Australian Eight-Ball Nationals 2003

20th Australian Eight-Ball Federation Championships

Empire Pool Lounge
Adelaide South Australia

Finals Day Results – Saturday 15th Nov 2003
	MASTERS SINGLES FINAL
SA	Tony Labella	5	4	Michael Phillips	SA
	MASTERS INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE FINAL
AU	Steve Milistis	5	2	David Glover	AU
UNDER 21 SINGLES
ACT	Steven Woods	5	4	Brenton Collier	SA
	INTERNATIONAL IPPPA SINGLES
ENG	Gareth Potts	8	3	Mick Hill	ENG
	WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL
SA	Lyndall Hulley	8	6	Elise Mabbott	WA
	OPEN SINGLES FINAL
SA	John Barton	3	9	Ron Kelly	WA
	IPPPA CHAMP vs AUSTRALIA CHAMP
AU	Ron Kelly	11	9	Gareth Potts	ENG
	WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL
SA	South Australia	11	13	Western Australia	WA
	OPEN TEAM FINAL
SA	South Australia	17	6	Victoria	VIC

19th Australian Eight Ball Championships
Wrest Point Casino, Hobart, Tasmania
Thurs 14th Nov to Sun 24th Nov 2002

Finals Day Results – Saturday 23rd Nov 2002
	MASTERS SINGLES FINAL
.	.	.	.	.	.
	WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL
WA	Sue Bussanich	4	.	Kristyn Klau	SA
WA	Kirsty Henville			Melisa Davis	SA
	MENS DOUBLES FINAL
WA	Ron Kelly	5	.	Peter Watt	QLD
WA	Alan Brown			Brent Read	QLD
	WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL
SA	Kristyn Klau	8	1	Tracey Doeblien	QLD
	OPEN SINGLES FINAL
SA	Alec Evreniadis	9	4	Ricky Lee	TAS
	WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL
TAS	Tasmania	13		South Australia	SA
	OPEN TEAM FINAL
SA	South Australia	17		Victoria	VIC

18th Australian Eight Ball Championships
Cairns    Queenland
Basketball Stadium (Bug City)
1st December to 10th December 2001

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Finals Day Results – Sunday December 9th 2001
	MASTERS SINGLES FINAL
QLD	Ken Southwell	8	5	Avelino De Freitas	WA
	WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL
VIC	Joy Sullivan	4	3	Lyndall Hulley	SA
VIC	Natalie Froling			Renata Hendrick	SA
	MENS DOUBLES FINAL
SA	Phil Riley	5	2	Greg Watt	TAS
SA	Emile Riera			Damien Smith	TAS
	WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL
QLD	Tanya Aitken	8	5	Julie McEwan	VIC
	OPEN SINGLES FINAL
NT	Travis Crawley	9	7	Emile Riera	SA
	WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL
SA	South Australia	13	7	Queensland	QLD
	OPEN TEAM FINAL
SA	South Australia	17	12	Western Australia	WA

12/12/01
Dennis Baker (NT Rules & Umpires Director) was today given A Grade status by the Australian AGM.  This is the 5th A Grade level awarded by the Australian body.
Ken Kernich (NT President) was awarded Life Membership of the Australian Body for services rendered to that Federation over the last eighteen years.  This is the third Life Membership in the history of the Federation.  The first being Pam Rowe (SA) and the second Lance Sheen (VIC)

In what may be considered a backward move by some, the AEBF delegates meeting at the AGM have decided to revert to a random draw for first round competition at the 2002 National Championships.  
The random draw was replaced with a system of teams facing up in order of last years results (i.e. 1v2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8) quite a few years ago.  However as NSW has rarely competed this resulted in the bottom team having a bye on the first day.  Northern Territory put forward a proposal to have the top team draw the bye on the first thereby giving the lower ranked teams at least one match before facing the stronger teams.
The draw for 2002 will be:
WA v ACT, QLD v NT, NSW v TAS, SA v VIC.

10/12/01
Travis Crawley added the Northern Territory to the winners' list at the Australian Championships by defeating South Australia Emile Riera 9-7 in the mens singles final.  Travis won his way through the knockout which began with over 70 entrants playing off best of 11 frames in the opening rounds and culminating in the final over best of 17.

Kenny Southwell from Cairns (a former Northern Territory player) defeated Avelino Defreitas from Western Australia 8-5 to take out the Masters event.
Tanya Aitken (Qld) won the ladies singles crown 8-5 from Victorian Julie McKewn.

The Northern Territory teams fought some close finishes with the mens team drawing against Western Australia in the minor rounds and both teams defeating ACT on the final days play.  Queensland ladies team finished on top of the minor rounds but were defeated by South Australia 13-6 in the final.  The open team final between South Australia and Western Australia went in favour of the southerners 17-12.

In the ladies doubles our pair Beckie Kernich and Kylie Anderson tied for second place after a controversial decision made on the second day saw their match go to South Australia.  The one frame difference in that match would have given them outright second place.  However at the end of the round Victoria played South Australia in the final and won 4-3.  The South Australian men winning 5-2 against Tasmania.

England 11 defeated Australia 6

Named at the AGM

OPEN TEAM
1.     Richard Williams (QLD)
2.     Michael Hodgetts (TAS) Player of the Carnival
3.     Aleck Evreniadis (SA) Captain
4.     Phil Bailey (TAS) Vice-Captain
5.     Greg Watt (TAS)
6.     Phil Reilly (SA)
7.     Ricky Flood (TAS)
8.     Quentin Hahn (Invitation Position)
9.     Paul Clack (VIC)
10.     Peter Hall (SA)
11.     Luber Giraldo (QLD)
12.     Travis Crawley (NT)
13.     Neville Lovis (WA)
Reserves:    
14.    Jason Casey (QLD)
15.    Greg Lawrie (TAS)
16.    Mark Bingham (NT)
17.    Justin Van Diepen (TAS)

WOMENS TEAM
1.    Sue McKechnie (NT)
2.    Joy Sullivan (VIC) Captain & Player of the Carnival
3.    Tanya Aitken (QLD)
4.    Kristyn Klau (SA)
5.    Renata Hedrick (SA)
6.    Theresa Whitten (VIC)
7.    Fiona Plummer (TAS)
8.     Sue McCord (QLD)
9.    Christina Sarmento (NT)
Reserves:    
10.    Kerry Scanlan (SA)
11.    Tarli Chandler (WA)
12.    Melissa Davies (SA)

Masters Player of the series – John Ellis – South Africa

1996 WEPF Australian Mens Team World Champions

Australia 14 defeated England 12

England 14 defeated Australia 8

 The Australian Eight Ball Federation, AEBF Hall of Fame Criteria for Induction into the Hall of Fame.

1. Any player or team to be considered for induction to the AEBF Hall of Fame is to have been during the period of consideration a member of the AEBF whether as a direct member or a member of a state/territory affiliate to the AEBF

2. The H.O.F. committee shall consider a player’s or a team’s outstanding service and overall contribution to the game of Eight ball in determination of their eligibility for their induction into the Hall of Fame

3. Without limiting clause 2, the H.O.F. committee may consider a candidate’s individual record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character

4. The number of years played as a member shall be a minimum of 10 (a team would be an exception) and shall only be a consideration and not a determination of eligibility

5. Only a player or team will be eligible for consideration

6. A player can be considered whilst still actively playing or after retirement from the game

7. Generally, consideration will only be given to the candidate(s) achievement at the highest level of competition in Australia, representation in an Australian Team and achievement at international level

8. A player shall be nominated by his/her state/territory and a full resume shall be provided for consideration

9. There shall be no special order of precedence to H.O.F. inductees

10. The H.O.F. committee shall recommend to the AEBF as to when and how the inductee shall be recognized