In A grade snooker, Exeter RSL won through to the grand final with a tense 3-1 win over Launceston RSL. Exeter's captain Rex Swain (16) led the way with a 2-0 win against Paul Zoon (32) while Launceston's David Shepherd (28) levelled the scores with a 2-0 win over Exeter's Gary Bakker (30). 

The second round of matches saw Exeter's Ben Swain off 24 pitted against former state champion Roydyn Bishop off a handicap of two. Swain won the first, Bishop levelled in the second, in the deciding frame the handicap proved too much and Swain put Exeter 2-1 up. 

In the final match Launceston's captain Robin McEnnulty (10) conceded a 26-point start to Exeter's Adam Bindoff (36), one of the competition's most improved players. Bindoff, with the aid of a 21 break, won the first frame. McEnnulty won the second and set up a very tense final frame to decide the result. In a frame that could have gone either way, Bindoff finally potted the pink to win a thriller. 

This week's grand final is between defending premiers Works Black and Exeter RSL. The match will be played at the Works Club, Elizabeth Street, at 7pm on Thursday. 

In A reserve, Works Green has led the way all season, winning the minor premiership by a whopping 31 points. But on Wednesday night the side went down 4-7 to Works Navy and bowed out of the final series. 

In the first round of three matches, Navy's veteran Alan Legg was too strong for Lee Morcom winning 2-0, while Brian O'Byrne and Steve Collins, for Navy, drew with Green's George Zammitt and Rohan Phelps respectively to give the Navy team a 4-2 lead. In the second round of matches Navy's Darryl Fox drew with Green's Glen Johansen while John Fordham, for Navy, secured the victory, winning both frames against David Thomas. 

This week's A reserve grand final is a match between two Works teams, Amber and Navy. 

The match will be played at the Works Club, Elizabeth Street, from 7pm tomorrow. 

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David Bates, of Works Black, formerly from Victoria, and originally better known as a billiard player, has won this year's A grade consistency trophy by winning 28 frames from 41 played, a 68 per cent result. 

In the process Bates has reduced his handicap from zero to minus 18, which means in this week's grand final he will concede between a 34 and 54 point start per frame, depending on which Exeter RSL player he draws. 

The 2010-11 billiards roster starts on October 12. Team nominations close on October 2.