches just shows in this match why he is regarded as one of the best players the sport has seen. If you want to watch the final you can do so by following the link below or go to CueBall TV. The match is best of eleven (11) frames.
Team Sportscards for Junior Development
At this years AGM it was voted that each club is to sell one (1) sports card with all the money raised to be given to Tasmanian Junior Eightball, for use in the development of junior eight ball in the state. The SETEBA can be very proud of the fact that as an association we are the biggest supporter of junior eightball in Tasmania and this incentive will go a long way to help with the development of junior eight ball, who have won the Australian Junior Team Championships two out of the last three national titles. Clubs are asked to pass this money onto the Treasurer by the end of the first round.
Redraws in B Grade
Once again this year teams in B Grade only will be allowed to redraw one (1) player each round if they are short a player on the night. The team must be short in the first game of the night, redraws are not allowed if a player leaves the venue early, if a player leaves early, leaving a team short of a player this game will be classed as a forfeit. Redraws WILL NOT be allowed in finals.
Finals Qualifications for This Season
To be eligible to play in this years SETEBA Finals players must have played in eleven (11) matches, meaning they have to play on eleven (11) different nights.