Northern Billiard Championships 2012
The Northern Tasmanian Billiards Championship will be decided at the Works Club on Saturday, starting at 11.00am. Defending Champion David Bates and Graeme Pickett are odds on to meet again in the 2012 final. Bates needs to overcome Peter Donati and Pickett plays Adrian White in semi-final matches immediately preceding the final.
Both Bates and Pickett are in great form, between them they have made 5 centuries, plus 99, 97 and 93 in the current rosters.
The “A Res” billiards championship will also be concluded on Saturday, with Andrew Saltmarsh playing John Saggers and Dean Wilson playing Alan Armitage in the semi-finals, the winners playing for the A Res Championship
The ‘B Grade billiards championship will be concluded at Works next Saturday.
The 2010/2011 Billiards Roster (400 up from handicap)
With just three weeks remaining in the interclub roster, RSL White looks set to win the minor premiership, last week winning 3-1 against Works Red, Wayne Purdon and Dennis Collins are in good form, along with Adrian White and Greg Williams.
Bob Cain won his match for the Red team.
The Flaming Devils had a 3-1 win over the Raiders and look set to move up to second spot, Heath Rainbow, Roydyn Bishop and Andrew Rainbow won for the Devils. Vetran Harley Stebbings won for the Raiders who have now lost three in a row and face Works Blue on Wednesday.
Works Gold kept their chances of finals alive with a 3-1 win over Works Black, John Fraser, Steve Leary and Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott winning for Gold. Terry Adams prevented a clean sweep, winning his match against Rolf Stevenson by just two points.
Works Green also scored a much needed 3-1 win against Works Navy, and are still a chance of making the five, Dean Wilson, Glen Johansen and George Zammit were Green’s winners. Phil Page scored a point for Navy, who need to beat the top team to any finals chances.
At the other end of the ladder Exeter Social Club and Works Red are locked in battle for the wooden spoon. Exeter won their third consecutive match, beating Works Blue 3-1 and moved three points above Red. Derek Peart took full advantage of 400 points start against Graeme Pickett who made a 148 break but couldn’t make up the difference. Rex Swain and Adam Bindoff (forfeit) also scored for Exeter.
RSL White’s Dennis Collins leads the player rankings, on 76.92% followed closely by Harley Stebbings 72.72%, Lionel Young and Ben Conrades both on 70%. John Saggers 4 from 4 played, Ethan Brown 7 wins from 8 played, Zane Brown 6 from 7 played, Scott Kopriva 4 from 5 have not played enough games to qualify.
Ladder after round fifteen:
RSL White 57, Works Raiders 52, Flaming Devils 50, Works Blue 49, Works Black 48, Works Gold 45, Works Green 44, Works Navy 41, Exeter Social Club 35, Works Red 32.
Leading Players after round 15: Dennis Collins 10 from 13, Harley Stebbings 8 from 11, Lionel Young and Ben Conrades 7 from 10, Keith Coomber and John Fraser 9 from 13, Heath Rainbow 10 from 15, Graeme Pickett 9 from 14, Andrew Saltmarsh and John Fordham 6 from 10, Roydyn Bishop and David Bates 9 wins from 15 played, Andrew Rainbow, Derek Peart and Dean Wilson 8 from 14.
Last weeks best breaks: Graeme Pickett 148, David Bates, 88, 57, Peter Donati 34, Rex Swain 27, Dean Wilson 27, Roydyn Bishop 25, Harley Stebbings 25, John Fraser 22.
This weeks games:
Wednesday, Raiders v Blue, Navy v RSL White, at the Works Club,
Thursday Gold v Green, Devils v Red at the Works Club, Exeter Social Club v Black at Exeter Social Club,
Last Week’s Results:
Launceston RSL White 3 defeated Works Red 1, Wayne Purdon (245) defeated Peter Seaman (300), Dennis Collins (285) defeated Phil Rowbottom (305), Adrian White (170) lost to Bob Cain (300), Greg Williams won on forfeit.
Works Black 1 lost to Works Gold 3, Rolf Stevenson (270) lost to Terry Adams (185) by just 2 points, in the closest match of the week, Andrew Saltmarsh (210) lost to Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott (180), John Fraser (185) defeated David Bates (-115), Bruce Lockley (195) lost to Steve Leary (260).
Works Blue 1 lost to Exeter Social Club 3, Graeme Pickett (-115) lost to Derek Peart (285), Micheal Leslie (250) defeated Will Cameron (315), Peter Donati (80) lost to Rex Swain (200), Exeter’s Adam Bindoff (290) won on forfeit.
Works Green 3 defeated Works Navy 1, Dean Wilson (245) defeated Ray Skinner (270), Lee Morcom (250) lost to Phil Page (290), George Zammit (270) defeated Alan legg (290) by just 2 points, Glen Johansen (275) defeated Steve Collins (300).
Works Raiders 1 lost to The Flaming Devils 3, Barry Glover (240) lost to Heath Rainbow (265), Lionel Young (190) lost to Roydyn Bishop (120), Harley Stebbings (200) defeated Josh Rainbow (290) Keith Coomber (145) lost to Andrew Rainbow (280).
Andrews Atkins Shield: (played between Tasmania and Victoria), will be held at the Burnie Club over the long weekend, 9/10/11 th. March.
This year marks the fortieth year of competition between the state teams, which began as the Sim Crawcour Shield in 1973.
The teams and draw, Tasmanian players first: Snooker Les Higgins v Daryl Tippett, Peter Donati v David Cosgriff, Brian Cole v Charlie Chafe, Steve Carrol v Brendan Taylor, Anthony Adams v Dale McKay, Callan Bissett v Harry Andrews. Billiards: David Bates v Ron Cole , Luke Webb v John McKay, Graeme Pickett v Ian Dale, : Womens Snooker: Tracey Baylis v Anna Lynch, Junior Snooker: Cale Barrett v Ryan Thomerson.
Session times: 8.00pn Friday, 10.00am and 7.00 pm Saturday
Northern 8ball: Teams had strong wins against Devonport on Sunday, the Open team won 37-28 and the B Team winning 45-20. Best players: Open Bradley Grant, B Team Greg Cooper.
Rex Swain was returned as President of the Northern Tasmanian Billiards & Snooker Association at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday the 15th. February, Gary Bakker was elected Vice President, Andrew Saltmarsh and John Fraser retained their positions of Secretary and Treasured respectively. Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott joined the committee along with returned sitting members, Heath rainbow, Lee Morcom, Adrian White, John Fordham and Lloyd Rogers.
For more information go to the cue sport website, www.nteba.com.au or call the Secretary on 0419 113 528