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Courtesy Examiner Newspaper - Article 5 - 15 October 2009
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Young group for state team
The women's team will also face a learning curve for several new faces.
The masters team is led by Tasmanian junior development officer Cyrill Triffitt along with Doug Goss and Tony Adams, of Hobart, who have a good chance of being in the finals come next Wednesday.
Full results can be found at www.aebf.com.au.
The Tasmanian team consists of: Gregg Watt (captain), Sam Thurgood (vice-captain), Cale Barrett, Anthony Adams, Chris Forsyth, Jonny Lennard, Phil Dando, Trent Brooks, Bruce Lockley, Andrew Saltmarsh. The women's team is led by Fiona Plummer with Miranda Jamieson, Denise Millington, Michelle Grundy, Leonie Brooks, Debbie Rainbow and Mandy Snare.
Northern roster
THE 2009 Northern eightball roster started on Tuesday, and features three divisions of six teams.
New to the roster is the Legana Tavern eightball teams, and the NTEBA wishes them all the best in their first of what will hopefully be many rosters.
Also starting this week is the billiards roster, featuring nine teams from LWC, Launceston RSL, Exeter RSL and Longford RSL.
State shield
UNFORTUNATELY, the Northern snooker team could not win the last state shield match of the year, and make it a clean sweep of all five matches this year.
Played at the Claremont RSL club, the South proved far too strong for the North and the North-West sides.
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Courtesy Examiner Newspaper - Article 4 - 17 September 2009
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Higgins wins title at Burnie 
HOBART-BASED player Les Higgins has won his 15th state snooker title, played at the Burnie club.
Higgins defeated young Devonport player Callan Bissett in the final, 7-2 and he now has the opportunity to play in the Australian open snooker championships in Sydney on October 16-18.
Launceston-based players Graeme Pickett and Robin McEnnulty were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Gregg Watt and Higgins respectively, with Pickett making the highest break of the championships with a 70.
Gourlay Shield
IN the last of the state snooker triangular shield matches for 2009, the Launceston association has selected a strong team to try and make a cleansweep of all state shield matches this year.
The team will travel to Hobart on October 3-4 to play a team from the North-West Coast and Hobart for the Gourlay Shield.
The Launceston team consists of Graeme Pickett, David Bates, Peter Donati, Roydon Bishop, Trevor Leary, Robin McEnnulty, Terry Adams, Rex Swain with emergency Garry Bakker, Adrian White, Bruce Lockley and Barry Glover.
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Perth's title
PERTH Black is the 2009 J. Boag & Son winter eightball roster premier after downing the Commercial Hotel in the final, played at the Launceston Workers Club.
Perth proved too strong for the Commercial team, winning 9-7 in the final.
In other results, Duke of Wellington defeated LWC Green 8-5 in the division 1 final, while Village Inn defeated Black Stallion 8-5 in the division 2 final and LWC Gold defeated Sunny Hill 8-3, to take out the division 3 titles.
Full results, including pictures and grand final score sheets, can be found on the NTEBA website.
A reminder - the summer eightball roster for 2009-10 will start on Tuesday, October 13. Team nominations close on October 3. Teams can nominate on the website and nomination forms have been sent to hotels and clubs, for further information please contact the secretary on 6344 8788.
Snooker finals
THE home and away roster for the Launceston Snooker Association has been completed and this week will see the start of the finals series.
In the A grade competition, last year's premier LWC Black finished on the top of the ladder and will host fellow team LWC Navy at the LWC in tonight's second semi-final.
The cut-throat first semi-final will see the LWC Blue team travel to take on Exeter RSL Black.
The grand finals will be played on September 23-24.
The billiards roster is due to start on Thursday, October 15, with only four players required for a team. Team nominations close on October 1, please contact the LWC, Launceston RSL, Exeter RSL or the Longford RSL if you are interested in nominating a team or you are interested in playing in a team.
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Courtesy Examiner Newspaper - Article 3 - 13 August 2009
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Barrett leads the way against seniors
The 13-year-old joins Tasmanian singles champion Gregg Watt in the open team which also includes Sam Thurgood, Tim Wright, Chris Forsyth, Anthony Adams, Johnny Lennard, David Lee, Phil Dando and Trent Brooks.
The team will be the youngest Tasmania has ever sent to the national championships and the experience should provide building blocks for future success.
Also finalised is the state masters championships with Launceston's Bruce Lockley defeating Doug Goss, of Hobart, 3-2 in the final at the Hobart Workers Club.
Triangular shield
THE annual triangular A reserve John Hanson Shield match will be played at the Burnie Club this weekend.
The NTB&SA is sending a team of six snooker players and two billiard players to compete against a team from the South and North-West.
The Northern team consists of Andrew Saltmarsh, Adrian White, Peter Fraser, Andrew Rainbow, Lee Morcom and Heath Rainbow (snooker) plus Barry Glover and Bruce Lockley (billiards).
Pickett's a winner
Graeme Pickett showed a clean pair of heels to win the Northern Tasmanian Billiards and Snooker Association A grade snooker title.
Played at Launceston Workers Club on Saturday, Pickett went through his quarter- final, semi and final without dropping a frame, beating Devon Hills player Terry Adams 5-0 to claim the title. Full results from the day's play can be found at www.nteba.com.au.
Finals series
THE NTEBA finals series for premier league, divisions 1, 2 and 3, starts this week.
They will lead in to the grand final at 6pm on Saturday, August 29, at the Launceston Workers Club with all players and supporters welcome.
It looks like being an even competition for all divisions, with Perth Black earning the right to have the first week off and favourites to win back-to-back premierships.
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Courtesy Examiner Newspaper - Article 2 - 15 July 2009
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Wright leads after round 4
Wright is a clear leader of the 34 starters after four rounds of play at Launceston Workers Club, winning 51 frames from a possible 66.
On August 1-2 Wright and another 17 players from the North - including last year's state team open players David Lee and Andrew Saltmarsh - will compete with six players from Hobart led by last year's vice-captain Sam Thurgood to make this year's team.
•The women's team to represent Tasmania at the Australian eightball championships in Canberra from October 18-30 includes Northern players Fiona Plummer, Denise Millington, Debbie Rainbow and Rachel Howe.
Plummer also won the women's singles title, defeating Millington 3-2.
•The selection trial for this year's Tasmanian masters team will be at the Hobart Workers Club on Saturday, from 10am.
Entry and full event details are on the Eightball Tasmania website (www.eightballtasmania.com.au).
The top four over-50 qualifiers will make up the team for the national titles.
•A strong turn-out gathered for the division 2 and 3 singles championships with more than 50 players at the LWC on June 30.
Division 2 was won by Rex Purcell from the Black Stallion, who defeated David Kearnes, of the LWC Warriors.
David Murfet, of the LWC Roosters, took the division 3 title from Max Brient, of Sunny Hill.
•The Australian men's team finished runner-up to reigning champion England in the world eightball championships.
After finishing in fifth position and only just making the finals, the team qualified for the grand final by defeating Malta 11-6 and then Wales 11-10.
The women's team finished third, losing 13-8 to Wales in the semi, while the under-18 juniors finished on top of the ladder but were knocked out in their semi- final by India.
•Cale Barrett, of Penguin, qualified for the quarter-finals of the under- 18 snooker championships at Kings Entertainment Centre in Melbourne.
Barrett, who only took up the sport this year, finished second in his group winning three matches from four, but lost his quarter-final 3-0 to eventual winner Kurt Brown, of Queensland.
Andrew Rainbow won one match from four played and Kyle Fisher and Josh Rainbow did not manage to win a match from their group.
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Courtesy Examiner Newspaper - Article 1 - 23rd June 2009
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Rudling dusts off Miller in eightball singles
More than 40 entries were received across two divisions at the Launceston Work's Club.
Division 1 singles winner was Rodney Martin (Retreat Hotel), who defeated Greg Homan (Duke of Wellington).
The singles championships for divisions 2 and 3 will be held at the LWC on Tuesday, June 30, starting at 6.55pm. Entries can be made at www.nteba.com.au
Close roster
THE snooker season has been under way for eight weeks but ladder positions are still close.
In the Wednesday night roster, LWC Green lead the way with last year's premier LWC Amber closing in to second.
The Thursday night roster has seen the LWC Blue team skip out to a handy lead, led by former State champion and reigning State billiards runner-up Graeme Pickett losing only four frames for the season to date.
Northern victory
THE North won the annual John Williams Shield at the LWC.
Made up of eight snooker players each from the North, South and the North-West, the North won after a count-back on frames, having been tied on 18 matches with the North-West after the last match.
The North team comprised Steve Leary, Bruce Lockley, Andrew Saltmarsh (captain), Adrian White, Rolf Stevenson, Peter Fraser, Wayne Purdon and Michael Leslie.
Junior team
THE Tasmanian Billiards and Snooker Association will be sending a team to the Australian junior championships from July 5-11.
Good luck to the two Northern players Andrew Rainbow (under- 18 snooker) and Josh Rainbow (under-15 billiards).
World titles
THE world eightball championships get under way in Blackpool, England on June 28, with Australia sending teams to compete in the men's, women's and junior sections.
Eightball Tasmania has two representatives, Anthony Adams in the junior team (under-18) and Chris Forsyth (under-21 and emergency to the men's team).
The men's team is also managed by Hobart's Phil Dando, who has been in the position for seven years.
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