Launceston win State 'B' Grade Team Title
The 2011 State eightball 'B' grade championships was held at the Launceston Workers Club on June 11th and 12th with 6 teams competing from across the State for the title of team champions, after the round robin stage on the Sunday morning there were 4 teams who made it through to the finals, with the team from the Hobart eightball association topping the ladder and playing the NTEBA Launceston team in the second semi, the first semi was between the Devonport 8ball association and the team from the Southern Tasmanian eightball association
The second semi went down to the last frame with the Hobart team defeating Launceston 13 - 12 the first semi-final saw the STEBA defeat Devonport 13 - 9, the preliminary final saw Launceston defeat STEBA 13 - 9 and earn their spot in the Grand Final
The Grand Final saw Launceston take on the Hobart association, this was going to be a hard ask for the team from Launceston to win the final who had been defeated by the Hobart team in the round robin section and second semi-final, but they started off by winning the first set 3 - 2 and then the next set 4 - 1 before winning the last 2 sets 3 - 2 to wrap up the title of State 'B' Grade Team Champions 2011 - full results and player stats on the Eightball Tasmania web site
