The Tasmanian State Team qualifiers have been held and the State team decided. Congratulations to all the players who have made the team and especially to those who play in Southern Tas. This year the team has a mix from all three (3) major areas of the State, representing five (5) Associations. This years National Championships will be held at Campbelltown NSW.
2011 Tasmanian State Open Team
Anthony Adams (State Singles Winner), Justin Van Diepen
Marcus Jackson, Trent Brooks, Andrew Saltmarsh
Andrew Triffitt, Chris Forsyth, Joel Smith
Cale Barrett & Blake Marshall
Team Manager: Phil Dando / Assistant Team Manager: Sam Thurgood
For full details use this link - 2011 State Open Qualifers
2011 Tasmanian State Ladies Team
Fiona Plummer, Tracey Baylis, Denise Millington, Jane Nichols,
Dencil McGifford, Nelly Walton, Mandy Snare
Team Manager: Kris Cherry / Assistant Team Manager: Sam Thurgood
For full details follow this link - 2011 State Ladies Qualifiers
2011 Tasmanian State Masters Team
Wayne Elliott (State Champion), Rodney Martin, Tony Adams and Chris Snare
For full details follow this link - 2011 Masters Results
Wayne Elliott - State Masters Champion
Wayne Elliott (Marquis Devils) has retained the State Masters championship he won in Launceston last year. It is Wayne's 5th Masters title to leave him the dominate player in this event. This year he defeated Launceston player Rodney Martin (SunnyHill Racers) in the final which was held at the Hobart Workers. This event also served as the selection event for the State Masters team to compete at the Aust National 8 Ball Titles in NSW in October. The top four (4) players won selection and these were - Wayne Elliott - State Champion, Rodney Martin - Runner Up, Tony Adams (HWC Shooters) and Chris Snare (HWC Niners). The emergency players in order are Barry Milburn, Bruce Lockley & Grant Lee.
State Team Managers 2011 - 2012
Eightball Tasmania has called for nominations for Open and Women’s Team Manager for the State Team for the National 8 Ball Championships in Sydney from October 16th – 28th 2011 and also for the 2012 Nationals are now be called for with nominations closing with the secretary on Friday 15th July. A detailed description is on the Eightball Tasmania web site
Eightball Tasmania ask you to let all people know of these positions and encourage people to nominate, nominations must be in writing (email acceptable) and should contain as much information as the person interested in the position wishes to put forward. Once nominations are received the committee will meet to appoint the team managers and at this stage this will be on Saturday 30th July at the LWC.
Cale Barrett - Australian Under 15 Snooker Champion
The young Penguin Cueist Cale Barrett has topped of a great Australian Junior Snooker & Billiards Championship by winning the Under 15 National Snooker title. He is also a Semi Finalist in the Under 18 Snooker Championship, more details on how he goes when they become available.
