GRAEME Pickett has won his 12th Northern Tasmanian snooker championship with a comfortable 5-2 victory over Garry Bjarnoe-Elliott in the final played at the Launceston Workers Club last weekend.

Pickett won the opening two frames and Bjarnoe-Elliott the third. Pickett took the next two to lead 4-1, lost the sixth and steadied to take the championship with a 53 break in the seventh. 

Pickett beat Peter Donati 4-1 and Bjarnoe-Elliott beat Terry Adams 4-0 in their semi-final matches. 

Five players will be selected from the Northern championships to compete in the state championship at the Burnie club starting on Saturday, August 28. 

Full results can be found on the cue sport website, www.nteba.com.au. 

In Northern A grade interclub, ladder-leader Launceston RSL won comfortably 3-1 over Blue. Roydyn Bishop 2-0, Paul Zoon 2-0 and Harley Stebbings 2-1 won for RSL, Peter Donati 2-1 for Blue. 

Black and Devils drew 2-2, David Bates 2-1 and Bruce Lockley 2-1 won for Black, and Josh Rainbow 2-0 and Wally Sully 2-1 were Devils' winners. 

Exeter RSL and Gold also drew 2-2. For Exeter, Rex Swain won 2-1; for Gold, Trevor Leary 2-0 and Steve Leary 2-1. 

David Bates continues to lead the A grade players' rankings with 24 wins from 36 frames, followed by Roydyn Bishop 22 from 38, Adam Bindoff 22 from 39 and Robin McEnnulty 20 from 31. 

A grade ladder: Launceston RSL 40, Black 36, Exeter RSL 34, Blue 30, Devils 28, Gold 24. This week's best break: David Bates 46, Andrew Saltmarsh 31. 

In A reserve, Navy moved back into the four, winning 8-4 over Amber. Steven Collins and Alan Legg both won 2-0 for Navy. 

Green got back on the winners' list 7-5 over Longford RSL. David Thomas and George Zammitt won for Green, and Chris Knowles was Longford's winner. 

Red moved to second on the ladder with a 7-5 win over Exeter RSL. Bob Cain and Barry Glover won for Red, with Lloyd Rogers winning for Exeter. 

A reserve ladder: Green 138, Red 113, Navy 109, Amber 109, Exeter 106, Longford RSL 97. Best break for this week: Adrian White, 35. 

Green players dominate the players' rankings, with David Thomas 20 wins from 30 frames, followed by Rowan Phelps 19 from 30 and Glen Johansen 19 from 32 frames. 

For more information, go to the cue sport website, www.nteba.com.au or call the secretary on 0419 113 528.