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Tie-breakers needed to decide snooker grand finals
THE two Northern Tasmanian snooker grand finals, played at the Works Club, were closely contested matches, both requiring tie- breakers after the scores were locked together at the end of the first round.
In last Wednesday night's A-reserve final the more experienced Works Navy was able to handle the pressure a little better than first-year team the Green Horns.
On Thursday night Works Blue won a very tense tie- break 2-1 in A grade to defeat favourite Works Black, which was in its third consecutive grand final, winning in 2009.
In A reserve the Green Horns led early with Peter Donati (8) standing 52 start to Ben Conrades (60), knocking in two breaks in the 40s to prove too strong for his younger opponent.
Navy captain John Fordham (58) and Green Horns' Ethan Brown (58) won a frame each, while Navy's Warren Hayes (54) levelled the scores at 3-3 winning his two frames against Tony Quach (66).
Green Horns youngest player Zane Brown (66) made short work of Steve Collins (52), Brian O'Byrne (54) for Blue and Shane Franklin (66) each won a frame.
The match was down to Philip Page (48) and Green Horns captain Dallas Fry (44), Page winning both frames.
In the tie-breaker Navy's Steve Collins turned the tables on Zane Brown and Warren Hayes proved too steady for Tony Quach.
The A-grade final on Thursday night saw Blue start well with Rolf Stevenson (30) winning 2-0 against Peter Wallace (40) and when older brother John (36) won the first frame against Bruce Lockley (18), it looked like an early night.
Lockley, however, came from well behind to steal the second frame and in another pink ball frame tied the match at 1-1.
Blues veteran Michael Leslie (44), used all of his many years experience to upset Andrew Saltmarsh (22) in another close 2-1 match, while Blacks David Bates (-18) proved too strong for Peter Donati (scr) winning 2-0, and sending the final into extra frames.
In the playoff, Blues John Stevenson with the aid of 18 start reversed the earlier result, against Bruce Lockley, David Bates again levelled the score beating Peter Donati.
The premiership hinged on the result between Rolf Stevenson and Peter Wallace.
With the black hanging over the bottom pocket it was a pink ball game, which after several great safety exchanges Stevenson potted the pink for the title.
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Swain caps off consistent year with award
EXETER snooker player Ben Swain capped off an excellent year by winning the A-grade most consistent player award.
Swain, who also won the award in 2009, started the year on a handicap of 24, ranked number 15 in the league, however, after winning 20 out of 31 frames played, he reduced his mark to 12 and is now ranked at number seven.
Peter Donati, of Works Blue, had a similar season, finishing a close second in the award with 20 wins from 33 frames.
Donati reduced his handicap to scratch, from 8 last year, and is ranked at number four.
Keith Coomber, of the Raiders, finished third, with 25 wins from 41 frames, Andrew Rainbow with 23 from 40, finished fourth.
Dean Wilson (Works Green) won the A-reserve award from green Horns duo Zane Brown and Ethan Brown.
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Works Black downs Devils in tie-breaker
Works Black moved through to the grand final in A grade interclub snooker, beating the Devils in a very close semi-final.
The teams were tied after the first round, with wins to Black from Rodney Martin (50) 2-0 over Andrew Rainbow (26) and Peter Wallace (40) 2-1 over Heath Rainbow (32).
For the Devils, Shane Franklin (46) won 2-1 over David Bates (-20) and Josh Rainbow (40) 2-0 against Bruce Lockley (18).
In the tie-breaker, Lockley turned the tables on Josh Rainbow only to see Peter Wallace go in off the black against Heath Rainbow and again tie the scores at one-all. Rodney Martin and Andrew Rainbow were closely matched in the decider until the unpredictable Martin played two brilliant shots, on the blue and then the pink, to win the match for Black.
Works Blue ended the run of first-year team Raiders, winning its semi-final, which also required extra frames after a tie in the first round.
For Blue, Rolf Stevenson (30) defeated Phil Rowbottom (50) 2-0, and John Stevenson (36) defeated Alan Armitage (44) 2-1. For the Raiders, Keith Coomber (28) won over Peter Donati (0) 2-1 and Lionel Young (36) 2-1 against Michael Leslie (44).
In the tie-breaker, Blue's Rolf Stevenson again beat Phil Rowbottom while Devils' Alan Armitage turned the tables on John Stevenson. Blues captain Peter Donati, playing from scratch, got up in his frame against Keith Coomber, and the Raiders, who were on top of the ladder for most of the season, were eliminated from the finals.
The preliminary final tomorrow night will see the Devils against the Blue team, with the winner going on to play Black for the 2011 crown.
•IN A RESERVE, the competition's new boys, the Green Horns, went straight through to the grand final with a 7-4 win against Works Green in their semi-final. The Brown brothers, Ethan and Zane, won 2-0 for the Green Horns, with Andrew Thomas winning for Works Green.
The other semi-final was a one- sided affair, Works Navy winning 7-1 to eliminate last year's premier, Works Amber.
Navy players Ben Conrads, John Fordham and Warren Hayes each won 2-0, with Brian O'Byrne winning his second frame against Peter Grimes to seal the win. The final two matches were not required.
Green will play Navy in the preliminary final tonight, with the winner to be matched against the Green Horns for the premiership.
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Gourlay Shield honours are on the line
TASMANIA'S premier intrastate event, the Gourlay Shield, will be contested at the Launceston Workers Club at the weekend.
Six snooker and two billiards players from the three regions will play four matches, each starting on Saturday at 10am and finishing Sunday about 3.30pm.
THE NORTHERN TEAM IS: Snooker: Graeme Pickett, Roydyn Bishop, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Robin McEnnulty, Ben Swain and John Fraser. Billiards: David Bates and Peter Donati.
THE SOUTHERN TEAM IS: Snooker: Anthony Adams, Luke Webb, Jerremy Cowie, Steve Cowie, Tony Adams, Rob Higgins. Billiards: Wayne Stokes and John Matthewson.
THE NORTH-WEST TEAM IS: Snooker: Callam Bissett, Peter Spencer, Bob Boucher, Cale Barrett, Gerrad Wicks, Michael Kelly. Billiards: Geoff Lehman and Joe Bonnici.
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IN the A-grade competition this week, Works Black whitewashed Works Blue to set up a semi-final against Devils, while Raiders held on to win 3 to 1 and eliminate Works Gold.
For Black, Peter Wallace (2-1), Rodney Martin (2-0), Bruce Lockley (2-0) and David Bates (2-0) were all winners.
For Raiders, Keith Coomber (2-0), Alan Armitage (2-0) and Lionel Young (2-1) won their matches, John Fraser (2-1) was Gold's only winner.
In A reserve, Works Amber, winner of the reserve premiership during the past three years, was dead and buried in its elimination match against Exeter until Adam Gurr took on the role of Lazarus. He came back from 33 down on the colours. With his team reeling at 3 to 6, Gurr managed to draw his second frame with Exeter captain Derek Peart, then watched as Peart went in off the respotted black. With the score now 4 to 6, Damien Bushby won both frames against Chris Reid and the elimination final was level at 6-all. The alleys were drawn, Gurr and Bushby again won their frames and Amber progressed to next week's semi- final against Works.
Greg Reid and Lloyd Rogers won both matches for Exeter.
Works Green won 7 to 5 against Works Navy and will play the Green Horns in the second semi.
Navy will take on Amber in the cutthroat first semi-final.
Green player David Thomas was the only one to win both frames in a tight final.
BEST BREAKS: Steve Leary 29, Rodney Martin 25, Keith Coomber 22.
A GRADE RESULTS: Works Black 4 defeated Works Blue 0, Peter Wallace (40) defeated Hans Georgieff (50) 2-1, Rodney Martin (50) defeated Rolf Stevenson (28) 2-0, Bruce Lockley (18) defeated John Stevenson (36) 2-0, David Bates (-20) defeated Michael Leslie (44) 2-0.
Raiders 3 defeated Works Gold 1, Keith Coomber (28) defeated Trevor Leary (28) 2-0, Alan Armitage (44) defeated Gary Bjarnoe- Elliott (12) 2-0, Barry Glover (42) lost to John Fraser (16) 1-2, Lionel Young (36) defeated Steve Leary (32) 2-1.
A RESERVE RESULTS: Works Green 7 d Works Navy 5, Lee Morcom (34) dw Ben Conrads (60), George Zammit (38) dw Brian O'Byrne (54), Glen Johansen (46) dw John Fordham (58), Dean Wilson (38) dw Warren Hayes (54), David Thomas (56) d Phil Page (48), Rowan Phelps (48) dw Steve Collins (52).
Works Amber 8 defeated Exeter Green 6, John Saggers (52) drew with Rex Swain (22), Peter Fraser (34) lost to Lloyd Rogers (50), Peter Grimes (58) drew with Phil Stagg (46), Christian Waldron (68) lost to Gregg Reid (48), Adam Gurr (58) defeated Derek Peart (56), Damien Bushby (46) defeated Chris Reid (46).
TIE-BREAKER: Adam Gurr defeated Derek Peart, Damien Bushby defeated Chris Reid.
THIS WEEK'S GAMES: Tonight A Reserve: Second semi-final: Green Horns v Works Green; Elimination first semi-final: Works Navy v Works Amber, at the Workers Club.
Tomorrow night A grade: Second semi-final: Flaming Devils v Works Black; Elimination semi-final: Works Blue v Raiders at the Workers Club.
For more information visit the cue sport website www.nteba.com.au or call the secretary on 0487171966.
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Wilson has two reasons to celebrate
WORKS Green player Dean Wilson scored a double this week, winning the B grade snooker championship last Sunday before wrapping up the A reserve most consistent player trophy on Wednesday night.
Wilson beat last year's winner John Saggers 3-2 in a close B grade final to go through the championship undefeated, having previously beaten Glen Johansen and Ethan Brown.
In the consistency trophy Wilson needed to win one frame last week to finish in front of Zane Brown, of the Green Horns.
Wilson won both frames to finish 25 frames from 32 played. Brown won 26 from 36 played.
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The A reserve minor premiership went down to the wire, with new team Works Green Horns clinching top spot on the ladder by just one point. It defeated Launceston RSL White 8-4, while Works Green could only manage a 6-6 draw against Exeter at the Exeter Club.
The win means The Green Horns now get the bye in the first week of finals, while Green faces Navy in a qualifying final at the Works Club, and Exeter plays Amber in an elimination final at Exeter.
For the Green Horns, brothers Zane and Ethan Brown and Tony Quach were the winners. Denis Collins was RSL White's only winner.
Works Green's six-all draw against Exeter dropped it to second place. Rowan Phelps and Dean Wilson won for Green, while Derek Peart and Chris Reid won for Exeter.
The Exeter team finished fourth to secure a home elimination final against Amber.
Works Navy secured third spot with an 8-4 win over Works Red. Brian O'Byrne and Steve Collins won for the Navy team.
Red 106 and White 105 did not qualify for the finals.
In A grade, minor premiers the Flaming Devils will get the first week bye in the finals, while Works Black plays Works Blue in the qualifying final and The Raiders plays Works Gold in the cut-throat elimination final.
Both matches are at the Works Club.
Last week the Devils were too strong for the Raiders, winning 3-1, with Josh and Heath Rainbow as well as Scott Kopriva winning for Devils. Keith Coomber won for the Raiders.
Last year's A grade premier Exeter beat Works Blue 3-1. Ben Swain (2-1) capped off a great season by wrapping up the A grade consistency award with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Blue's Hans Georgieff. Rex Swain and Lloyd Rogers both won 2-0 for Exeter.
Northern snooker champion Graeme Pickett won 2-1 for Blue.
Launceston RSL Grey 3 defeated Works Gold 1, with Roydyn Bishop capping off a brilliant year to finish with a minus 2 handicap and winning 2-0. David Sheppard and Harley Stebbings also won for the Grey team, while John Fraser was Gold's only winner.
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Breakers fall to onslaught by Perth Black
PERTH Black proved too strong for new team Launceston Workers Club Breakers at the Launceston Workers Club on Saturday.
With more than 150 people in attendance, Perth won the 2011 premier league title 8-3.
This gives it three grand final wins in the past four years, after being defeated in last year's final.
In division 1, the Mowbray Hotel also headed back to the premiership dais, defeating the Duke of Wellington team 8-4.
Division 2 saw Sunny Hill Blue defeat the Village Inn Red team from the St Leonards hotel 8-5, and in division 3 the TRC Hotel claimed back-to- back premierships by defeating the Sunny Hill delinquents team 8-2.
The 2011-12 summer roster starts on October 11, and teams can nominate via the website www.nteba. com.au.
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Saltmarsh sinks Glover to take title
Saltmarsh, better known as an administrator, beat junior champion Andrew Rainbow, 4-1, in the semi-final and Lee Morcom, 3-2, in a very tense quarter-final. Glover beat Longford's Wayne Purdon, 4-1, in his semi and Heath Rainbow, 3-1, in their quarter- final.
In other quarter-final results, Andrew Rainbow beat Lionel Young, 3-2 and Wayne Purdon beat Alan Armitage 3-0.
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Works put in a `golden' run to down top Raiders
IN A-grade interclub, it is down to five teams vying for the four finals spots.
Works Gold won 3-1 against top team Raiders, to be level with Works Blue on 32 points, just four points adrift of Raiders, The Devils and Works Black, all on 36 points.
Dean Wilson and Lee Morcom, normally A Reserve players, both won for Works Gold, as did Steven Leary, while Barry Glover won for the Raiders.
Second-placed Devils and third- placed Works Black played a draw
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Higgins wins record 17th Tasmanian title
CLAREMONT'S Les Higgins has taken over the mantle as the master of Tasmanian snooker.
He won a record 17th Tasmanian championship, surpassing Launceston's Ron Atkins as the most prolific winner.
Higgins beat Northern champion Graeme Pickett 7-3 in the final at the Burnie Club over the weekend to take his tally of state championships to 36, including 19 billiard titles, at the age of 47.
The last of Atkins's 16 Tasmanian snooker championships was in 1999. He also won three Australian championships and was runner-up in the IBSF world championship in Launceston in 1980.
Other players to win multiple Tasmanian titles include Harold Roberts-Thompson (eight billiards), John Reece (six billiards), Kevin Burles (four snooker, two billiards), Pickett (two snooker, four billiards), Jamie Giannaros (two snooker, two billiards) and Gregg Watt (four snooker).
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Shield eludes the North for third year in succession
THE Northern team failed in its attempt to win the John Hanson Shield for the third year in succession.
Playing at the Launceston Works Club, the North-West team won 23 matches to clinch the shield ahead of North, 16, and South, 9.
The shield is played in honour of a former great, the late John Hanson, who won the Tasmanian snooker championship in 1981, as well as the North Island of New Zealand championship in the late '70s.
Northern players dominated the best snooker break awards: Andrew Saltmarsh, cues 1-2 (29), Steve Leary, cues 3-4 (26), Andrew Rainbow, cues 5-6 (20). Chris Sutton (NW) won the highest billiard break with 47.
Jeremy Cowie's break of 54 didn't count as the tournament was decided before his match.
State championship
THE finals matches will be played at the Burnie Club over the coming weekend. Top-class snooker will be on show and the public are urged to support the players. Matches start at 10.30 am on Saturday, with the state final on Sunday.
Graeme Pickett (North) v Steve Carroll (S), Gregg Watt (S) v Callam Bissett (NW), Peter Donati (N) v Anthony Adams (S), Les Higgins (S) v Brian Cole in (NW).
Entry is free of charge.
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VETERAN Launceston RSL player Roydyn Bishop became the third Northern player to take his handicap to minus, notching up his sixth straight win in A grade interclub snooker.
The former dual Tasmanian champion, who celebrated his 65th birthday last week, is enjoying a return to form.
Exeter Black kept alive its slim chance of defending its 2010 premiership with a 3-1 win over Works Gold. Still six points out of the four, it has this week's bye and will need to win both remaining matches to make the finals. Ben Swain, Gary Bakker and Rex Swain all won for Exeter, while Trevor Leary was Gold's only winner.
Top team the Raiders were held to a 2-2 draw with Launceston RSL Grey. Alan Armitage (2-1) and Lionel Young (2-1) won for the Raiders and Roydyn Bishop and Paul Zoon both won 2-1 for the RSL team.
Works Black also drew with Works Blue. Bruce Lockley (2-1) and Andrew Saltmarsh (2-0) won for Black, while Michael Leslie (2-0) and Rolf Stevenson (2-1) won for Works Blue.
In A reserve, Works Green moved 15 points clear on top, with a 9-3 win over the RSL White team.
