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