Perth Hotel was going for three successive premier league grand final wins.

However, after claiming the first game of the night they had to watch the Commercial Hotel win the next seven and run out champions 9-3. 

The finals in divisions 1 and 2 both went down to the last frame, with the LWC green team winning 8-7 against Mowbray and the LWC Warriors defeating the LWC Rangers. 

The summer eightball roster will start on Tuesday, October 12. 

Snooker action 

IN A grade snooker, reigning premier Works Black has shown it is well in the running for back-to-back titles by downing ladder leader Launceston RSL, with straight Peter Wallace, Rodney Martin and Bruce Lockley all winning 2-1. David Bates won on forfeit. 

Exeter RSL also kept its chances alive with a 3-1 win over the Blue team. Adam Bindoff, Ben Swain and Rex Swain all won 2-0, while Rolf Stevenson won 2-0 for Blue. 

Devils maintained fourth spot drawing 2-2 with Gold, Andrew and Heath Rainbow won 2-0 for the Devils. Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott and Steve Leary won 2-0 for Gold. 

The A grade ladder, with one round remaining is: Launceston RSL 44, Black 42, Exeter RSL 42, Devils 38, Blue 34, Gold 28, 

The consistency trophy in both grades is decided on the percentage of frames won to frames played. To qualify for the trophy a player must have played at least two thirds of matches or 14 of the 20 matches available. 

David Bates (Black) with 66.67 per cent leads from Roydyn Bishop (Launceston RSL) 60.46 per cent and Robin McEnnulty (Launceston RSL) on 59.45 per cent. 

In A Reserve results, Green beat Navy 7-5. David Thomas and George Zammit both won 2-0, John Fordham won 2-0 for navy. Amber beat Exeter 8-4. Tracey Saltmarsh, Ivor O'Connor, Peter Grimes and Damien Bushby were all winners for Amber, while John Adams and Derek Peart won for Exeter. 

Longford RSL kept its slim finals chance alive beating Red 8-4. Greg Williams and Wayne Purdon were winners for Longford. 

The A reserve ladder with one round remaining is: Green 161, Red 133, Amber 133, Exeter 127, Navy 125, Longford RSL 119. 

David Thomas (Green) leads the consistency on 66.67 per cent from Alan Armitage (Red) 59.37 per cent 

State titles

Eight players have qualified for the knockout section of the Tasmanian snooker championship at the Burnie Club on September 11-12. 

Northern players Graeme Pickett and Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott made the cut, as did defending champion Les Higgins. Gregg Watt and Luke Webb from South and North-West players Brian Cole, Gerrad Wicks and Bob Boucher also made the finals.