Last Wednesday night, Exeter RSL Green won 7-5 against Longford RSL, with Derek Peart and John Waters winning for Exeter and Wayne Purdon winning for Longford.

On Thursday night, Exeter RSL Black won 3-1 against Launceston RSL. Gary Bakker (2-0), Ben Swain (2-1) and Rex Swain (2-0), were Exeter's winners, while Paul Zoon (2-0) won for Launceston RSL. 

In other results last Wednesday night, Works Red had an impressive 9-3 win over the Navy team. 

Keith Coomber, Bob Cain and Alan Armitage won for Red, while Steve Collins was Navy's only winner. 

First and second on the ladder, Green and Amber, had a six-all draw, with Rowan Phelps winning 2-0 for Green and Adam Gurr 2-0 for Amber. 

On Thursday night, Works Black consolidated their top of ladder position with a 4-0 drubbing of Works Blue - David Bates 2-0, Peter Wallace 2-0, Andrew Saltmarsh 2-1, Rodney Martin 2-1 all winning for the Black team. 

The Devils also had a 4-0 win over Gold - Heath Rainbow 2-0, Josh Rainbow 2-0, Wally Sully 2-1 and Andrew Rainbow 2-1 winning for the Devils. 

The A-grade ladder tallies are: Black 26, Exeter RSL 24, Launceston RSL 22, Devils 20, Blue 14 and Gold 14. 

David Bates continued to dominate the A-grade stats with 17 wins from 24 frames, and won this week's best break with a 49 clearance. 

As a consequence of his winning streak, David's handicap is now minus 12. 

The A-reserve ladder stands at: Green 98, Amber 72, Red 67, Navy 66, Exeter 60 and Longford 57. 

The best break of the round was 33 by Longford's Wayne Purdon. 

State qualifiers

TROY Rudling, of the Perth Hotel, finished second in the final round of Northern qualifying for the 2010 state open eightball team. 

Troy will be joined by fellow Perth player Ian Tac Kaye and another 14 players from the North and North-West, as well as eight players from the South for this year's state open team playoff at the LWC on July 31 and August 1. 

Full results can be found at eightballtasmania.com.au 

The state masters team selection trials will be held at the LWC on July 10 and the women's team selection on July 24. Players can also enter through the Eightball Tasmania website. 

The Northern Eightball Association will hold a blind doubles draw on Sunday at the LWC starting at noon. 

Entry is open to all NTEBA players, and players can enter at www.nteba.com.au