Dear Members,

The AEBF held a committee meeting last night to discuss the selection of the Australian Team for the World Championships in 2021. After considering the options, it was decided that the fairest option was to proceed with the players:

• who were called up for the 2020 World Championship and;
• had not declined their spot by the time the Australian teams were withdrawn.

The above players will be invited to represent Australia in the 2021 World Championships. If any of these players decline their spots, then players will be invited in the order of those originally selected for the 2020 World Championships, and working down the list until the teams are filled.

As a reminder, here are the details of the 2021 World Championships:

• Venue:   
• Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel
• National Exhibition Centre
• Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP
• Arrive
• Monday 16^th August 2021
• Depart
• Friday 27^th August 2021

At this stage we are planning to send teams to the 2021 World Championships, but we will be monitoring the status of COVID-19 pandemic around the world, and its impacts on international air travel. 

In  other exciting news, the AEBF are also in discussions with New Zealand about a test series between Australia and New Zealand, which could be played either here in Australia or over in New Zealand. The team selected for the 2021 World Championships would be the team to play against New Zealand (depending on New Zealand playing numbers), which may be in addition to the 2021 World Championships or instead, depending on the COVID-19 situation. Watch this space for more details.

Kind regards,

Australian Eight Ball Federation Committee

2020 World Championships – Australian Teams Announcement

For the first time since 1993, Australia will not be sending teams to the 2020 World Eight Ball Championships.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected travel plans in Australia on multiple levels, most relevant in this case with International travel. Although the countdown is on to lifting some of the measures put in place for social distancing and possibly domestic travel, the uncertainty is too great regarding planning International travel for our 40 plus players, Team Managers and travelling companions.

With many first-time representatives across the 6 Australian teams, this decision is very disappointing to us all. But it is of the highest importance that the AEBF declare that the safety of our Members is our number one priority.

Please join us in congratulating once again and acknowledging the great achievements of the following players that made up the 2020 Australian traveling teams.

TEAM AUSTRALIA

Australian Men’s Team
Captain – Peter Butterworth
Vice Captain – Paull Clack
Ben Nunan
Sawan Naker
Barry Kitchener Jr
Mandar Ranganekar
Alex Pace
Jayden Domeika
Team Manager – Paul Thorn

Australian Women’s Team
Captain – Sharon Brown
Vice-Captain – Nicole Fielding
Leslie O’Conner
Rachel King
Temple Larkins
Ana C Sarmento
Tracy Butterworth
Sue McCord
Team Manager – Karen Winter

Australian Masters Team
Captain – Adrian Lancaster
Vice Captain – Shane Cripps
Darren Waite
Greg Lawrie
Andy Ripley
Ciaran McCrory
Team Manager – Mandy Snare

Australian Junior Team
Captain – Nikolas Burnett
Vice-Captain – Billy Browne
Joe McClintock
Danyal Porter
Neil J Dimer
Rory Jowett
Team Manager – Chris Jeffery

Australian Under 23 (A) Team
Captain – Hayden Goode
Sam Burnett
Isabella Di Giorgio
Team Manager – Chris Jeffery

Australian Under 23 (B) Team
Captain – Kain Stone
Reece O’Callaghan
Jasely Jean dimer
Team Manager – Chris Jeffery

Statement released on behalf of the AEBF Executive & Development Committees.

European Championships, Dolmen Hotel Resort, Malta 15th – 22nd February 2020.

EPA Tour 4, Imperial Hotel Blackpool, 26th – 28th June 2020.

WEPF World Championships, Imperial Hotel Blackpool, 29th June – July 10th 2020.

Men’s singles will commence on Monday 29th, followed by the Masters.

2016 World 8Ball Championships –

The Schedule has now been announced for the LIVE STREAMING stages from the World Championships, Blackpool.

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Mens/tab.php

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Ladies/tab.php

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Junior/tab.php

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/WChair/tabd01.php

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/U21/tab.php

https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Seniors/tab.php

2013 World Eightball Pool Championships

Opening Ceremony – Sunday 23rd June 2013

Televised Finals – Wednesday 3rd July 2013 – Followed by Champions Reception

We are delighted to announce that discussions are currently being held with a major sponsor for this years event which will again be held at

The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, England

https://wepf.org

2012 World 8Ball Championships – June 24 – July 4th 

Full results and news can be found on the World 8Ball web site – https://wepf.org/index.php or from the links below

Mens Team Matches – https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Mens/Main.php

Womens Team Matches – https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Ladies/Main.php

Masters (Over 50) Team Matches – https://wepf.org/TeamResults/O50/Main.php

Under 21 Team Matches – https://wepf.org/TeamResults/U21/Main.php

Under 18 Team Matches – https://wepf.org/TeamResults/Junior/Main.php

Visit the World Site to keep up with the latest results from the 2011 World 8Ball Championships – www.wepf.org   

Click Here for Latest News and Press Releases

2011 WORLD EIGHTBALL POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Australian Over 50’s Team – World Champions 2011

Renata Delahunty – Runner Up World Ladies Singles 2011

Ben Nunan – Losing Semi Finalists Mens Singles 2011

Terry Bond – Australian Over 50’s Singles Runner Up

Australian Mens Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 11 – 8

Australian Women’s Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 8 – 6

Under 18 Junior Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 8 – 5

Under 18 Singles – Dayne Van Kempen defeated 7 – 5 in Quarter Finals

Thanks to Kolbe Poole and the Girls in the UK for our Facebook updates – https://facebook.com/AEBF8Ball

Renata Delahunty – Runner Up World 8Ball Ladies Singles 2011

South Australian player Renata Delahunty was defeated in the final of the Ladies singles by Emma Cunnigham 8 – 2, played at Blackpool, England on Tuesday July 5th

While Renata would be disappointed with not going all the way and winning the title, she can be very proud of the way she played the whole tournament and as captain and leader of the Ladies team who were defeated narrowly in the Ladies semi final match to eventual winners England, Renata you have made us all very proud and proud to be an Australian on your efforts

Ben Nunan cam also be very proud of his efforts in making the semi final of the Men's singles, losing to eventual winner Adam Davis 10 – 8 in his semi final match – A great effort Benny and like Renata we are proud to call you one of our own and no doubt you can both go further in the coming years and bring home the World title
2011 World Championships – Singles
Nunan and Delahunty through to the semi finals

Ben Nunan has booked a place in this years semi final against Adam Davies to earn a chance to make the final and win the coverted Mens World Singles Title, Nunan disposed of Lee Anderson in his quarter final match 9 – 6, Nunan has made his way through to the semi final defeating Josh Corkett 8 – 7 in his last 64 match followed by Morray Dolan 8 -6 and Clayton Attard 8 – 3

Renata Delahuny the Australian Women's Team Captain has also booked  a spot in the semi finals of the Ladies World Singles and will play Sharon Dickson who defeated the current World Singles Champion in Sue Thompson in her quarter final match, while the task will not be easy for Delahunty with Dickson knocking out the multiple World Champion in Thompson, Delahunty is a great chance to become the second Aussie to make the final and bring home a World Tilte – Go Renata

Renata won her last 64 match 6 – 0 against Ann Meadows, in her last 32 match she defeated fellow Australian player Kolbe Polle 6 – 4, then defeated Catherine Buckley 6 – 0  before beating World Single Runner Up Barbara Taylor 7 – 6

Good Luck from all in Aussie
World Championships 2011 – Over 50's Singles
World Championships Over 50's Singles Final 2011

Terry Bond from Victoria and the current Australian Masters Team Captain was narrowly defeated in the final of the 2011 World Over 50's World Title, played in Blackpool England on Friday July 1st the match went down to the second last frame with Terry narrowly being defeated 8 – 6 in the final, a great effort and from all at the AEBF and in Australia a job well done

Terry Bond
Australia Over 50's World Champions 2011

The Australian Over 50's team consisting of Terry Bond (Victoria), Shan Baker (Western Australia) and John Howson (Victoria) have won the 2011 World Over 50's (Masters) Title

Playing the England 'B' Team in the final the Aussies won 5 – 3, to view the results from all the Australian team matches, player stats and the final score sheet click here

The team manager was Cheryl Congram from Victoria and on behalf of all players and supporters well done guys – WORLD CHAMPIONS

Visit the World Site to keep up with the latest results from the 2011 World 8Ball Championships – www.wepf.org   

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2011 WORLD EIGHTBALL POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Australian Over 50’s Team – World Champions 2011

Renata Delahunty – Runner Up World Ladies Singles 2011

Ben Nunan – Losing Semi Finalists Mens Singles 2011

Terry Bond – Australian Over 50’s Singles Runner Up

Australian Mens Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 11 – 8

Australian Women’s Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 8 – 6

Under 18 Junior Team – Losing Semi Finalists to England 8 – 5

Under 18 Singles – Dayne Van Kempen defeated 7 – 5 in Quarter Finals

Thanks to Kolbe Poole and the Girls in the UK for our Facebook updates – https://facebook.com/AEBF8Ball
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The Teams below will represent Australia at the 2010 World 8Ball Championships in Blackpool, England from June 27th – July 6th
If you would like to see the original team as selected at the 2009 Australian Eight-Ball Championships click here
Open Team

Ben Nunan – Captain
Justin Sajich – Vice Captain
Michael Scerri
Paul Hancock
Nathan Nemes
Jamie Stevens
Barry Kitchener Jnr
Brent Read
Team Manager – Ben Crawley
    
Womens Team

Renata Delahunty – Captain
Margaret Gorski – Vice Captain
Nicole Welsh
Kerri Collins
Rebecca Evans
Tania McClure
Team Manager – Cheryl Congram

    
Masters Team

John Lehman – Captain
Steve Gray
Terry Bond
    
Junior Team

Anthony Adams – Captain
Luke Anglesey – Vice Captain
Nick Young
Dayne Van Kempen
Ian Hinton
Jarred Jensen
Team Manager – Warren Ross
Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 12:39

Aussie wrap up from World Championships 08
Australia – Australian Team 2007
Australian Men’s Team bow out in preliminary final v Malta
Danny Higgins – Runner Up Masters (over 50’s) Singles Final
Steve Woods – Selected in the World Team, Steve won 23 frames from 34 frames played
Nicole Welsh defeated by Emma Cunnigham in quarter final of Ladies Singles
Anthony Adams semi fnal of the Masters Junior Singles
Marc Robertsin wins the World 8Ball Masters Singles Plate Tournament
 
Australian Masters Team Wins World Title, defeating England in the Final

Australian Masters Team lost the first frame before fighting back to take a 3 – 1 lead, England then fought back to level the scores at 3 all, Danny Higgins then took us to a 4 – 3 lead before John Howson sealed victory of 5 – 3  – full results at – www.wepf.org

    Masters Team

John Howson
Danny Higgins
Robbie Savage
Team Manager – Phil Dando
 
Masters (Over 50’s) Singles Final

Danny Higgins (Australia) v Michael Fortune (Ireland)

The match started with the Irishman storming to a 4-0 lead and appeared to be cruising to easy victory.

Danny had other ideas, and with some brilliant pool won 6 straight frames to take what appeared a match winning lead 6-4.

Michael Fortune fought back and leveled the score at 6-6.

Both players continued to play open attacking pool with just the occassional sensible defensive shot as the match drew to the tense final stages.

Danny went 7-6 up but Michael immediately leveled at 7-7 to make the match go the full distance.

Michael Fortune took the final frame to win a very entertaining final, this gave the Irishman the Over 50 World Title for the second consecutive year.

MICHAEL FORTUNE 8 DEF DANNY HIGGINS 7

 
Australian Men’s Team finishes 3rd after the round robin and played Malta in Preliminary Final 1

Australia played aginst Malta on Tuesday and found the current European Champion too strong

It was 4 – 3 at the the end of the 1st round in favor of Malta, and then Malta took all their chances with some excellent attacking pool to register 7 – 1, from that point in the match, the Australians found it diffcult to peform at the level that had projected them into the finals

Final Score: MALTA 11 d AUSTRALIA 4

Ben Nunan made it through to the last 16 of the World Singles before losing to Gareth Potts

Steve Woods defetaed in the last 32 by Jason twist

Marc Robertson defeated Morray Dolan (Northern Ireland) in the Final of the World 8Ball Mastes Plate Tounament – 7 – 6
 
Australian Women’s Team finsihes 5th after round robin

Me Malone made it through to the quarter finals of the World 8Ball Masters Singles for Women losing 5 – 1 Emma Cunningham

Nicole Welsh – Quarter Finals of Ladies Singles

Nicole played Emma Cunningham former World Champion in the quarter finals of the Ladies Singles, unfortunately she was out played by Emma with the exception of the 6th frame, when Nicole had a moment of glory excuting a very skilful pot out

Final Score: Emma 6 d Nicole 1
 
Under 18 Junior Team finsihes 5th after round robin

Alessandro Nasca made it through to the last 16 of the Junior Singles, losing 6 – 5

Anthony Adams peformed well to reach the semi-finals of the Junior Masters Singles and lost to the eventual winner Steve Petty of England

Full draws for Men. Women, Juniors can be found on the World Eightball site www.wepf.org or follow the links below for each section

    Open Team

John ‘Rusty’ Wheeler
Ben Nunan – Vice Captain
Marc Robertson
Steven Woods
Paull Clack
Alec Evreniadis – Captain
Travis Crawley
Justin Sajich
Team Manager – Phil Dando

Australian 8Ball Men’s Team Summary

Hoping to improve on last year’s disappointing result, this Australian team includes experienced players: Captain Alec Evreniadis from South Australia, Ben Nunan (Vice Captain) (Victoria), Paull Clack (Victoria). Adding to this experience is, Steve Woods (ACT) Australian Singles R/up, Travis Crawley (NSW) and Marc Robertson (Victoria) who have travelled before. Other players to watch out for are first time representatives in talented Justin Sajich ( Western Australia ) and John (Rusty) Wheeler (Queensland) the current Australian Singles Champion.

    Women’s Team

Sue McCord
Nicole Welsh
Kerri Collins
Lauren Jelly
Melanie Malone
Rebecca Evans
Team Manager – Cheryl Congram

Australian Women’s Team Summary

This year’s Australian women’s team consists of many new faces. Sue McCord ( Queensland ) has represented Australia previously. Mel Malone ( New South Wales ), Kerri Collins ( Queensland ), Nicole Welsh ( Australian Capital Territory ) & Rebecca Evans ( Western Australia ) are all representing their country for the first time. Lauren Jelly ( Queensland ) & Cheryl Congram ( Team Manager ) ( Victoria ) are the only members of last year’s very successful team.

    Masters Team

John Howson
Danny Higgins
Robbie Savage
Team Manager – Phil Dando

Australian Masters Team Summary

Being the first time Australia is sending a Masters Team, High expectations is expected. This team consists of experienced players in John Howson (Victoria) Danny Higgins (Queensland) and Robbie Savage (Darwin NT)

    Junior Team

Gus Di Giorgio
Scott Peel
Alessandro Nasca
Anthony Adams
Brent Hampton
Team Manager – Santo Zappia
 

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