Held at the ACBS Clubrooms 26 October 2008 :
Good to see a lot of new faces in this tournament. There were only a couple of surprises in Section Play, one of them being Siloti Maher not qualifying for Post-Section.
Main Event Final: M Hannah bt M Scarborough 3/1. Highest Break : M Hannah 72.
Plate Event Final: P Bevin bt D Judd 2/0.
Consolation Event Final: B Holmes bt S Angove 2/1.
Consolation Plate Final: D Faiumu bt Y Shi 2/1.
Held at the ACBS Clubrooms 27 October 2008 :
This was probably the youngest field for many years with Anaru Tanehana (9), Leonard Toh (11), Tom Woodman (11), Dominic Tanehana (12) and Josh Milne (13). There were eight in the field and a one-frame round robin was played.
Held at the ACBS Clubrooms 25 October 2008 :
Siloti Maher won her sixth Open Women’s title, but not without some anxious moments!
Held in Petone : 18-19 October 2008
The Capital City Billiards and Snooker Assn held the annual Jim Couper Open Snooker event over the weekend at the Petone Club. A strong field contested the NZ Ranking event and the countries top seed Harry Haenga, once again came out on top.
Held at the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club, Hosted by the Auckland Billiards & Snooker Assn : 18-19 October 2008
This tournament has been resurrected after last being contested in 2001, and thanks to the generous sponsorship from the BNZ, attracted a field of 40 players.
Held at the Howick Club : 11-12 October 2008
Held at the ACBS Clubrooms : 03-05 October 2008
Lots of surprises with some lower ranked players having their best ranking tournament results ever. Paul Olsson was one of those people. He was the only player to beat Ramona Belmont in Section Play and he ended up 9th qualifier over all.
PRESS RELEASE : Sunday 12 October
In a fast paced Final, India’s Chitra Magimairaj today won the Australian Open Snooker Championship at Mount Pritchard Community Club (Mounties), beating the Queensland champion, Shirley Smith, 4 frames to 1. Continue reading »
Steve Thomas, Waikato, showed everyone that his Semi-final spot in the 2008 Cuesports Foundation NZ Snooker Championship was no fluke, as he put together a magnificent 143 clearance in the annual Waikato/Bay of Plenty Interprovincial Challenge.