2018 NDBSA AGM

The 2018 Newcastle District & Billiards Snooker Association Annual General Meeting will be held at the Kahibah Sport Club 6:30pm on Wednesday the 28th February. The tied positions in the Summer 6-Red has meant that the scheduled Grand Final of the 6-red will be held on the following Wednesday night 7th of March. No snooker competition will be held on the night of the AGM. All NDBSA Members are encouraged to attend to vote on Committee positions and have input into the 2018 season. If you are interested in a Committee Position please contact Neil Fatania (nvfatania@gmail.com) or Grant Schubert 0421337105 by the 21st February at the latest.

 

Flyer can be printed or downloaded from here

 

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6-Red final 4 placings

The 4-way play-off for third position in the 6-Red Summer Competition was determined on Wednesday night with Mayfield Bowling Club No.2 defeating the Tennis Club and Kahibah Sports Cannons defeating Kahibah Sports Kings. Both matches went to the 5th game and all matches were of the highest standard on Wangi Workers Club’s beautiful tables. Thank you to Ian Callaghan for attending as Committee rep and marking.

This result means that next Wednesday the 14th February will be the following matches

Mayfield No.1 vs Cessnock – Wangi 7pm Winner through to Grand Final

Mayfield No.2 vs Kahibah Sports Cannons – Belmont 7pm Winner plays loser of above match

Good Luck to all teams

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NSW State Billiards Minors at CC Leagues & $0 entry!

The 2018 Minor Billiards will be played at Central Coast Leagues club on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 February.

This year you are playing for the honour and glory of a state title rather than for prize money and consequently entry cost is $0. You will still be required to join the State Association to play in a state title event.

We encourage all Billiards players, those of whom are eligable to play the State Minors and hope to get a big turn out on the beautiful Central Coast…if you lose you can still go for a swim!

The format is round robin so you are guaranteed at least 3 and possibly 4 matches regardless of the results. It’s a fun day of competition with other ladies and gentlemen of billiards. As with all Billiards events it is a welcoming crowd who enjoy each others company.

Attached is the BSANSW Calendar for 2018, simply click the event details for the entry form.

While you are looking at the Calendar you will notice 2 brand new State titles in the latter half of the year. These are short format frames of 150 up and we will be offering both a Majors and Minors event. If you have previously won any State Billiards title you will be ineligible to enter a Minor event, but can of course contest the Major billiards in either or both formats.

Dates for Lightning Billiards events at Hornsby are now also posted to the BSANSW calendar.

For Billiards aficionados please also note the dates for the Ron Shepherd Billiards in the Illawarra on the 19th and 29th of May 2018. This is an open non-ranking handicapped event run by Sandy Batellic and has proven to be very popular over the years. Many of the Sydney based players make a road trip of this event annually and rave about it.

Finally we are pleased to announce that we have confirmed dates and venue for the Sydney Open Billiards, the World Ranking premier event on the NSW Calendar.

This year the Club Marconi Sydney Open Billiards will be played at, Club Marconi on Friday Saturday and Sunday 6th 7th and 8th April. The field will include World Number 1 Peter Gilchrist and a number of other overseas superstars. This event is open to players from anywhere in the world regardless of affiliations and is a unique opportunity to see and play against the best in the sport right in your own backyard.

http://www.bsansw.com/Calendar.aspx

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4 teams tie for 3rd in 6-Red finals

Both Kahibah Sports teams, Mayfield No.2 and Tennis Club have tied for third. Under current NDBSA rules placing must be determined by play-offs. As such all 4 teams will play at 6:30pm at Wangi Workers Club on Wednesday the 7th February with a draw out of the hat to see which teams play each other. Both winning teams from the night will be equal third and will play each other the following Wednesday. Cessnock Comets are the 6-Red Minor Premiers and will play Mayfield Bowling No.1 on Wednesday the 14th of February at a venue to be determined. Good luck to all teams in the finals.

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2018 Mingara Double Trouble Results

Mingara’s 15th annual “Double Trouble” snooker tournament has come to a close after two big days of competition. This year’s event attracted a field of 36 entries (72 players) who came from areas including Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Lithgow, Bathurst, Young as well as the Central Coast. Spectators were treated to some great snooker throughout the weekend, with the top 16 teams from Saturday’s round robin stage progressing to Sunday’s knockout and culminating in a very entertaining Final.

This year’s finalists were popular local Mark Sainsbury, teamed-up with visitor Gary Collins from Forster, who opposed Mingara’s very own “dynamic duo” of Mick Tolhurst and Lochie James. It was a very hard-fought and entertaining tussle which came down to the deciding frame and both teams deserve hearty congratulations. But in the end there can be only one winner – and it was the Sainsbury/Collins combination which gained the upper hand to emerge victorious and claim the title of 2018 Champions.

Newcastle’s doubles teams Nilesh Fatania & John Duchatel, Peter Hough & John Francis and last years winners Ian Olsen & Gary Robert all made notable performances making it to the tournaments quarter finals.

Mingara hosts this popular event on behalf of the Greater Western SnookerCircuit (GWSC) and many thanks must go to all players and spectators who supported this year’s tournament and made it such a success. Special acknowledgement and thanks must also go to our major event sponsor “S&J Landscaping” and Mingara Recreation Club whose support and assistance made it possible.

Full results and details of all knockout games can be accessed via the following link: http://challonge.com/MingaraDoubleTrouble2018

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