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Pickett, Donati finish on top of groups
NORTHERN players Graeme Pickett and Peter Donati both qualified on top of their groups in the Tasmanian snooker championships at the Burnie Club over the weekend and will progress to the quarter-finals in two weeks.
Defending state champion Les Higgins, Gregg Watt, Steve Carroll and Anthony Adams, all from the South, as well as Brian Cole and Callam Bissett, of the North-West, also qualified for the quarter-finals.Donati's group was extremely close, with three players finishing on two wins and one loss, all with a plus-three frame differential. Donati finished on top of the group winning eight frames, while South's Phil Woodham missed out, having lost his match to Bissett 3-1.
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Northern players to challenge for state honours
NORTHERN Tasmanian players to contest the state snooker championship at the Burnie Club this weekend are Graeme Pickett, Peter Donati, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Robin McEnnulty and Keith Coomber.
Defending state champion the South is represented by Les Higgins, Gregg Watt, Steve Carroll, Luke Webb, Phil Woodham and Anthony Adams.
The North-West team includes Callan Bissett, Peter Spencer, Brian Cole, Denny Mayne and Joe Bonnici.
In the Southern Tasmanian championship defending champion Les Higgins beat rival Gregg Watt to win his 19th Southern snooker title five frames to two.
Hanson Shield
NORTHERN players selected to play in the John Hanson Shield at the Launceston Works Club over this weekend of August 13-14 are - Snooker: Rolf Stevenson, Andrew Saltmarsh, Lionel Young, Steve Leary, Trevor Leary, Adrian White. Billiards: Wayne Purdon and Barry Glover.
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Pickett notches up 27th title in the North
DEFENDING champion Graeme Pickett has retained his Northern Tasmanian snooker championship, defeating David Bates 5-2 in the final at the Works Club over the weekend.
Pickett has now won 27 Northern championships: 13 in snooker and 14 in billiards.
Pickett beat teammate Peter Donati 4-0 in the semi-final and John Fraser 4-1 in the quarter-final.
David Bates overcame last year's runner-up, Gary Bjarnoe-Elliott, 4-1 in his semis final and veteran Robin McEnnulty 4-1 in the quarters. Keith Coomber and Rex Swain were the other quarter-finalists.
Graeme Pickett had the best breaks of 57, 49, 45. David Bates had 50 and John Fraser 39.
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Baylis still State Champion
FORMER Launceston player Tracey Baylis has retained her Tasmanian women's snooker championship, defeating Southern teenager Emily Cowie 4-2 in the seven-frame final at the Launceston Works Club over the weekend.
Baylis, who now lives in Claremont, started slowly, losing her round robin match to Denzil McGifford 2-1.
However she qualified second in her group, and defeated Kylie Bellanger (NW) in the semi-final.
In the final Baylis looked beaten when trailed 2-0, before rallying to a hard-fought 4-2 win.
North's Debbie Rainbow finished third in her group behind McGifford and Baylis.
For full results go to www.tbsa.net.au
State Eightball team
THE open state team for 2011 was decided at the Launceston Workers Club on July 16 and 17 with 24 players from the North, South and North-West competing for nine positions to make up the 2011 state team to compete at the Australian Championships from October 17 to 28.
The weekend saw some old and new faces make the team, with Launceston player Andrew Saltmarsh making the team. Other North players were Troy Rudling (13th), Bruce Lockley (14th) and Alex Brooks (equal 16th).
The final team is: Anthony Adams (State Singles Champion), Justin Van Dipen (32 wins 14 Loses), Marcus Jackson 31-15, Trent Brooks 30-16, Andrew Saltmarsh 30-16, Andrew Triffitt 29-17, Dallas Nichols 28-18, Chris Forsyth 28-18, Joel Smith 27-19, Cale Barrett 26-20.
To view the results visit www.eightballtasmania. com.au.
Reminder entries for state women's team selection to be played at the LWC on July 30, close on Wednesday, July 27.
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Stuart Bingham has won his first ever ranking tournament as he clinched a dramatic 9-8 victory over Mark Williams in the final of the 2011 Australian Snooker Goldfields Open.
World number one Williams looked set to win the 19th ranking event of his career as he led 7-4 and 8-5 but Bingham made a stunning recovery to win the last four frames and take the title.
"This is without doubt the best week of my life - it's just an unbelievable feeling," said 35-year-old Bingham, a professional player for 16 years who has experienced the lows and now the highs of snooker.
"This proves the depth in the standard of snooker and shows anyone on the tour can win a tournament if they knuckle down and put the hard work in, that's all I've done.
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National title to Barrett
PENGUIN'S Cale Barrett is the 2011 Australian under-15 snooker champion.
He defeated Jayme White, of Queensland, 4-3 in the final, after being 3-1 down and knocking in a 53 break in the final frame.
Barrett also qualified for the knockout sections of the Australian under-18 and under-21 championships, going down in the quarter-finals to Keenan Cigler (WA) 3-2 in the former and Kurt Brown (Qld) 4-0 in the latter.
Masters eightball
SUNNY Hill player Rodney Martin has made the 2011 state masters team to compete at the Australian eightball championships in Sydney from October 17-28.
Martin finished on top of the round robin group and went straight into the final by defeating Hobart player and former Tasmanian representative Tony Adams in the second semi-final 2-1.
Unfortunately Martin could not go on to win the state title being defeated by another former state player in Wayne Elliott in the final 3-0.
Martin will now be joined by Wayne Elliott, Tony Adams and Chris Snare in making up the 2011 masters team and will be joined by the men's team which is to be decided this weekend at the LWC and the women's team play-off on July 30 at the same venue
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A RESERVE new team Works Green Horns are showing the way in the Wednesday night competition, clear by five points on top of the ladder.
The team contains up-and- coming players, brothers Ethan (19) and Zane Brown (18) as well as Tony Quach (24), melded with experienced players Dallas Fry, Shane Franklin and coach Peter Donati.
The Brown brothers are also promising footballers at Rocherlea, last week Zane booted eight goals in the under- 18 competition then, during the week, won both frames against veteran Red player Phil Rowbottom.
Works Amber stayed in touch with the top teams, winning 7-5 against RSL White, Christian Waldron and Peter Grimes won for Amber, Greg Williams won his two matches for RSL White.
Exeter Green moved above Works Red on the ladder winning 7-5 against bottom team Works Navy, Exeter captain Derek Peart was the only winner.
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Barrett wins Australian Title
North-West player and promising all round cue sports player Cale Barrett defended is Australian under 15 title by winning this years title played at the Redlands RSL Club in QLD on Saturday July 9th
Barrett found himself 3 frames to 1 down in the final but rallied to win the the next 3 frames with a nice 53 break in the final frame to take the title from Jamye White from QLD
Australian Under 18 Girls Snooker Championship – Jessica Woods (Qld) defeated Kate West (Qld)
Australian Under 15 Billiards Championship – Keiran Frettingham (Qld) defeated Cale Barrett (Tas)
Australian Under 18 Billiards Championship – Kurt Brown (Qld) defeated Mat Frerker (Qld)
Australian Under 12 Snooker Championship – Hayden Goode (Qld) defeated Callum Haggett (Qld)
Australian Under 15 Snooker Championship – Cale Barrett (Tas) defeated Jayme White (Qld)
Australian Under 18 Snooker Championship – Kurt Brown (Qld) defeated Ryan Thomerson (Vic)
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Full round robin results can be found on the Australian Billiards and Snooker web site
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North fails to win statewide shield
Ted Pickett shield
THE Northern team of David Bates, Peter Donati, Roydyn Bishop, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Rex Swain, Bruce Lockley, Gary Bakker and Keith Coomber failed in its bid to win the Ted Pickett Shield.
The tournament, played at the Claremont RSL Club, is a triangular competition between A grade players from the North, North-West and South, and is played over 48 matches.
It is in honour of the late Ted Pickett, a Northern Tasmanian sportsman who won the 1955 Australian Snooker Championship.
The Southern team easily retained the shield, winning 25 matches, with the North winning 13 matches and North-West 10.
For the North, Works Black players David Bates won three matches, and Roydyn Bishop, Gary Bjarnoe Elliott, Bruce Lockley and Keith Coomber won two matches.
South's Les Higgins and Anthony Adams were the only players to win all four matches played. The highest break went to Les Higgins with 63, Steve Carroll cues 3-4 with 50, Denny Mayne cues 6-7 with 43 and Keith Coomber for cues 7 and 8 with a 35 clearance.
Northern eightball
IN Northern eightball, Troy Rudling from Perth Black again proved he is the player to beat for the NTEBA singles title, easy accounting for former state player Kris Cherry in the final 3-0 and taking out his third successive singles title.
In the division 1 final, Shane Franklin defeated the captain of the LWC Black team Alex Brooks.
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THE Raiders went back to the top of the A grade ladder with a whitewash, 4-0 over Works Gold.
Alan Armitage won 2-0, Lionel Young, Kieth Coomber and Barry Glover all won 2-1.
The Devils drew 2-2 with Works Black to hold second spot, Andrew and Heath Rainbow won for the Devils, Bruce Lockley and Rodney Martin won for Black.
Works Blue beat Launceston RSL Grey 3-1. John Stevenson, Micheal Leslie and Graeme Pickett all won 2-0, and Harley Stebbings won 2-0 for the Launceston RSL team.
In A reserve, bottom team Works Navy was the big winner, accounting for Amber 9-3. Brian O'Byrne, Ray Skinner, Craig Jory, and Ben Conrads were Navy's winners, Peter Grimes won 2-0 for Amber.
Works Green held top spot on the ladder, winning 7-5 against Works Red. Rowan Phelps and Dean Wilson won for Green, Peter Seaman won his two matches for Navy.
Works Green Horns also won 7-5 against Exeter RSL Green. Brothers Zane and Ethan Brown won 2-0 for the Green Horns, John Waters with 64 start, held out Peter Donati to win 2-0 for Exeter.
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Bissett top of the table
THE final qualifying rounds of the state open teams competition was played at the Launceston Workers Club and the Hobart Workers Club last Saturday.
From the North, Callan Bissett topped the leader board, followed by Gerrad Wicks and Andrew Saltmarsh.
The Southern qualifiers saw Marcus Jackson on top followed by Sam Thurgood and Justin Van Diepen who has not played state eightball since 2002.
The final round for the 2011 state team will be played at the LWC on July 16 and 17 and from the 24 players competing, nine players will join Anthony Adams, as the state singles champion and already in the team, to compete in the Australian eightball championships in Sydney in October.
Reminder entries for the state masters selection trials, to be played at the HWC on July 9, close on Wednesday, July 6.
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North clinches the shield
THE John Williams Shield comes back North after the Northern snooker team of Keith Coomber, Andrew Saltmarsh, Adrian White, Rolf Stevenson, Paul Zoon, Heath Rainbow, Lee Morcom and Josh Rainbow won an epic tournament at Claremont RSL at the weekend.
North needed to win one of the last four matches to clinch the shield from the North-West team, who were the holders of the shield from last year.
Held over 48 matches, the Northern team won 20, North-West 19 and South nine.
