The Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Billiards & Snooker Association Inc. was held on Friday, December 2nd, 2022.
The Minutes, Reports and FYE22 Financial Audit are attached.
Steve Mifsud triumphed 6-5 in the Australian Open Final, defeating Roger Farebrother in an exceedingly high-standard contest.
In the 11-frame final, Roger compiled 4 breaks of 45 or more, while Steve provided 5 breaks of 50 or more, showcasing the skill and precision we have missed, at this venue, since 2019!
The enthralling tussle had Steve leading 1-0 despite Roger’s break of 45. Roger then made breaks of 76 & 81 and “stole” the next on the final Black, to lead 3-1.
On resumption, Roger led 4-1, before Steve fought back to 4-3 with breaks of 64 & 65. Responding with courage, Roger’s 54 break brought him to the brink of victory at 5-3.
Then Steve provided a magnificent finish for the spectators, with breaks of 50, 61 & 64 to achieve the Championship Win 6-5!
Steve has now won the Australian Open Championship on 7 occasions, and the far wall of the “Mounties” Billiard Room had a montage of photos, highlighting (a younger) Steve, and the Final, when he played Dene O’Kane in front of our former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke AC.
Attached image shows Frank Dewens (ABSC President), Steve Fitzpatrick (“Mounties” Vice-President), Steve Mifsud and Roger Farebrother.
Neil Robertson and Thailand's Mink Nutcharut beat Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna 4-2 in the final of the new BetVictor World Mixed Doubles at the end of a tournament which showcased women’s snooker to a vast audience.
Read the full story, and see Nutcharut's fantstic 74 clearance, at https://wst.tv/robertson-and-nutcharut-win-landmark-doubles-title/
Congratulation to Julie Watson on winning the 2022 Ruby Roberts Victorian Womens Billiards Championship at Cheltenham on Saturday in a thrilling last ditch win over Anna Lynch.
That's the State Snooker & Billiards titles to Julie.
Fantastic effort.
In consideration of our members, the VBSA is instigating, with immediate effect, changes to the Pennant Dress Regulation; ByLaw No.2.
The changes relax the rules regarding permissible trousers and shoes and clarify clothing rules for females.
Please note the relaxed rules DO NOT apply to the Finals Dress Regulations.
Click this LINK to view updated ByLaws.
Well the first Pennant Singles Finals have been completed.
You can see the recorded live streams in "live videos" on our Youtube channel channel
https://www.youtube.com/@victorianbilliardsandsnook7966/streams
See the attached document for full results and pictures of the first evening.
Full results and pictures for night 2 are posted on Facebook Victorian Billiards & Snooker Association (VBSA)
Please provide any feedback via our VBSA Facebook page or to secretary@vbsa.org.au
Please note that Fixtures for Season 1 have now been finalised on the Scores page.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
Mark Dunn, Scores Registrar, 0422 304 052
To help grow the sport and in response to the request by members at the last AGM to make ranking points more relevant the VBSA is making the following changes.
This is the first of several changes in this area and more will be announced soon.
These events will attract ranking points that will be applied to the Victorian State Rankings for Snooker and Billiards:
- Victorian Women’s Snooker
- Victorian Women’s Billiards
- Victorian Juniors Snooker
- Victorian Juniors Billiards
- Victorian U21’s Snooker
- Yarraville U19 Junior snooker championship
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Stage |
Snooker |
Billiards |
|
Entry |
20 |
20 |
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Knockout events - points per match won |
20 |
50 |
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Round robin – Points per frame (Snooker) & match (billiards) won |
6 |
50 |
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Points for breaks 40-99 |
40 |
40 |
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Points for breaks 100+ |
100 |
100 |
Venue Yarraville Snooker Club
Date 19th Feb 2023
Play begins at 9AM sharp
Come along and enjoy the day we have a sausage sizzle at 1pm should be a enjoyable day of snooker.
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