OVERSEAS NEWS
Australia
Commercial Club Open Billiards
Robby Foldvari won the Commercial Club Open Billiards tournament
which was held 15th-17th June in Albury. The event, with 24 entrants
used a double elimination format to qualify for the quarter final
knockouts. Foldvari defeated the reigning Australian Open Billiards
champion Matthew Bolton 1084-833 in the four hour final. Bolton
made the score look a little more respectable by playing out time with
a break of 201 unfinished, but would have needed to carry on for the
highest break of the tournament to win the match. This honour also
went to Foldvari with a run of 434 made against Joe Minici in the
quarter final. Joe was actually leading 286-85 at the start of the break,
which took over 45 minutes to complete. Foldvari followed this with
another massive effort in his semi-final against Steve Mifsud, compiling
a run of 431. Australian Open Snooker champion Steve Mifsud had
shown that his talents extend beyond the potting game by not only
qualifying for the quarter finals but also defeating Neil Croft who was
runner-up in the Australian Open Billiards last year. However, Steve
was outclassed by Foldvari, who averaged 84.2 in their the three hour
match.
Group winners from the double elimination stage were: Robby Foldvari,
Neil Croft, John Schenk, and Matthew Bolton. Qualifiers through the
repechage draws were Steve Mifsud, Joe Minici, Nino Psaila and the
New Zealand champion Wayne Carey.
Results
703; John Schenk 717 Wayne Carey 703; Matthew Bolton 1391 Nino Psaila 527.
(66) 256 (14.2); Matthew Bolton (293, 124, 65, 121) 1006 (27.9) John Schenk (79, 66, 57, 117) 717
(20.5).
55, 201unf) 833 (28.7)
2001 ACT State Championship
David Kilpatrick won the 2001 Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
State Billiard Championship on 22nd July by defeating Bob Fraser
1230-545 in the four hour final. Kilpatrick made the tournament high
break of 132 and is regarded as being in a league of his own in Canberra.
He played consistently and brilliantly throughout the tournament,
reaching the maximum 15 hazards seemingly at every visit at the table,
building precision-like breaks with brilliant potting. In the three-hour
semi-finals Kilpatrick beat John Ross and Fraser had defeated Syd
Campbell.
The BSAACT is a non-profit sporting body, dedicated to the promotion
of cue sports in the Australian Capital Territory. It was established in
1948 and has a long history of inter-club competition in Canberra.