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Wilson has two reasons to celebrate
WORKS Green player Dean Wilson scored a double this week, winning the B grade snooker championship last Sunday before wrapping up the A reserve most consistent player trophy on Wednesday night.
Wilson beat last year's winner John Saggers 3-2 in a close B grade final to go through the championship undefeated, having previously beaten Glen Johansen and Ethan Brown.
In the consistency trophy Wilson needed to win one frame last week to finish in front of Zane Brown, of the Green Horns.
Wilson won both frames to finish 25 frames from 32 played. Brown won 26 from 36 played.
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The A reserve minor premiership went down to the wire, with new team Works Green Horns clinching top spot on the ladder by just one point. It defeated Launceston RSL White 8-4, while Works Green could only manage a 6-6 draw against Exeter at the Exeter Club.
The win means The Green Horns now get the bye in the first week of finals, while Green faces Navy in a qualifying final at the Works Club, and Exeter plays Amber in an elimination final at Exeter.
For the Green Horns, brothers Zane and Ethan Brown and Tony Quach were the winners. Denis Collins was RSL White's only winner.
Works Green's six-all draw against Exeter dropped it to second place. Rowan Phelps and Dean Wilson won for Green, while Derek Peart and Chris Reid won for Exeter.
The Exeter team finished fourth to secure a home elimination final against Amber.
Works Navy secured third spot with an 8-4 win over Works Red. Brian O'Byrne and Steve Collins won for the Navy team.
Red 106 and White 105 did not qualify for the finals.
In A grade, minor premiers the Flaming Devils will get the first week bye in the finals, while Works Black plays Works Blue in the qualifying final and The Raiders plays Works Gold in the cut-throat elimination final.
Both matches are at the Works Club.
Last week the Devils were too strong for the Raiders, winning 3-1, with Josh and Heath Rainbow as well as Scott Kopriva winning for Devils. Keith Coomber won for the Raiders.
Last year's A grade premier Exeter beat Works Blue 3-1. Ben Swain (2-1) capped off a great season by wrapping up the A grade consistency award with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Blue's Hans Georgieff. Rex Swain and Lloyd Rogers both won 2-0 for Exeter.
Northern snooker champion Graeme Pickett won 2-1 for Blue.
Launceston RSL Grey 3 defeated Works Gold 1, with Roydyn Bishop capping off a brilliant year to finish with a minus 2 handicap and winning 2-0. David Sheppard and Harley Stebbings also won for the Grey team, while John Fraser was Gold's only winner.
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Breakers fall to onslaught by Perth Black
PERTH Black proved too strong for new team Launceston Workers Club Breakers at the Launceston Workers Club on Saturday.
With more than 150 people in attendance, Perth won the 2011 premier league title 8-3.
This gives it three grand final wins in the past four years, after being defeated in last year's final.
In division 1, the Mowbray Hotel also headed back to the premiership dais, defeating the Duke of Wellington team 8-4.
Division 2 saw Sunny Hill Blue defeat the Village Inn Red team from the St Leonards hotel 8-5, and in division 3 the TRC Hotel claimed back-to- back premierships by defeating the Sunny Hill delinquents team 8-2.
The 2011-12 summer roster starts on October 11, and teams can nominate via the website www.nteba. com.au.
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Saltmarsh sinks Glover to take title
Saltmarsh, better known as an administrator, beat junior champion Andrew Rainbow, 4-1, in the semi-final and Lee Morcom, 3-2, in a very tense quarter-final. Glover beat Longford's Wayne Purdon, 4-1, in his semi and Heath Rainbow, 3-1, in their quarter- final.
In other quarter-final results, Andrew Rainbow beat Lionel Young, 3-2 and Wayne Purdon beat Alan Armitage 3-0.
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Works put in a `golden' run to down top Raiders
IN A-grade interclub, it is down to five teams vying for the four finals spots.
Works Gold won 3-1 against top team Raiders, to be level with Works Blue on 32 points, just four points adrift of Raiders, The Devils and Works Black, all on 36 points.
Dean Wilson and Lee Morcom, normally A Reserve players, both won for Works Gold, as did Steven Leary, while Barry Glover won for the Raiders.
Second-placed Devils and third- placed Works Black played a draw
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Higgins wins record 17th Tasmanian title
CLAREMONT'S Les Higgins has taken over the mantle as the master of Tasmanian snooker.
He won a record 17th Tasmanian championship, surpassing Launceston's Ron Atkins as the most prolific winner.
Higgins beat Northern champion Graeme Pickett 7-3 in the final at the Burnie Club over the weekend to take his tally of state championships to 36, including 19 billiard titles, at the age of 47.
The last of Atkins's 16 Tasmanian snooker championships was in 1999. He also won three Australian championships and was runner-up in the IBSF world championship in Launceston in 1980.
Other players to win multiple Tasmanian titles include Harold Roberts-Thompson (eight billiards), John Reece (six billiards), Kevin Burles (four snooker, two billiards), Pickett (two snooker, four billiards), Jamie Giannaros (two snooker, two billiards) and Gregg Watt (four snooker).
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Shield eludes the North for third year in succession
THE Northern team failed in its attempt to win the John Hanson Shield for the third year in succession.
Playing at the Launceston Works Club, the North-West team won 23 matches to clinch the shield ahead of North, 16, and South, 9.
The shield is played in honour of a former great, the late John Hanson, who won the Tasmanian snooker championship in 1981, as well as the North Island of New Zealand championship in the late '70s.
Northern players dominated the best snooker break awards: Andrew Saltmarsh, cues 1-2 (29), Steve Leary, cues 3-4 (26), Andrew Rainbow, cues 5-6 (20). Chris Sutton (NW) won the highest billiard break with 47.
Jeremy Cowie's break of 54 didn't count as the tournament was decided before his match.
State championship
THE finals matches will be played at the Burnie Club over the coming weekend. Top-class snooker will be on show and the public are urged to support the players. Matches start at 10.30 am on Saturday, with the state final on Sunday.
Graeme Pickett (North) v Steve Carroll (S), Gregg Watt (S) v Callam Bissett (NW), Peter Donati (N) v Anthony Adams (S), Les Higgins (S) v Brian Cole in (NW).
Entry is free of charge.
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VETERAN Launceston RSL player Roydyn Bishop became the third Northern player to take his handicap to minus, notching up his sixth straight win in A grade interclub snooker.
The former dual Tasmanian champion, who celebrated his 65th birthday last week, is enjoying a return to form.
Exeter Black kept alive its slim chance of defending its 2010 premiership with a 3-1 win over Works Gold. Still six points out of the four, it has this week's bye and will need to win both remaining matches to make the finals. Ben Swain, Gary Bakker and Rex Swain all won for Exeter, while Trevor Leary was Gold's only winner.
Top team the Raiders were held to a 2-2 draw with Launceston RSL Grey. Alan Armitage (2-1) and Lionel Young (2-1) won for the Raiders and Roydyn Bishop and Paul Zoon both won 2-1 for the RSL team.
Works Black also drew with Works Blue. Bruce Lockley (2-1) and Andrew Saltmarsh (2-0) won for Black, while Michael Leslie (2-0) and Rolf Stevenson (2-1) won for Works Blue.
In A reserve, Works Green moved 15 points clear on top, with a 9-3 win over the RSL White team.
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Pickett, Donati finish on top of groups
NORTHERN players Graeme Pickett and Peter Donati both qualified on top of their groups in the Tasmanian snooker championships at the Burnie Club over the weekend and will progress to the quarter-finals in two weeks.
Defending state champion Les Higgins, Gregg Watt, Steve Carroll and Anthony Adams, all from the South, as well as Brian Cole and Callam Bissett, of the North-West, also qualified for the quarter-finals.Donati's group was extremely close, with three players finishing on two wins and one loss, all with a plus-three frame differential. Donati finished on top of the group winning eight frames, while South's Phil Woodham missed out, having lost his match to Bissett 3-1.
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Northern players to challenge for state honours
NORTHERN Tasmanian players to contest the state snooker championship at the Burnie Club this weekend are Graeme Pickett, Peter Donati, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Robin McEnnulty and Keith Coomber.
Defending state champion the South is represented by Les Higgins, Gregg Watt, Steve Carroll, Luke Webb, Phil Woodham and Anthony Adams.
The North-West team includes Callan Bissett, Peter Spencer, Brian Cole, Denny Mayne and Joe Bonnici.
In the Southern Tasmanian championship defending champion Les Higgins beat rival Gregg Watt to win his 19th Southern snooker title five frames to two.
Hanson Shield
NORTHERN players selected to play in the John Hanson Shield at the Launceston Works Club over this weekend of August 13-14 are - Snooker: Rolf Stevenson, Andrew Saltmarsh, Lionel Young, Steve Leary, Trevor Leary, Adrian White. Billiards: Wayne Purdon and Barry Glover.
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Pickett notches up 27th title in the North
DEFENDING champion Graeme Pickett has retained his Northern Tasmanian snooker championship, defeating David Bates 5-2 in the final at the Works Club over the weekend.
Pickett has now won 27 Northern championships: 13 in snooker and 14 in billiards.
Pickett beat teammate Peter Donati 4-0 in the semi-final and John Fraser 4-1 in the quarter-final.
David Bates overcame last year's runner-up, Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott, 4-1 in his semis final and veteran Robin McEnnulty 4-1 in the quarters. Keith Coomber and Rex Swain were the other quarter-finalists.
Graeme Pickett had the best breaks of 57, 49, 45. David Bates had 50 and John Fraser 39.
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Baylis still State Champion
FORMER Launceston player Tracey Baylis has retained her Tasmanian women's snooker championship, defeating Southern teenager Emily Cowie 4-2 in the seven-frame final at the Launceston Works Club over the weekend.
Baylis, who now lives in Claremont, started slowly, losing her round robin match to Denzil McGifford 2-1.
However she qualified second in her group, and defeated Kylie Bellanger (NW) in the semi-final.
In the final Baylis looked beaten when trailed 2-0, before rallying to a hard-fought 4-2 win.
North's Debbie Rainbow finished third in her group behind McGifford and Baylis.
For full results go to www.tbsa.net.au
State Eightball team
THE open state team for 2011 was decided at the Launceston Workers Club on July 16 and 17 with 24 players from the North, South and North-West competing for nine positions to make up the 2011 state team to compete at the Australian Championships from October 17 to 28.
The weekend saw some old and new faces make the team, with Launceston player Andrew Saltmarsh making the team. Other North players were Troy Rudling (13th), Bruce Lockley (14th) and Alex Brooks (equal 16th).
The final team is: Anthony Adams (State Singles Champion), Justin Van Dipen (32 wins 14 Loses), Marcus Jackson 31-15, Trent Brooks 30-16, Andrew Saltmarsh 30-16, Andrew Triffitt 29-17, Dallas Nichols 28-18, Chris Forsyth 28-18, Joel Smith 27-19, Cale Barrett 26-20.
To view the results visit www.eightballtasmania. com.au.
Reminder entries for state women's team selection to be played at the LWC on July 30, close on Wednesday, July 27.
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Stuart Bingham has won his first ever ranking tournament as he clinched a dramatic 9-8 victory over Mark Williams in the final of the 2011 Australian Snooker Goldfields Open.
World number one Williams looked set to win the 19th ranking event of his career as he led 7-4 and 8-5 but Bingham made a stunning recovery to win the last four frames and take the title.
"This is without doubt the best week of my life - it's just an unbelievable feeling," said 35-year-old Bingham, a professional player for 16 years who has experienced the lows and now the highs of snooker.
"This proves the depth in the standard of snooker and shows anyone on the tour can win a tournament if they knuckle down and put the hard work in, that's all I've done.
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