SA State Billiards Championship
Congratulations Arthur Karanis
The new 2022 Champion
Arthur defeated defending Champion Peter Udycz 782 – 635
This was a fascinating final, with two rivals and champions going head to head. Both players weren’t at their best but this just added another dimension to the final.
With one hour to play both players were level on the scoreboard. Arthur seemed to get a second breathe and started scoring more consistently and freely. When Arthur hit the front on the home straight he could sense victory and never looked back.
This was Arthurs 3rd State tile victory.
Peter was playing in his 28th State Billiards final in the last 30 years!!!!!!!
Phenomenal!!
2022
It was a fantastic day of Snooker. John Molnar played well in all his matches to take out the title, going one better than the previous year.
Peter Udycz and Gary Hazell finished second and third.
Arthur Karanis had the highest break of the day 41. The event was played under the new T140 format, which has modified rules and when a player passes 40 points in a break they must hand the table back to their opponent.
SnookerSA would like to thank all the player who supported the event.
South Australia State Junior Snooker Title
Congratulations Ben Zawko
Defeating Charlotte Lane Hatton 3-1 in the final
Charlotte continued her good form from Wednesday night finishing 4th in the Women’s 147 Snooker, taking it up to Ben, Winning the first frame. But Ben kept his composure and weathered the minor setback to win the next 3 frames and claim his first State title.
Both these players are fantastic ambassadors for junior cuesports in Australia. They both make huge comments to the sport.And work extremely hard. Luckily they have amazing parents who support them100%.
Keep up the good work.
Big thanks to Tad Babiak for running the event and Arthur Karanis for preparing the tables.
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ADELAIDE WSF EVENTS POSTPONED
Together with the ABSC we can today confirm that the WSF Open and WSF Junior Open tournaments scheduled to be played in Adelaide next January have been postponed until 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Both the WSF and the
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
are currently reviewing options as to how these important WST qualification opportunities can be maintained this season so that players are not disadvantaged.
2021 SA State Minor State Title
Final best of 5
John Quinlan V Kieran McGuire
Congratulations John Quinlan
2021 SA State Minor Snooker
Champion
Come Wednesday night we were left with 4 players.
John Quinlan v Graeme Halligan and Frank Zhao v Kieran McGuire.
The two semi-finals were contrasting. New blood in one semi and experience in the other.
In the new blood semi, we had defending Champion Frank Zhao and newly crowned Challenger league Champion Kieran. Both players were the standout players from the weekend play. Both free-flowing and attacking players. But with a birth in the final at stake, both players played more cautious. It was a great match that went to the decider with Kieran knocking out the Champion.
In the experience semi, both players played extremely well. John got up 2-0 but this match was much closer than the scoreline and could of gone either way.
The first frame of the final had Kieran leading all the way, only for John to steal it on the black. The match turned in Johns favour and he used his experience to shut Kieran out.
John winning 3-0.
John constantly backs up for all the snooker events and is always knocking on the door. Last night it opened for him and fully deserved his victory. Kieran a new member at SnookerSA
Is an exciting, attacking player and also a gentleman. Who in the future will be very hard to stop.
Click the link to watch on youtube https://youtu.be/jch9wp3jSkY
2021 SA State Minor State Title
Final best of 5
John Quinlan V Kieran McGuire
Congratulations John Quinlan
2021 SA State Minor Snooker
Champion
Come Wednesday night we were left with 4 players.
John Quinlan v Graeme Halligan and Frank Zhao v Kieran McGuire.
The two semi-finals were contrasting. New blood in one semi and experience in the other.
In the new blood semi, we had defending Champion Frank Zhao and newly crowned Challenger league Champion Kieran. Both players were the standout players from the weekend play. Both free-flowing and attacking players. But with a birth in the final at stake, both players played more cautious. It was a great match that went to the decider with Kieran knocking out the Champion.
In the experience semi, both players played extremely well. John got up 2-0 but this match was much closer than the scoreline and could of gone either way.
The first frame of the final had Kieran leading all the way, only for John to steal it on the black. The match turned in Johns favour and he used his experience to shut Kieran out.
John winning 3-0.
John constantly backs up for all the snooker events and is always knocking on the door. Last night it opened for him and fully deserved his victory. Kieran a new member at SnookerSA
Is an exciting, attacking player and also a gentleman. Who in the future will be very hard to stop.
Click the link to watch on youtube https://youtu.be/jch9wp3jSkY
Adjusted South Australian Snooker and Billiards State Titles 2021
State Billiards – 1st – 2nd May – Final 5th May
Minor State Billiards – TBA
State Snooker –changed see above post
Minor State Snooker – TBA
Women’s State Snooker – Round Robin 15th Nov, Final 18th Nov
147 State Snooker – 18th September – Final 22nd September
6 Red State Snooker – 21st August – Final 25th August
Presidents Cup – Snooker – Billiards – 6th-7th November
Ian Chappell Invitational Snooker– December Test Match weekend
John Gilbert Memorial Snooker – 25th January
All these dates are subject to change due to Covid restrictions