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Interclub Billiards.
Close matches were the highlight of last week, three matches were decided by a single point and a fourth by just two points.
RSL White player Dennis Collins, kept his great season alive, beating Raider’s Barry Glover by one point, Black’s Terry Adams gave Devils player, Heath Rainbow, 100 points start and got to the lead only to see Rainbow come back to win the match by the barest margin. Exeter’s Rex Swain came from well back to pip Red’s Philip Rowbottom and Red’s Peter Seaman, who won by one point two weeks ago, came from behind to beat Exeter’s Adam Bindoff by two points.
Launceston RSL White has taken top spot on the Northern Billiards Interclub competition, needing only a draw against Works Raiders as the Works Black team fell victim to The Flaming Devils losing 1-3.
Devils players to win were, Josh Rainbow, Roydyn Bishop and Heath Rainbow, Andrew Saltmarsh scored for Works Black.
Dennis Collins and Adrian White won for Launceston RSL White, Harley Stebbings and Alan Armitage won for The Raiders.
Works Green drew 2-2 with Works Blue, Cor Zoon and Rowhan Phelps won for Green, For Blue, Graeme Pickett gave 340 start but proved too strong, and Ethan Brown were the winners.
Works Red drew with Exeter Social Club, Peter Seaman and Steve Andjelkovic won for Red, Rex Swain and Chris Reid were Exeter’s winners.
Works Navy also drew 2-2 with Works Gold, Ben Conrades and John Fordham won for Navy, Rolf Stevenson and John Fraser were Gold’s winners.
Ladder after round 10: RSL White 36, Works Black 35, Raiders 34, Devils 33, Works Gold 32, Works Blue 32, Works Navy 30 Works Green 29, Works Red 24, Exeter Social Club 18.
Best breaks: Graeme Pickett 67, David Bates 63, Rex Swain 43, Adrian White 38, Gary Bakker 27, Keith Coomber 25, Glen Johansen 20, Michael Leslie 20.
Best breaks this year: David Bates 132, 123, 123, 116, 110, 103, Graeme Pickett 119, 99, 97
Leading Players: Lionel Young continues to lead in the player stats, winning 6 matches from 7 played, 85.71%, followed by Dennis Collins 7 wins from 9 matches played 77.77%. Others, Ben Conrades 6 from 8, Heath Rainbow 7 from 10, John Saggers has won all 4 matches played, Ethan Brown, Scott Kopriva and Zane Brown have 4 wins from 5 played, however these four players are yet to play enough matches to qualify.
Round 10 Results:
The Flaming Devils 3 defeated Works Black 1, Heath Rainbow (270) defeated Terry Adams (170), Roydyn Bishop (135) defeated David Bates (-110) , Josh Rainbow (285) defeated Bruce Lockley (195), Andrew Rainbow (275) lost to Andrew Saltmarsh (220).
Works Green 2 drew with Works Blue 2, Corr Zoon (305) defeated Michael Leslie (235), Glen Johansen (265) lost to Ethan Brown (295), Dean Wilson (250) lost to Graem(220), Pickett (-90), Rowan Phelps (285) defeated Hans Georgieff (250).
Launceston RSL White 2 drew with Works Raiders 2, Wayne Purdon (245) lost to Alan Armitage (250), Greg Williams (265) lost to Harley Stebbings (215), Dennis Collins (300) defeated Barry Glover (245), Adrian White (165) defeated Keith Coomber (160).
Works Red 2 drew with Exeter Social Club 2, Peter Seaman (305) defeated Adam Bindoff (295), Steve Andjelkovic (280) defeated Gary Bakker (245), Phil Rowbottom (280) lost to Rex Swain (205), Bob Cain (295) lost to Chris Reid (280).
Works Navy 2 drew with Works Gold 2, Ben Conrades (295) defeated Steve Leary (245), Ray Skinner (265) lost to John Fraser (200), Alan Legg (285) lost to Rolf Stevenson (255), John Fordham (275) easily defeated Gary Bjarnoe Elliott (175).
There are no matches this week as the competition has a break over Christmas, returning on Wednesday 11th. January and Thursday 12th. January.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the Billiards, Snooker and Eightball enthusiasts, supporters and their families, have a safe break.
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Interclub Billiards.
David Bates of Works Black put his skills on show last week, scoring three century breaks to completely outclass veteran Works Blue player, Michael Leslie. Bates scored 505 points to Leslie’s 38 in a very one sided match, on the way to a 4-0 rout by the Black team.
Graeme Pickett made breaks of 97, 59 and 48 but fell 18 points short in his match against Black’s Terry Adams. Andrew Saltmarsh and Bruce Lockley also won for Works Black.
Works Raiders also scored a 4-0 win over Works Green, Keith Coomber, Alan Armitage, Harley Stebbings and Lionel Young all winning for the Raiders.
Launceston RSL White defeated Exeter 3-1, Adrian White won a very close match against newcomer William Cameron, getting home by 4 points, Greg Williams and Dennis Collins also won for RSL White, Adam Bindoff scored for Exeter.
Works Red defeated Works Gold 3-1, Peter Seaman, Phil Rowbottom and Bob Cain won for Red, John Saggers was Gold’s only winner, scraping in by just 4 points.
Works Navy and the Devils had a 2-2 draw, the close match of the round was between Navy’s Ben Conrades and Roydyn Bishop, Bishop gave a 270 point start but failed by the barest margin to get over Conrades. Ray Skinner also won for Navy, Josh and Heath Rainbow both won for the Devils.
Ladder after round 9:
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Interclub Billiards.
Works Navy were the only winners, in a week of closely fought Billiard matches. Navy beat Works Red 3-1, to leap-frog Geen to seventh position on the ladder. Ben Conrades, Phil Page and John Fordham were Navy’s winners, Captain Phil Rowbottom scored for the Red team.
All other matches were drawn with no impact on the ladder positions. Works teams, Blue, Black and Gold, together with Launceston RSL White share top position on 28 points with Blue leading on percentage.
Works Black drew 2-2 with Works Raiders, David Bates and Scott Kopriva won for Black, Barry Glover and Lionel Young on for the Raiders. Lionel Young’s win takes him to the top of the player rankings having now won 5 of the six matches played.
The Flaming Devils drew 2-2 with Blue, Andrew Rainbow kept his good season going, beating Peter Donati, Roydyn Bishop also won for the Devils. Graeme Pickett made up 355 points to win his match, Ethan Brown also won for Blue.
Launceston RSL White drew 2-2 with Works Gold, Adrian White and Wayne Purdon won for the RSL, John Saggers and John Fraser won for Gold.
At the Exeter Club, the home team won the first two matches with Adam Bindoff and Rex Swain winning, however the Works Green team evened the score with a win to Cor Zoon and a forfeit to Lee Morcom.
Ladder after round 8:
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Bates wins two titles
DAVID Bates cleaned up at Exeter at the weekend with the Northern billiards champion winning the club's billiards event, surprising himself to also claim the eightball title.
A total of 32 players entered eightball, 16 in snooker and 10 in the billiards to create an excellent tournament at the Exeter Social Club, with the proceeds used for re-covering the club's billiards tables.
Bates pocketed most of the prizemoney when he beat Andrew Rainbow 2-1 in the eightball final, he also beat Josh Rainbow in the handicap billiards final, Bates made a 107 break in the semi-final.
Bruce Lockley won the snooker event, beating Exeter player Gary Bakker in the final.
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Plummer breaks into national eightball squad
LAUNCESTON's Fiona Plummer has been named in the All-Australian squad to play in the eightball world championships in England next year.
Plummer, a mother of two, had 28 wins from 42 frames played to finish third in the overall standings after the Australian championships in Sydney recently.
Anthony Adams, of Hobart, has been chosen in the Australian under-21 squad.
Higgins down
TASMANIA'S Les Higgins was defeated 3-2 by former Australian champion Aaron Mahoney in their last 16 match in the Queensland Open, played at Bribie Island last weekend.
The title was won by Victorian Steve Mifsud, the 2006 IBSF world snooker champion, defeating Shaun Budd (NSW) 5-3 in the final.
Works Green clear
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Launceston mother-of-two Fiona Plummer was named in the all- Australian team after another successful showing at the national eightball titles. The 43-year-old former champion finished third in the teams event at Campbelltown in Sydney with a record of 28 wins from 42 frames. Plummer said finances would dictate whether she accepted the invitation to compete at the world titles in England. "The tables were good and it was probably the best venue we've played at," she said of the national titles. Hobart junior Anthony Adams was selected in the under-21 all- Australian squad.
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Devils turn up the heat on Exeter
THE Flaming Devils whitewashed the Exeter Social Club team on Thursday night, in their Northern billiards clash.
The Devils were led by wins to the three Rainbows - Heath, Josh and Andrew - along with Roydyn Bishop, scoring 4-0, to take the team from bottom to sixth on the ladder.
In other matches Works Gold moved to equal top after defeating Raiders, 3-1. Rolf Stevenson, John Fraser and Steve Leary won for Gold, while Harley Stebbings was the only winner for the Raiders.
Works Black beat Works Red, 3-1. Andrew Saltmarsh and Bruce Lockley, who both played in the national eightball championships in Sydney last week, got back to winning billiards. Bob Cain, with the aid of a 390-point start, kept his early season form going, beating David Bates.
Works Blue defeated Works Navy 3-1. Michael Leslie, Hans Georgieff and Graeme Pickett, conceding 345-point starts, scored for Blue, while Ben Conrades won his match for Navy.
Launceston RSL White held ladder-leader Works Green to a draw. Dennis Collins and Wayne Purdon won for the White team, and George Zammit and Dean Wilson won for Green.
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Raiders are only winners for week
THE Raiders were this week's only winners accounting for the Navy team 3-1 at the Works Club.
The league's oldest player, Harley Stebbings, and Lionel Young and Alan Armitage won for the Raiders.
Navy captain John Fordham was its only winner.
All other matches were 2-2 draws. Black drew with Launceston RSL White, David Bates, giving away a whopping 420 got up against Graeme Purdon, Scott Kopriva also won for Black. Greg Williams and Adrian White were RSLs winners.
Green and The Devils drew, George Zammit and Rowan Phelps scored for Green, Roydyn Bishop and Andrew Rainbow won for the Devils.
Blue drew with Red, Hans Georgieff fell in against Bob Cain, and Zane Brown beat newcomer Sandjel Kovic, for Red, Phil Rowbottom and Peter Seaman scored wins.
Exeter Social Club hosted Works Gold, with the result another draw.
The country team led early with wins to Derek Peart and Adam Bindoff. However, John Fraser and Gary Bjarnoe Elliott won their matches to secure the draw.
Ladder after round 3: Works Green 13 (provisional), Launceston RSL 11, Gold 11, Navy 9, Red 9, Black 8 (provisional), Raiders 8, Exeter 7, Devils and Blue 5.
Best breaks: David Bates 73, 59, 41, 34, Graeme Pickett 52, Gary Bjarnoe Elloitt 40, Barry Glover 29, Michael Leslie 25, 24.
Best breaks this year: David Bates 132, Graeme Pickett 119, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott 40,
Round 3 Results:
Works Blue 2 drew with Works Red 2, Michael Leslie (220) lost to Peter Seaman (300), Zane Brown (300) defeated Sandjel Kovic (275), Hans Georgieff (240) defeated Bob Cain (280), Graeme Pickett (-80) lost to Phil Rowbottom (285).
Exeter 2 drew with Works Gold 2, Derek Peart (280) defeated R Stephenson (240), Adam Bindoff (295) defeated John Stevenson (270), Chris Reid (260) lost to John Fraser (205, Rex Swain (190) lost to Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott (170).
Raiders 3 Defeated Works Navy 1, Lionel Young (210) defeated Alan Legg (270), Harley Stebbings (225) defeated Ben Conrades (315), Alan Armitage (240) defeated Ray Skinner (250), Barry Glover (250) lost to John Fordham (285).
Works Black 2 drew with Launceston RSL White 2, Terry Adams (170) lost to Adrian White (170), Scott Kopriva (295) defeated Wayne Purdon (245), Peter Wallace (270) lost to Greg Williams (275), David Bates (-100) defeated Graeme Purdon (320).
Works Green 2 drew with The Devils 2, George Zammit (260) defeated Heath Rainbow (285), Cor Zoon (290) lost to Roydyn Bishop (140), Rowan Phelps (280) defeated Josh Rainbow (300), Dean Wilson (250) lost to Andrew Rainbow (280).
This weeks matches: Wednesday at Works, Red v Navy v Blue, Thursday night at Works, Gold v Raiders, Devils v Exeter. Thursday night RSL White v Green.
Calcutta tournaments at Exeter Social Club Sunday 28th. November snooker and billiards, (handicap) and 8ball. $10 per event entry, winner takes all.
All proceeds going towards the upgrading of the Exeter tables.
To enter phone Rex 0408 132 699.
Annual Dinner, November 12th. at the Works Club, presentation of trophies and awards.
Get your tickets at the Club or phone 0408 132 699
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Pickett's 119 continues run of big breaks in interclub competition
BIG breaks are flowing in the Northern billiards interclub competition, with Works Blue's Graeme Pickett, scoring 119 this week, following on from David Bates's 132 last week.
Pickett gave Greg Williams, of the Launceston RSL White team, a 365 start and fell four points short of catching him.
The match ended in a 2-2 draw, with Ethan and Zane Brown winning for Black, Denis Collins joined Williams as RSL's winners.
Works Red and the Raiders also drew 2-2. Phil Rowbottom and Bob Cain won for Red, Barry Glover and Lionel Young were the Raiders' winners.
Works Navy won 3-1 against Exeter. Legg, Phil Page and Ray Skinner won for Navy, while Derek Peart was Exeter's winner.
Works Gold defeated the Flaming Devils, 3-1. John Saggers, Rolf Stevenson and John Fraser, scored wins for the Gold team, Heath Rainbow won for the Devils.
Josh Rainbow, for the second week in a row, lost by just two points in another cliffhanger.
Due to a mix-up in scheduling Works Green has claimed a 4-0 forfeit over Works Black.
The annual dinner will be on November 12 at the Works Club, with presentation of trophies and awards. Get your tickets at the club or phone 0408132699.
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This week's matches: Tonight - At Works, Black v RSL White, Blue v Red.
Tomorrow - Exeter v Gold at Exeter, and Raiders v Navy, Green v Devils at Works.
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Bates scores biggest break in decade
NORTHERN billiard champion David Bates, playing for Works Black, took no time to get settled into billiards, one week after winning his snooker matches in the Northern A-grade snooker grand final.
Bates knocked in a 132 break, the biggest break made in Northern Tasmania in more than a decade. Bates gave 380 points start to Heath Rainbow, and scored 495 to win.
Works Black won the match against Devils 3-1, Terry Adams and Scott Kopriva were the other winners for Black. Andrew Rainbow was Devils' winner.
Launceston RSL White won 3-1 against Raiders - Dennis Collins, Adrian White and Wayne Purdon won for RSL. Keith Coomber was Raiders' only winner.
Exeter drew 2-all with Works Red at Exeter. For the home team, Derek Peart and Rex Swain were winners and for Red, Bob Cain and Peter Seaman got the points.
Works Gold and Works Navy also drew 2-all. Rolf Stevenson and Steve Leary won for Gold, and Alan Legg and Ray Skinner were Navy's winners.
Works Green scored a 2-1 win against Works Blue. George Zammit and Cor Zoon won for Green. Peter Donati made up 315 points to win his match for Blue.
Snooker
THE Australian open snooker championship, played at the Mounties Club in Sydney, was an all-Victorian final, won by Rudi Sulaeman, who defeated Aaron Mahoney 6-3 in the final.
Tasmanian Les Higgins, following his win in the Australian 6 Red Championship, progressed to the last 16, beating Vince Lawson 4-0 (New South Wales) and Joe Minici 4-2 (NSW), but then went down to West Australian Steve Saxon 2-4, who was beaten by Sulaeman 5-1 in the semi-final.
Tasmania's other players were Luke Webb, who was beaten 4-2 by Ben Judge (WA), and Gerrad Wicks, who went down to former champion Glen Wilkinson from NSW 4-0.
Wilkinson made the highest break of 131. Other breaks were Ian Barber (NSW) 104, Steve Mifsud (Victoria) 100, Chris Calabrese (NSW) 96, Vinnie Calabrese (NSW) 95, Les Higgins (Tasmania) 79, 69, 62, 56.
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