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Northern Interclub Snooker

The Tasmanian Snooker Championship, played at the Ulverstone RSL Club this weekend, with the finals on August 25/26, again promises to be a weekend of first class snooker. Defending Champion Les Higgins leads the very strong southern contingent, including Gregg Watts, Luke Webb, Brendan Milburn and Steve Carroll and Jeremy Cowie.

If Northwest Champion, Cale Barrett was to win he would become the youngest ever winner, at sixteen years and four months old, the other North West players are Callam Bissett, Gerrad Wicks, Bob Boucher and Geoff Lehman.

Northern Champion Graeme Pickett, twice State Champion and runner up last year, will be joined at the event by Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Keith Coomber and Bruce Lockley.

Play gets underway at 10 am on Saturday with non stop snooker on three tables at the Ulverston RSL Club, through until 3.30 on Sunday afternoon

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Works Green have replaced Works Red as the ladder leader in A Reserve competition, Green had a 6 all draw with RSL White, G Perry and Zane Brown won for Green, Lee Morcom and Dennis Collins were RSL’s winners.

Works Red had a disastrous night, losing 3-9 to Works Amber, Peter Fraser, John Saggers, Peter Grimes and Ethan Brown all won for Amber, Keith Coomber was Red’s only winner.

Works Navy, had an 8-4 win over Exeter Green, at Exeter, Navy’s Warren Hayes and Philip Page were the only winners on the night.

In “A Grade” Raiders continued their winning way beating Exeter 3-1, Lionel Young, Barry Glover and Keith Coomber won for the Raiders, Dean Wilson scored for Exeter.

Works Gold beat Works Blue 3-1, Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott, John Fraser and Ted Mountney won for Gold, Hans Georgieff continued his good season winning for Blue.

Launceston RSL Grey had last week’s bye.

A Grade Ladder after round 15, Works Raiders 38, Works Gold 30, Works Blue 28, Works Black 28, Exeter Social Club 24, Launceston RSL 20, Flaming Devils 12.

Best breaks: Keith Coomber 32, 30, Dean Wilson 28, 23.

Leading Players, Alan Armitage continues to lead the player stats winning 19 frames from 26 played, followed by Hans Geogieff 18 from 27 and Dean Wilson 18 from 27, Keith Coomber 19 from 29, Harley Stebbings 15 from 23, David Sheppard 12 from 19,

Barry Glover 15 from 24.

“A Reserve” Ladder after Round 14 .

Northern Interclub Snooker

Northern Tasmanian Snooker Champion, Graeme Pickett, has retained his title, beating

David Bates 5 frames to 3 in the final at the Works Club on Saturday afternoon. Pickett has now won 15 Northern Snooker Championships together with 14 Northern Billiards Championships. Pickett beat Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott is the semi-final and Terry Adams in his Qarter final. Bates, the current Northern Billiards Champion, beat Peter Donati in his semi-final and John Fraser in the Quarters. Earlier Bjarnoe Elliott beat Rolf Stevenson and Donati beat Robin McEnnulty in their quarter final matches.

Les Higgins won the Southern Tasmanian Championship, beating Gregg Watt 5-3 in the Southern final, over the weekend. Higgins made an outstanding 129 break.

In the North West, 16 year old Cale Barrett, from Penguin, defeated Callan Bissett, six frames to nil, to become the youngest ever Costal Champion.

Sixteen players have now qualified for the first round of the Tasmanian Snooker Championship, to be held at the Burnie Club over the weekend of August 11/12. The final will be held on the weekend 25-26th. August at the same Club.

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Works Raiders, with another 4-0 win, this time over The Flaming Devils, are now 6 points clear of Works Blue on the “A” grade ladder, Keith Coomber, Barry Glover, Harley Stebbings and Alan Armitage all won for the Raiders.

Second placed Works Blue could only manage a draw against Works Black, Peter Donati and Micheal Leslie won for Blue, David Bates and Zane Brown were Black’s winners.

Exeter Social Club defeated Launceston RSL Grey 3-1 at the Country Club, Rex Swain, Dean Wilson and Adam Bindoff won for Exeter, Roydyn Bishop was RSL’s only winner.

Works Gold had last week’s bye.

In “A Reserve”

Northern Interclub Snooker

Reigning “A” Grade Premiers, Works Blue, showed that they are a serious chance to defend their title, beating Exeter Social Club 4 nil in last weeks match. They moved just one win below the ladder leaders Works Raiders..

Works Blue players, Rolf Stevenson, Hans Georgieff, John Stevenson and Peter Donati all won on the night.

Works Black drew 2 all with Works Gold, Rodney Martin and Bruce Lockley winning for Black, Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott and Frank Clark were Gold’s winners.

Launceston RSL Grey, also drew 2-2 with The Flaming Devils, Robin McEnnulty and Terry Adams scored for RSL, Heath Rainbow and Scott Kopriva winning for the Devils.

Works Raiders had last week’s bye.

In “A Reserve” Works Red continue to head the ladder, this week beating second placed Works Green 7-5, Steve Andelkovic and Graeme Purdon won for Red, Glen Johansen was Green’s only winner.

Exeter Social Club Green won 7-5 against Works Amber, and moved to outright second on the ladder, Phil Stagg and Steve Farquhar both won for Exeter, Tony Quach played very good snooker to be Amber’s only winner.

Launceston RSL White also won 7-5 against Works Navy, Sue Singline and Christine Knowles won for RSL team, Steve Collins was Navy’s winner.

A Grade Ladder after round 13,

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A Grade ladder leaders, Works Raiders, had their third whitewash this year, defeating Works Gold 4 nil. The Raiders players Alan Armitage, Barry glover, Lionel Young and Harley Stebbings all won to move their team two games clear of Works Gold on top of the ladder.

Works Blue held third spot with a 3-1 win against the Flaming Devils, Rolf Stevenson, Hans Georgieff and Graeeme Pickett won for Blue, Josh Rainbow was the Devils only winner.

Launceston RSL Grey, who surprised everyone by dropping former Tasmanian champion Roydyn Bishop for the first time in 44 years, suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Works Black. Bruce Lockley, David Bates and Rodney Martin all won for the Black team, Robin McEnnulty was RSL’s sole winner.

Exeter Social Club had last week’s bye.

In “A Reserve” Works Red continue to head the ladder, this week beating lowly RSL White 8-4, Phil Rowbottom, Peter Seaman and Louis Wong won for Red, Adrian White won for the RSL team.

Works Green beat Exeter 7-5, to move to outright second, Green’s Cor Zoon was the only winner on the night.

Works teams Amber and Navy played a 6 all draw, Damien Bushby and Peter Fraser won for Amber, Ben Conrades and Warren Hayes were Navy’s winners.

A Grade Ladder after round 12, Works Raiders 30, Works Gold 24, Works Blue 22, Exeter Social Club 20, Works Black 20, Launceston RSL 18, Flaming Devils 10,

Best breaks: David Bates 42, 21, Peter Donati 32, Robin McEnnulty 27, Andrew Saltmarsh 25 (clearance), 25, Lionel Young 22

Leading Players, Alan Armitage leads the player stats winning 16 frames from 21 played, followed by David Sheppard 11 from 16, Hans Geogieff 15 from 21, Dean Wilson 14 from 21, Keith Coomber 15 from 23, Harley Stebbings 13 from 20, Ted Mountney and Barry Glover 13 wins from 21 played

“A Reserve” Ladder .

Northern Interclub Snooker

A GRADE (Round 11)

Top teams Works Raiders and Works Gold each scored solid 3/1 wins to retain their Ladder positions, whilst Exeter Social Club moved into third place on the Ladder with a 4/0 clean sweep win against Works Devils. Works Black had the bye.

Best Breaks :- P Donati 28, 25; D Shepherd 21; T Mountney 21; L Young 20;

A Grade Round 11 Results :-

Works Devils 0 lt. Exeter Black 4 :- J Rainbow 1 lt. R Swain 2; S Kopriva 0 lt. G Bakker 2; H Rainbow 1 lt. A Bindoff 2; A Rainbow 0 lt. D Wilson 2.

Works Blue 1 lt. Works Raiders 3 :- H Georgieff 1 lt. L Young 2 ; R Stevenson lt B Glover 2; J Stevenson 1 lt. K Coomber 2; P Donati 2 d. H Stebbings 0.

Lton RSL Grey 3 d. Works Gold 1 :- T Adams 1 lt. T Mountney 2; R Bishop 1 lt.G Bjarne-Elliott 2; R McEnulty 0 lt. S Leary 2; D Shepherd 2 d. F Clark 0.

Leading A Grade Players – K Coomber won 15 from 23 played; D Wilson 14/21; A Armitage 14/18.

A GRADE LADDER after Round 11 - Works Raiders 26, Works Gold 24, Exeter Social Club 20, Works Blue 18, Launceston RSL Grey 18, Works Black 16, Flaming Devils 10.

A RESERVE (Round 10)

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A GRADE (Round 10)

Works Gold scored a convincing 3/1 win against Works Flaming Devils, and moved in to second place on the A Grade Ladder. Works Black had a welcome 3/1 win over Exeter Black, whilst Ladder Leaders Works Raiders battled for a draw against Launceston RSL Grey. Works Blue had the bye.

Best Breaks :- D Bates 32, 30: T Adams 30, K Coomber 29; B Swain 26, B Lockley 25, 20; J Fraser 22, 21, A Saltmarsh 22

A Grade Round 10 Results :-

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A GRADE (Round 9)

Bottom team Works Flaming Devils caused a major upset in thrashing Ladder Leader Works Raiders 3/1, whilst the big improvers Works Blue jumped into second place with a strong 3/1 win over Works Black. Exeter Social Club held off a strong challenge from Launceston RSL Grey resulting in a tense draw. Works Gold had the bye.

Best Breaks :-

R McEnnulty scored the highest break with 32; followed by T Adams 30 & 21; D Wilson 30; R Stevenson 28 & 22; K Coomber 24; P Donati 21; J Rainbow 20; B Lockley 20.

A Grade Round 9 Results :-

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A GRADE (Round 8)

Works Raiders overcame successive defeats to whitewash Works Black 4/0 in their Round 8 clash, and now move 4 points clear in the A Grade competition. Works Gold played a draw with Exeter Social Club, and narrowly have second position on the Ladder over Exeter. Lton RSL Grey welcomed a much needed 3/1 win over Works Blue. Works Devils had the bye.

Works Black player David Bates (-14) was impressive in making breaks of 31, 32 and 33, but lost 2/1 to Works Raiders player Keith Coomber who made a break of 28. Lton RSL Grey player breaks – Terry Adams 22 and 31, Robin McEnulty 22; Works Blue player Graeme Pickett 25, and Works Gold players John Fraser 21, and Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott 20.

Leading A Grade Players - H Stebbings, A Armitage - (won 11 from 13 played)

Round 8 Results -

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A GRADE (Round 7)

Works Raiders suffered a successive 1/3 loss to third placed improvers Works Gold, but Raiders remain the competition leaders by 2 points, with second placed Exeter Social Club having the bye. Works Black defeated Launceston RSL Grey 3/1, with player David Bates achieving two 37 clearances to win his 2 frames. Works Blue accounted for Works Devils 3/1.

Best breaks: D Bates 37, 37. S Leary 32, 20. R Stevenson 23.

Leading Players, H Stebbings, A Armitage - won 9 from 11 played

Round 7 Results -

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A GRADE (Round 6)

Exeter Social Club played a tense 2/2 draw with ladder leaders Works Raiders. Winners being Dean Wilson / Gary Bakker (Exeter), and Harley Stebbings / Keith Coomber (Raiders).

Works Black also had a 2/2 draw with the Works Devils. Winners being R Martin / A Saltmarsh (Black), and H Rainbow / S Kopriva.

Works Blue and Works Gold to play this week. Launceston RSL Grey had a bye.

Best breaks: D Bates 35, G Bakker 26, R Martin 21

Leading Players, H Stebbings 8 from 8, H Geogieff 6 from 7, L Young & A Armitage 7 from 9

Round 6 Results -

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A GRADE (Round 5)

Works Raiders scored a 4/0 result over Launceston RSL Grey, and are the A Grade Competition Leaders. Alan Armistead, Barry Glover, Keith Coomber and Lionel Young all winning 2/0.

Exeter Social Club defeated Works Black 3/1 with Dean Wilson, Gary Bakker and Rex Swain winning, and lifting Exeter to second on the ladder.

LWC Gold defeated Works Devils 3/1 with Frank Clark, Ted Mountney and Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott winning.

Best breaks: Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott 36, Heath Rainbow 30, Barry Glover 22

Works Blue had last week’s bye.

Leading Players, Lionel Young & Harley Stebbings lead the player stats winning 6 frames from 6 played (100%), Barry Glover & Hans Geogieff 6 from 7 (86%), and Alan Armitage 7 from 9 (78%).

Round 5 Results - Works Black lt. Exeter Black 1/3 - R Martin (46) 1 lt. D Wilson (38) 2; B Lockley (16) 1 lt. G Bakker (26) 2; A Saltmarsh (24) 0 lt. R Swain (22) 2; D Bates (-14) won on forfeit. Works Devils d. Works Gold 3/1 - S Kopriva (38) 1 lt. F Clark (36) 2; J Rainbow (445) 0 lt. T Mountney (46) 2; H Rainbow (30) 0 lt. G Bjarnoe-Elliott (18) 2; A Rainbow (28) 2 d. J Fraser (12) 1. RSL Grey lt. Works Raiders 0/4 –R McEnulty (12) 0 lt. A Armitage (42) 2; R Bishop(-2) 0 lt. B Glover (38) 2; P Zoon (40) 0 lt. K Coomber (28) 2; T Adams (16) 0 lt. L Young (32)

A GRADE LADDER after Round 5 - Works Raiders 14, Exeter Social Club 12, Launceston RSL Grey 10, Works Gold 8, Works Blue 8, Works Black 4, Works Flaming Devils 4.

A RESERVE (Round 4)

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