Wayne Elliott - State Masters Champion
Wayne Elliott (Shoreline Showbags) has retained the State Masters championship he won in Launceston last year. It is Wayne's 5th Masters title to leave him the dominate player in this event. After the round robin Launceston player Rodney Martin (Sunnyhill Racers) topped qualifying with Wayne Elliott and Tony Adams (Beltana Saints) = 2nd and Chris Snare (Shoreline Showbags) 4th. As this event was also the selection event for this year's Masters team to attend the national titles in NSW those top 4 players will now represent Tasmania at the Nationals.
The top four then played a final to get the final seedings for the nationals. As Wayne and Tony finished = 2nd they had to have a playoff to see who finished 2nd & 3rd which was won by Tony Adams. In the 1st Semi Final, Wayne Elliott def Chris Snare and in the 2nd Semi Final, Rodney Martin def Tony Adams. The Preliminary Final saw Wayne reverse the result of the playoff defeating Tony Adams to set up the Grand Final with Rodney Martin. Wayne proved too strong in the Final to win his 5th Masters title.
There was also a playoff for position 5, 6 & 7th in case any of the top 4 are unable to travel, this playoff was won by Barry Milburn finishing 5th and Launceston players Bruce Lockely 6th & Grant Lee 7th.
2011 / 2012 State Team Managers
Eightball Tasmania has called for nominations for the Open Team Manager and Women’s Team Manager for the State Teams for the National 8 Ball Championships in Sydney from October 16th – 28th 2011 and also for the 2012 Nationals. All nominations close with the Secretary on Friday 15th July. A detailed description is on the Eightball Tasmania website www.eightballtasmania.com.au
Eightball Tasmania want's all affiliated associations to let all their players know of these positions and encourage people to nominate, nominations must be in writing (email acceptable) and should contain as much information as the person interested in the position wishes to put forward. Once nominations are received the State Committee will meet to appoint the team managers and at this stage this will be on Saturday 30th July at the LWC.
Cale Barrett - Under 15 Aust Snooker Champion
The young Penguin cueist Cale Barrett has defended the Australian Under 15 Snooker Championship he won last year by winning this years event in Brisbane over the weekend, winning the final against Jayme White (Qld) 4 - 3, fighting back from 3 - 1 down and knocking in a 53 break in the final, he was also Runner Up in the Under 15 Billiards Final. Also attending these national champonships was the young cueist from the East's Rugby White team Alexander Pace who still at only 13, still has a couple of years in this age group and the expierence gained from this year will be of huge benefit over the coming years. Cale also competed in the Under 18 age group making the quarter finals of the snooker event, topping of a great championship for Cale.
