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23-25 May 2008 Kings Entertainment Complex, Dingley VIC Quarter Finals Rudy Sulaeman def Steve Mifsud 3/1 Aaron Mahoney def Ben Judge 3/2 Glen Wilkinson def Vinnie Calabrese 3/2 Neil Robertson def Joe Minici 3/1 Semi Finals Aaron Mahoney def Rudy Sulaeman 3/2 Neil Robertson def Glen Wilkinson 3/2 Final Neil Robertson def Aaron Mahoney 4/1 High Breaks Ben Judge 108 Joe's Comments Neil was not firing on all cylinders throughout the tournament,which is understandable considering the gruelling season that the WSA main tour puts the top players through. The old saying comes to mind with Neil winning the Kings Cup and that is 'FORM IS TEMPORARY but CLASS IS PERMANENT' and Neil sure is a 'CLASS ACT'. Well the Kings crew have done it again ! What a fantastic tournament to be a part of,not only is it a great venue with 25 full size tables which catered well for the large entry of 128 players. The management headed by Mal Gilbert and his very competent and friendly crew sure know how to put on a very successful tournament, without forgetting the very capable tournament director in Terry Chapman, my hat is off to you all. Well done and please don't forget to send my an entry for next year's event. A big thank you must also go to Tony Fridman for puting up the prize for a raffle of a portable tv/hi-fi system, which incidently my good friend Graeme McNeil won. Oceania Billiards Championship 3-5 May 2008 Club Banora, Banora Point, Tweed Heads,QLD Semi Finals Semi-finals were 3 hour matches. Joe Minici 848 def Danik Lucas 751 Gary Oliver 665 def Peter de Groot 637 Final Final was 4 hours. Joe Minici 1129 Gary Oliver 924 High Breaks Danik Lucas 218, 182, 176, 152, 142, 136, 115, 113, 108, 107, 104, 103, 102 Joe Minici 217, 213, 160, 130, 119, 119, 108, 104 Gary Oliver 134, 122, 113, 112, 110 Joe's Comments What a great relief to have won my first Oceania Billiards C/Ship,in the early 90's in the final, I led David Meredith from New Zealand (15 times NZ Billiards Champion)by 49 points with exactly 2min 16 secs to go and I lost by one point. I learnt a big lesson that day (never under estimate your opponent)for I thought when I missed my last shot that I had won ! It wasn't to be, David proceeded to get them at the top using the Postmans Knock method of scoring and when he hit the cueball when he was on 47 the bell sounded but unfortunately for me he potted the red off the spot. I don't think I will ever have such as close a game in my life. There was a slight consolation though and that was not only was David a fine billiards player he was also a great gentleman even though I only met him once I have much respect and admiration for him. Oceania Snooker Championship 27 April - 3rd May 2008 Club Banora, Banora Point, Tweed Heads,QLD Quarter Finals Chris McBreen def Joe Minici 4/3 Danik Lucas def Djonge Fong 4/1 Glen Wilkinson def Shannon Dixon 4/2 Vinnie Calabrese def Johl Younger 4/0 Semi Finals Chris McBreen def Danik Lucas 5/3 Glen Wilkinson def Vinnie Calabrese 5/3 Final Glen Wilkinson def Chris McBreen 6/4 High Breaks Chris McBreen 127 Vinnie Calabrese 127 Daniel Thorp 108 Johl Younger 108 Peter de Groot 105 Joe's Comments Well hello again 'Mr Consistent' What could we say about Glen, he always seems to be in the reckoning, especially of major events. There seems to be a pattern here; when Vinnie beats Glen, Vinnie wins the tournament and vice versa. There is no doubt Glen is playing some of his best snooker in the twilight of his career,in turn I am sure it spurs on other players including myself in the over 40's bracket to keep practicing hard for our turn at the spoils. Queensland Open Snooker 2008 25-27 April 2008 Club Banora ,Banora Point ,Tweed Heads Quarter Finals Vinnie Calabrese def Glen Wilkinson 4/3 Joe Minici def Paul Balzer 4/2 Adrian Ridley def Shannon Dixon 4/0 Stuart Lawler def Johl Younger 4/1 Semi Finals Vinnie Calabrese def Joe Minici 4/1 Stuart Lawler def Adrian Ridley 4/3 Final Vinnie Calabrese def Stuart Lawler 5/2 High Breaks Vinnie Calabrese 126, 80, 72 Adrian Ridley 92, 58 Joe Minici 83 Joe's Comments Vinnie's on a roll ! That's three major tournaments in row, i.e. NSW State Title,Australian Under 21 C/Ship and now the QLD Open. In two of them he just got passed Glen Wilkinson in the deciding frame, but to his credit he went all the way playing some very entertaining attacking snooker. 2008 Pot Black Cup 28-30 March Brunswick Club Melbourne Quarter Finals Aaron Mahoney def Paul Thomerson 3/1 Robby Foldvari def Rudy Sulaeman 3/2 James Mifsud def Joe Minici 3/0 Steve Mifsud def Daryl Tippett 3/0 Semi Finals Aaron Mahoney def Robby Foldvari 3/0 James Mifsud def Steve Mifsud 3/2 Final Aaron Mahoney def James Mifsud 4/2 High Breaks Steve Mifsud 113 Joe's Comments The Pot Black Cup is a new Aust. ranking event introduced this year and I have been told that it will travel from State to State every year. Australian Open Snooker C/Ship 18-21 Oct 2007 Mounties Club, Sydney Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Marvin Lim 4/2 Sourav Kothari def Vinnie Calabrese 4/2 Stuart Lawler def John Wims 4/3 Shawn Budd def Keith E Boon 4/0 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Sourav Kothari 5/3 Stuart Lawler def Shawn Budd 5/3 Final Glen Wilkinson def Stuart Lawler 8/3 High Breaks Stuart Lawler 99. South Pacific Open Snooker 12-14 Oct 2007 Club Marconi Sydney Quarter Finals Peter Gilchrist def Roger Farebrother 3/1 Keith E Boon def Shawn Budd 3/1 Sourav Kothari def Aaron Mahoney 3/2 Alan McCarthy def Glen Wilkinson 3/2 Semi Finals Keith E Boon def Peter Gilchrist 3/1 Alan McCarthy def Sourav Kothari 3/1 Final Alan McCarthy def Keith E Boon 4/2 High Breaks Keith E Boon 139, 101 Glen Wilkinson 102 Australian National Snooker Championship 10-12 Aug 2007 RACV Club, Melbourne Quarter Finals Robby Foldvari def Daniel Thorp 4/1 Shawn Budd def Mathew Bolton 4/2 Aaron Mahoney def Roger Farebrother 4/2 Glen Wilkinson def Adrian Ridley 4/2 Semi Finals Shawn Budd def Robby Foldvari 5/2 Glen Wilkinson def Aaron Mahoney 5/3 Final Glen Wilkinson def Shawn Budd 6/5 High Breaks Aaron Mahoney 128 Glen Wilkinson 118, 103 Princes Coca-Cola Cup Snooker 5-7 Oct 2007 Princes Entertainment Centre Melbourne Quarter Finals Adrian Ridley def Aaron Mahoney 3/1 Robby Foldvari def Rudy Sulaeman 3/2 James Mifsud def Vinnie Calabrese 3/2 Glen Wilkinson def Joe Minici 3/1 Semi Finals Adrian Ridley def Robby Foldvari 3/2 James Mifsud def Glen Wilkinson 3/2 Final James Mifsud def Adrian Ridley 4/2 Fred Osbourne Memorial 3-5 Aug 2007 Commercial Club Albury Round 3 Quarter Finals James Mifsud def Rudy Sulaeman 3/2 Aaron Mahoney def Robby Foldvari 3/0 Roger Farebrother def Daniel Thorp 3/2 Chris McBreen def Glen Wilkinson 3/1 Semi Finals Aaron Mahoney def James Mifsud 4/0 Roger Farebrother def Chris McBreen 4/0 Final Aaron Mahoney def Roger Farebrother 4/2 High Breaks Aaron Mahoney 134 Joe Minici 131 Rudy Sulaeman 112 Central Coast Classic 7-8 July 2007 Central Coast Leagues Club Quarter Finals Neil Robertson def Roger Farebrother 3/1 John Wims def Serke Ivachev 3/1 Shawn Budd def Robby Foldvari 3/2 Glen Wilkinson def Daniel Thorp 3/1 Semi Finals Neil Robertson def John Wims 4/3 Shawn Budd def Glen Wilkinson 4/2 Final Neil Robertson def Shawn Budd 5/2 High Breaks Neil Robertson 138 Shawn Budd 102 Joe's Comments Considering Neil is on his off season and probably not practicing to much at the moment and also the fact that he was playing on worn cloth apart from the table that the final was played on, I think he did very well and showed his class even though he had a near miss in the semi final. Well done Neil and I am sure I speak for all Aussie snooker players, have a great 2007-8 season on the WSA main tour, we are proud of you. Australian National Billiards Championship 25-30 June 2007 Club Marconi Sydney Quarter Finals Matthew Bolton 1862 def Darren Martin 513 Ian Gilbee 845 def Mark Hammer 503 Joe Minici 738 def Frank Humphreys 663 David Collins 1327 def Todd Hayward 575 Semi Finals Matthew Bolton 1903 def Ian Gilbee 725 David Collins 1393 def Joe Minici 1056 Final Matthew Bolton 3076 def David Collins 1132 High Breaks Matthew Bolton 392, 332, 324, 266, 261, 238, 220, 217, 209, 207, 193, 190, 190, 178, 177, 175, 172, 166, 165, 164, 163, 162, 162, 162, 152, 152, 146, 123, 122, 120, 114, 113, 110, 107, 103, 100. Joe Minici 258, 186, 137, 113, 110, 103, 103. David Collins 254, 219, 211, 163, 154, 151, 150, 137, 128, 120, 120, 119, 116, 114, 108, 102, 100. Todd Hayward 122. Frank Humphreys 111. Darren Martin 104. Joe's Comments Well what can I say, Matthew Bolton is to billiards as Neil Robertson is to snooker, it's great to see we have two players that play to the highest World standards and hopefully it will inspire young and upcoming players to follow. NSW State Snooker Championship 31-1 April 2007 Club Marconi Quarter Finals Stuart Lawler Roger def Farebrother 5/4 Paul Balzer def Michael Hough 5/4 Shawn Budd def Nick Waymouth 5/0 Glen Wilkinson def Dave Wright 5/0 Semi Finals Paul Balzer def Stuart Lawler 5/4 Glen Wilkinson def Shawn Budd 5/3 Final Glen Wilkinson def Paul Balzer 5/0 High Breaks Stuart Lawler 120 Ray Balderston Memorial Open Snooker 20-21 Jan 2007 CabraVale Diggers Club Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Stuart Lawler 3/0 Lee Senko def Serke Ivachev 3/2 Joe Minici def Holly Young 3/0 Tyson Crinis def Aaron Mahoney 3/2 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Lee Senko 3/2 Tyson Crinis def Joe Minici 3/0 Final Glen Wilkinson def Tyson Crinis 4/0 High Breaks Serke Ivachev 97 Joe's Comments Mr Consistent does it again ! Well done Glen, you have definitely set the bench mark in NSW. Glen must of been a bit worried in the semi against Lee Senko but after winning I am sure it heightened his senses to beat the magnificent cueist in Tyson Crinis 4/0 who is yet to fulfill his true potential. City of Melbourne C/Ship 4-5 Nov 2006 Brunswick Club Quarter Finals Robby Foldvari def Paul Balzer 3/1 Roger Farebrother def Steve Ebejer 3/2 Michael Lupton def Rudy Sulaeman 3/1 Adrian Ridley def Joe Minici 3/2 Semi Finals Robby Foldvari def Roger Farebrother 3/0 Adrian Ridley def Michael Lupton 3/1 Final Adrian Ridley def Robby Foldvari 4/2 High Breaks Steve Ebejer 128 Roger Farebrother 101 Aust Open Snooker Championship 2006 12-15 October Mounties, Mt Pritchard Quarter Finals Dene O'Kane def Rudy Sulaiman 5/1 Glen Wilkinson def Matthew Bolton 5/3 Aaron Mahoney def James Mifsud 5/2 Steve Mifsud def Robby Foldvari 5/2 Semi Finals Dene O'Kane def Glen Wilkinson 6/2 Steve Mifsud def Aaron Mahoney 6/3 Final Steve Mifsud def Dene O'Kane 8/7 High Breaks Steve Mifsud 136, 131, 127 Dene O'Kane 136 Glen Wilkinson 130 Chris Calabrese 109 Rudy Sulaiman 105 James Mifsud 104 Chilli Internet South Pacific Snooker Tournament 23-24 Sept 2006 Club Marconi at Bossley Park Sydney Quarter Finals Hassan Kerde def Dene O'Kane 3/2 Paul Balzer def Glen Wilkinson 3/1 Steve Mifsud def Vinnie Calabrese 3/1 Robby Foldvari def Aaron Mahoney 3/1 Semi Finals Paul Balzer def Hassan Kerde 3/0 Steve Mifsud def Robby Foldvari 3/0 Final Paul Balzer def Steve Mifsud 4/3 High Breaks Michael Lupton 111 Joe's Comments Well it's been a long time between drinks for Paul but his incredible snooker ability wasn't to be denied and to beat Steve in the final was truly a great perfomance,well done Paul. Congratulations must also go to Alex for virtually one handed getting this tournament off the ground and bringing it to fruition to add to our list of National ranking tournaments for the year. Australian Snooker C/Ship 11-13 August 2006 RACV Club Melbourne Quarter Finals Vinnie Calabrese def Paul Bunt 4/1 Matthew Bolton def Glen Wilkinson 4/2 Steve Mifsud def James Mifsud 4/2 Robbie Foldvari def Aaron Mahoney 4/3 Semi Finals Matthew Bolton def Vinnie Calabrese 5/2 Robbie Foldvari def Steve Mifsud 5/3 Final Robbie Foldvari def Matthew Bolton 6/3 High Breaks Robbie Foldvari 121 Matthew Bolton 105 Joe's Comments Well done Robbie, after all these years of trying to win the National Snooker C/Ship you finally have done it which gives hope to the rest of us over forties players. As for Matthew he is definitely proving to be a strong force in Australian Snooker adding to the stranglehold that he has on the Australian Billiards C/Ship. Fred Osbourne Memorial Snooker Tournament 4-6 August 2006 Commercial Club Albury Quarter Finals Chris McBreen def Rudy Sulaeman 3/2 Glen Wilkinson def Po Hsien Lee 3/1 James Mifsud def Steve Mifsud 3/2 Stuart Lawler def Daniel Thorp 3/0 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Chris McBreen 3/1 James Mifsud def Stuart Lawler 3/2 Final James Mifsud def Glen Wilkinson 4/3 High Breaks Steve Mifsud 118 Joe's Comments The last two Classic's have seen two new names on the trophy Rudy Sulaeman 2005 and for this year James Mifsud, both who are from Melbourne. It was interesting to see on the winners honour list on the billiard room wall that only two New South Welshmen have won the Fred Osbourne in the last 20 years,those being Paul Balzer ( 3 times ) and Daniel Gimenez once. Melbourne players have had the majority of the spoils,so lets go NSW and see if one of us could add another NSW players name to the honours list for 2007. In closing congratulations to James who plays in most of the tournaments in Australia and certainly deserved his victory if for nothing else for his sheer persistence and as the saying goes ( Persistence pays!) Central Coast Classic 1-2 July 2006 Central Coast Leagues Club Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Rudy Sulaeman 3/1 Matthew Bolton def Joe Minici 3/0 Frank Karaberas def James Mifsud 3/1 Neil Robertson def Hassan Kerde 3/2 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Matthew Bolton 4/1 Neil Robertson def Frank Karaberas 4/0 Final Neil Robertson def Glen Wilkinson 5/4 High Breaks Neil Robertson 125 Aaron Mahoney 116 Glen Wilkinson 108 Hassan Kerde 104, 102 Shawn Budd 100 Joe's Comments Neil had two real scares on the way to winning the tournament, this being his 8th conscecutive Aust. ranking event. Firstly from the 'new kid on the block' in Hassan Kerde, who actually led Neil 2/1 in their quarter final match. In the final Glen had a nice 108 break and gave Neil a good tough match with both players making good sized breaks,Glen going for a three ball plant in the deciding frame which missed to see Neil making a nice 90 break to seal victory,well done Neil and good luck overseas for the 2006/7 season. KINGS AUSTRALIA CUP 28-30 May 2006 Kings Entertainment Centre Melbourne Quarter Finals Neil Robertson def Robby Foldvari 3/1 Glen Wilkinson def David Collins 3/1 Steve Mifsud def Rudy Sulaeman 3/1 James Mifsud def Aaron Mahoney 3/2 Semi Finals Neil Robertson def Glen Wilkinson 3/0 Steve Mifsud def James Mifsud 3/1 Final Neil Robertson def Steve Mifsud 4/2 High Breaks Steve Mifsud 131, 91, 90, 85, 80, 59 Neil Robertson 110, 113, 104, 93, 88, 85, 75, 73, 71, 63, 59 Aaron Mahoney 116, 75 Joe's Comments Great venue,great final with a break over 70 in every frame. Also you couldn't ask for two more talented players and good sport's to entertain the large crowd at the exceptionally well appointed Kings Entertainment Centre. Tournament director Terry Chapman and Kings manager Mal Gilbert,I salute you. Rooty Hill Masters 6-7 May 2006 Rooty Hill RSL Quarter Finals Paul Balzer def Frank Karaberas 3/1 Roger Farebrother def Vinnie Calabrese 3/0 Glen Wilkinson def Alex Render 3/0 Shawn Budd def Joe Minici 3/1 Semi Finals Paul Balzer def Roger Farebrother 4/1 Glen Wilkinson def Shawn Budd 4/0 Final Glen Wilkinson def Paul Balzer 4/3 High Breaks Glen Wilkinson 134 Joe's Comments Well ! Glen proved once again that he is the most consistent player in NSW. He seemed to have plenty of energy in the semi's where he defeated Shawn 4/0 with two 50 plus breaks and a magnificent 134,although in the final I think both Glen and Paul were showing signs of fatigue with Glen outlasting his younger counter-part,even though Glen played one extra round on the final day. As for me I thought I played O.K. eventually going down to Shawn 3/1 in the quarters,in the first frame Shawn beat me on a respotted black and in the second frame I was 40 in front with two reds left only to see Shawn clear up with a great 41 clearance. NSW State Snooker C/Ship 8-9 April 2006 Club Marconi Bossley Park Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Frank Karaberas 5/2 Roger Farebrother def Alex Render 5/3 Vinnie Calabrese def Shawn Budd 5/3 Joe Minici def Paul Balzer 5/4 Semi Finals Roger Farebrother def Glen Wilkinson 5/4 Joe Minici def Vinnie Calabrese 5/2 Final Roger Farebrother def Joe Minici 5/3 High Breaks Roger Farebrother 107 Shawn Buddd 104 Joe Minici 102 Joe's Comments Well done surely goes to Roger for he's tenacity and fine play he displayed all weekend, illustrated in the fact that he defeated Glen Wilkinson the defending and six time consecutive champion and he also had the tournament high break of 107. I would like to thank Paul Balzer for his good sportsmanship, for when we played in the quarter finals during the 3rd frame while I was trailing two frames to nil I found that my cue tip was lifting on one end,I went over to Paul and I asked him if he would mind if we could adjourn the frame while I re-glued my tip and without hesitation he said go right ahead and take as long a time as you need, and lo and behold I ended up winning the match. Unfortunately for me,Roger was just to strong on the day, I was very proud to make the final and a big thank you must go to Club Marconi for giving us their great venue and and for sponsoring the event. Billy Davis Memorial Snooker Championship 25-26 Feb 2006 Five Dock RSL Quarter Finals Michael Sharp def Roger Farebrother 3/2 Steve Ebejer def John Bermudez 3/2 Shawn Budd def Gary Mares 3/1 Glen Wilkinson def Paul Balzer 3/2 Semi Finals Michael Sharp def Steve Ebejer 3/2 Shawn Budd def Glen Wilkinson 3/0 Final Shawn Budd def Michael Sharp 4/1 High Breaks Steve Ebejer 101 Ray Balderston Memorial Open Snooker 10-11th Dec 2005 Cabra-Vale Diggers Club Cabramatta Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Stuart Lawler 3/1 Paul Balzer def Steve Ebejer 3/0 Joe Minici def Frank Karaberas 3/2 Aaron Mahoney def Mick Hough 3/1 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Paul Balzer 3/0 Joe Minici def Aaron Mahoney 3/1 Final Glen Wilkinson def Joe Minici 4/1 High Breaks S. Ebejer 94 A. Mahoney 94 Joe's Comments Well what can I say, '' Wilko your getting on my nerves'' this is the third final this year that I have lost to Glen. Hopefully I will turn it around in 2006. Thanks to Denis Balderston for once again organising the tournament named in memory of his father. Ray was a good friend of mine and a regular golfing partner who unfortunately I could never seem to beat,unfortunately this is the second time I have lost in the final since Ray's passing in 2000. Ray being a good friend it really would have been good to of one his tournament atleast once,but as they say 'kay serah serah' Blacktown Workers Pro-Am 28-30 Oct 2005 Blacktown Workers Club Quarter Finals Stuart Lawler def Andrew Samarjia 3/0 Steve Mifsud def Maher EL-Omera 3/0 Roger Farebrother def Frank Mezzasalma 3/1 Glen Wilkinson def Nat Sangkhonchat 3/2 Semi Finals Stuart Lawler def Steve Mifsud 3/2 Roger Farebrother def Glen Wilkinson 3/0 Final Stuart Lawler def Roger Farebrother 4/3 High Breaks Stuart Lawler 141, 114. Steve Mifsud 133, 130, 113. Joe's Comments Congratulations to Stuart who toughed it out from the very first match of which I referreed when he played Vinnie Calabrese,after finding himself 2/1 down in that match he prevailed 3/2. I believe that win was the catylyst to mentally strenghten his resolve to go all the way ! It's amazing sometimes when you know you probably should of gone out in the first round what it can do to your focus for the rest of the tournament. As for me,Craig Mills got me 3/2,he received 15 start per frame but to his credit he made a 46 clearance in the last frame to come from a few points behind and win. City of Melbourne Snooker C/Ship 21-23 Oct 2005 Brunswick Club Quarter Finals Robby Foldvari def Steve Mifsud 3/1 Joe Minici def Glen Wilkinson 3/1 Dene O'Kane def Andrew Hicks 3/2 Adrian Ridley def Mark Bullen 3/1 Semi Finals Joe Minici def Robby Foldvari 3/0 Dene O'Kane def Adrian Ridley 3/1 Final Dene O'Kane def Joe Minici 4/2 High Breaks Dene O'Kane 132, 125, 99. Rudy Sulaiman 111. Steve Mifsud 102, 85. Joe's Comments I was happy to reach my second City of Melbourne final but unfortunately I wasn't scoring heavy enough to stop the onslaught of an inform Dene O'Kane who in the final alone made breaks of 99,125,61 and a 47. Australian Open Snooker C/Ships 13-16 Oct 2005 Mounties Club Sydney Quarter Finals Matthew Bolton def Stuart Lawler 5/2 Glen Wilkinson def Joe Minici 5/2 Dene O'Kane def Rudy Sulaeman 5/2 Aaron Mahoney def Vinnie Calabrese 5/4 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Matthew Bolton 6/4 Dene O'Kane def Aaron Mahoney 6/2 Final Dene O'Kane def Glen Wilkinson 8/7 High Breaks Dene O'Kane 122, 103 Stuart Lawler 121 Michael Sharp 111 Serke Ivachev 107, 102 Joe's Comments I am sure Glen said to himself this is definitely one that got away. In my opinion Glen could of led 5 frames to 1 in the final,he was playing the more solid snooker with Dene seemingly out of sorts. Dene led 7/6 with Glen making a nice break to level the the scores to 7 all. The scores were level on the final blue in the decider with Glen laying a tough snooker on Dene,having missed two attempts at the same snooker and with Glen 10 points in front,Glen decided to have a go at potting the blue instead of milking the foul and miss rule. Some people might say Glen being a gentleman didn't want to win that way,well personally I think the rule should be abolished because it can be so unfair at times but in saying that the rule has to be used to one's advantage for there will come a time in every player's life that the rule will cost them a match if not a tournament. Dene went on to clear the three remaining colours and win the 2005 Australian Open Snooker C/Ship on the final black. P.S. I used to think Glen was one of the hardest players to beat on the Australian circuit,maybe he does have a chinck or two in his armour ! Princes Cup Sept 30-Oct 2 2005 Princes Entertainment Centre- Melbourne Quarter Finals Aaron Mahoney def Robbie Foldvari 3/0 Glen Wilkinson def David Collins 3/0 Joe Minici def Vinnie Calabrese 3/2 Steve Mifsud def Rudy Salaeman 3/0 Semi Finals Glen Wilkinson def Aaron Mahoney 3/0 Steve Mifsud def Joe Minici 3/0 Final Steve Mifsud def Glen Wilkinson 4/2 High Breaks Steve Mifsud 121,111,104. Glen Wilkinson 121. Joe's Comments It was good to see Steve in the winners circle again after a little while in the wilderness. Though I would of liked to have beaten him in the semi's,though in saying that Steve was just playing to well,making breaks of 74,104 and 81. Glen did well to reach the final making a 121 break against Aaron in the semi's. In the final Glen was three frames to two down then in the sixth frame he opened up with a 46 break only to see Steve eventually clear the colours and take the title also it was in the final that Steve equalled Glen's high break. The Princes Cup is a very well run tournament with super table conditions and I congratulate Terry Chapman (tournament director) and all the other people involved in making it such an enjoyable event. Australian National Snooker Championship 26 -28 August 2005 RACV Club Melbourne Quarter Finals Andrew Hicks def Robbie Foldvari 4/0 Vinnie Calabrese def James Mifsud 4/1 Roger Farebrother def Joe Minici 4/0 Adrian Ridley def Daniel Thorp 4/3 Semi Finals Vinnie Calabrese def Andrew Hicks 5/2 Roger Farebrother def Adrian Ridley 5/4 Final Vinnie Calabrese def Roger Farebrother 6/4 High Breaks Vinnie Calabrese 109 Roger Farebrother 107 Aaron Mahoney 105 Joe's Comments Two New South Welshmen contested this years Aust. Snooker C/Ship final,with Vinnie Calabrese winning this year we have the youngest ever winner at 17 years of age. While watching the final I had mixed feelings on who I prefered to win,for I am friends with both finalist's. It's great that Vinnie won for he has an enormous natural talent to pot balls though if Roger were to of won that would of been great as well for he would of been the oldest player to win ! Let's face it Vinnie would of had plenty of years to do it,as for Roger his hour glass to do it is running out. Australian Open Oceania Billiards C/Ship 2005 1-6 Aug 2005 Commercial Club Albury Quarter Finals Matthew Bolton 1396 def Bruce Wilkinson 562 David Collins 980 def Les Higgins 653 Joe Minici 900 def vs Frank Humphreys 506 Steve Mifsud 840 def Phil Tarrant 718 Semi Finals Matthew Bolton 1588 def David Collins 919 Steve Mifsud 1396 def Joe Minici 822 Final Matthew Bolton 2735 def Steve Mifsud 1359 High Breaks Matthew Bolton 471, 391, 296, 293, 291, 280, 232, 202, 181, 174, 163, 161, 153, 146, 141, 140, 137, 134, 123, 120, 120, 118, 118, 116, 115, 104, 104, 101, 100. Joe Minici 339, 219, 200, 170, 130, 121, 120, 109. David Collins 175, 142. Frank Humphreys 162. Phillip Tarrant 141. Steve Mifsud 137, 133, 130, 123, 122, 119, 112, 105, 101. John Schenck 131, 121, 119. Darren Martin 129. Bruce Wilkinson 113. Joe's Comments Well what can I say ! Matthew Bolton is the best billiard player in Australia,and there is no doubt in my mind that if he continues to improve he will definitely give Bob Marshall's record of 21 Australian titles a shake. Matthew averaged a world class 54 points per visit in the six hour final with Steve averaging a very commendable 27 with an average of 42 in the last two hour session of the final. Aust. National Billiards C/Ship ( 150 up ) 1-6 Aug 2005 Commercial Club Albury Quarter Finals Joe Minici def Mark Hammer 3/0 Frank Humphreys def David Collins 3/1 Matthew Bolton def Darren Martin 3/0 Les Higgins def Steve Mifsud 3/0 Semi Finals Joe Minici def Frank Humphreys 4/3 Matthew Bolton def Les Higgins 4/0 Final Matthew Bolton def Joe Minici 5/1 High Breaks Matthew Bolton 152,150. Joe Minici 150. Fred Osbourne Snooker Classic 29-31July Commercial Club Albury Quarter Finals Vinnie Calabrese def John Hudson 3/1 Rudy Sulaiman def Marc Bullen 3/1 Robby Foldvari def James Mifsud 3/1 Steve Mifsud def Michael Lupton 3/0 Semi Finals Rudy Sulaiman def Vinnie Calabrese 3/1 Robby Foldvari def Steve Mifsud 3/2 Final Rudy Sulaiman def Robby Foldvari 4/3 ( final black ) High Breaks Andrew Hicks 103,65 Robby Foldvari 95 Johl Younger 93 Joe Minici 91 Daniel Thorp 68 James Mifsud 61 Joe's Comments It's good to see Rudy finally break through,though to do it in one of Australia's biggest tournaments is truly remarkable for his first major success. Congratulations Rudy a win thoroughly deserved not only for your good and tenacious play but also for your support of most of the major tournaments within Australia. P.S. By the way,for mine,Rudy is one of the nice guys of snooker,well done mate ! NSW Billiards C/Ship 9-10th July 2005 Illawarra Master Builders Club Quarter Finals 'each game 2 1/2hrs duration' Joe Minici 989 def Bruce Ashby 431 Todd Hayward 658 def George Chammas 515 Joe Millen 718 def Adrian Hinks 439 Michael Pearson 596 def Phil Tarrant 549 Semi Finals 'each game 3hrs duration' Joe Minici 1087 def Todd Hayward 614 Joe Millen 525 def Michael Pearson 610 Final '4hrs duration' Joe Minici 1358 def Michael Pearson 859 High Breaks J.Minici 260, 159, 147, 142, 137, 136, 131, 118, 117, 136, 102. Darren Martin 200. M.Pearson 110. George Chammas 103. Adam Banos 100. Joe's Comments Billiards being my true love,winning my seventh state title was and is an exhilarating feeling not only in winning though more so in the actual playing of this beautiful game. Well done to Michael Pearson in reaching his first final knocking out two past champions on the way. Also congratulations to Darren Martin in making his first competitive 200 break which actually lasted until the final until it was brutaly beaten by yours truly,hopefully Darren and I are still friends! Thanks also to Roger Carr for securing the venue and for his first class refereeing. In fact thanks to all the referees for a tremendous job. Central Coast Leagues Club Classic 2-3rd July 2005 Central Coast Leagues Club NSW Quarter Finals V Calabrese def S Budd 3/1 G Wilkinson def J Mifsud 3/0 J Minici def R James 3/2 S Mifsud def N Vasic 3/1 Semi Finals G Wilkinson def V Calabrese 4/0 J Minici def S Mifsud 4/1 Final G Wilkinson def J Minici 5/1 High Breaks Rob James 117 Joe's Comments Congratulations Glen on winning your 4th title for 2005. I was very proud of myself beating Rob James from the UK in the quarters and Steve Mifsud in the semi-s though very annoyed and embarassed in the way I played in the final. My formal excuse is that I am just not fit enough and that I completely ran out of energy. In saying that I don't want to take anything away from Glen's victory for Glen is a winner and he did all that he had to do to win,though from my point of view I didn't give him the true contest that a national ranking final deserves. Especially here at the Central coast where in my previous three finals I lost to Stan Gorski 5/4 then I beat Glen 5/2 in my next final then in 2003 I lost 5/4 to Neil Robertson. Also congratulations must go to Vinnie Calabrese for his best result to date in reaching the semi-finals of an Aust. ranking tournament and in defeating Shawn Budd the current Aust. Open Champion on the way. West Coast International 10-12th June 2005 Pot Black Centre North Perth Quarter Finals Neil Robertson(Vic) def Nathan Webb(WA) 4/0 Rob James(UK) def Joe Minici(NSW) 4/1 Matthew Bolton(WA) def Steve Mifsud(Vic) 4/1 Aaron Mahoney(Vic) def Paul Bunt(WA)4/0 Semi Finals Neil Robertson def Rob James 5/2 Matthew Bolton def Aaron Mahoney 5/1 Final Neil Robertson def Matthew Bolton 5/2 High Breaks Neil Robertson 147, 139, 119, 118, 103, 93, 92, 86, 73, 71, 52, 50 Rob James 136, 120, 100, 92, 90 Paul Bunt 125 Steve Mifsud 121, 85, 82, 68, 60, 59, 51 Joe Minici 97, 62, 57 Aaron Mahoney 90, 77, 73, 69, 65, 55, 55, 53 Matthew Bolton 90, 75, 59, 58, 57, 56, 52 Joe's Comments Well what can I say,Neil has plainly gone to the next level! His break building is second to none,he made a magnificent 147 break in the second frame of the final,he also had a 139 in the semi-final against Rob James from the UK,who up to that stage had the highest break a 136 which he made against me in the quarter finals. Also congratulations must go to Matthew Bolton for making the final and for also taking some big scalps on the way. Michael Deane Memorial Billiards 28th May 2005 Club Marconi Quarter Finals Grant Meadley(+180)200 def Vic Sacco(+100)275 Fred Minici(+200)200 def Vinnie Calabrese(+90)211 Paul Oyston(+220)200 def Ted Cheam(+120)220 Adam Banos(+140)200 def Sam Delia(+170)173 Semi Finals Grant Meadley 220 def Fred Minici 145 Paul Oyston 200 def Adam Banos 274 Final Grant Meadley 241 def Paul Oyston 87 High Breaks Roger Carr 74 Joe Minici 74 Grant Meadley 57,56,53. Joe's Comments Well done to first timer Grant Meadley in these memorial billiards events who shows a lot of potential,hopefully he will persue the great enjoyment that billiards offers. Thanks again to Jim McConnell and Bill Hart for organising and running the tournament. Eric Smith Memorial Billiards 19th March 2005 Penrith RSL Quarter Finals Alan Muscio(+140)200 def George Chammas(+120)91 Adam Banos(+130)200 def Ted Cheam(+90)176 Sam chedid(+170)200 def John Morel(+230)138 Joe Minici(-150)530 def Fred Minici(+180)120 Semi Finals Alan Muscio 200 def Adam Banos 153 Joe Minici 522 def Sam Chedid 112 Final Joe Minici 490 def Alan Muscio 169 High Breaks J.Minici 180,151,144,134,112. Joe's Comments The format of this tournament is 200up - the player receiving the handicap aims for 200; the player conceding the handicap aims for 200 plus the differential - i.e. My target in the final was 200 + 290 = 490. Thanks very much to Jim McConnell and Bill Hart for organising and running the tournament. NSW Snooker Championship 21-22 May 2005 Club Marconi Quarter Finals Glen Wilkinson def Michael Sharp 5/3 Roger Farebrother def Danny Love 5/1 Shannon Dixon def Alex Render 5/0 Joe Minici def Vinnie Calabrese 5/2 Semi Finals G.Wilkinson def R.Farebrother 5/3 S.Dixon def J.Minici 5/3 Final G.Wilkinson def S.Dixon 6/3 High Breaks Michael Lupton 125 Joe's Comments Truly magnificent feat by Glen Wilkinson to win his sixth consecutive NSW State Snooker C/ship. Glen wasn't really firing on all cylinders in any of his matches but that just goes to show how solid a matchplayer he truly is,he is in the Steve Davis mould in my opinion,possibly not in consistency though definitely as a matchplayer. Shannon did well to make the final through some good matchplay of his own for he only had three breaks over forty though his table craft got him through,no doubt being Aust. under 21 Billiards Champion for the past three years has done him no harm in that area. As for my efforts I basically missed to many relatively easy balls against Shannon and I was duly punished as is what should happen when one doesn't take advantage of his opportunities. Also congratulations must go to Michael Lupton for his excellent high break of the tournament,a delightful 125 clearance. Rooty Hill RSL Snooker Masters 7-8th May 2005 Rooty Hill RSL Quarter Finals Paul Balzer def Nilal Kulatunga 3/0 Shawn Budd def Roger Farebrother 3/0 Glen Wilkinson def Ray Thompson 3/0 Stuart Lawler def Joe Minici 3/2 Semi Finals Paul Balzer def Shawn Budd 4/2 Glen Wilkinson def Stuart Lawler 4/2 Final Paul Balzer def Glen Wilkinson 5/4 High Breaks Glen Wilkinson-104 Shawn Budd-98 Punchbowl RSL Snooker Open 2-3 April 2005 Punchbowl RSL Quarter Finals Joe Minici def Michael Sharp 3/0 Alan McCarthy def Roger Farebrother 3/0 Shawn Budd def David Waller 3/1 Glen Wilkinson def Paul Balzer 3/0 Semi Finals Joe Minici def McCarthy 4/0 Glen Wilkinson def Shawn Budd 4/3 Final Glen Wilkinson def Joe Minici 5/4 High Breaks Glen Wilkinson 112 Paul Balzer 110 Shawn Budd 106 Joe's Comments Congratulations must go to Glen on his spirited fight back from being 4 frames to 1 down in the final,starting his comeback with the highest break of the tournament of 112. I was very pleased with my game throughout the tournament with not dropping a frame until the second frame of the final. Glen had a 51 break in the first frame and I was thinking to myself that this would be the first frame that I would of lost in the tournament so far,though in two subsequent scoring visits I managed win it. Then to my dismay Glen won the second frame in similar fashion after I had compiled a 55 break only to miss an easy third last red. In the next three frames I compiled breaks of 46,64,57 to go to a 'three up with four to play' situation. Then came the 'Wilkinson Tsounami' well,that's what it felt like. Glen in the next four frames compiled breaks of 112,69,44,47 to run out a 5/4 winner. It was a privilege for me to play in a final of such high quality. Also mention must go to Marwin Masri and the Punchbowl RSL snooker committee for putting on the tournament,thanks guys. Joe. Australian Open Snooker Championship 13-17 October 2004 Mounties, Mt Pritchard Quarter Finals Aaron Mahoney def Tony Kook 5-0 Steve Ebejer def Glen Wilkinson 5-0 Shawn Budd def Joe Minici 5-4 James Mifsud def Danny Love 5-2 Semi Finals Aaron Mahoney def Steve Ebejer 6-4 Shawn Budd def James Mifsud 6-5 Final Shawn Budd def Aaron Mahoney 8-4 High Breaks Tyson Crinis - 123, 102 Robby Foldvari - 108 Joe Minici - 106 Joe's Comments Congratulations Shawn,you truly are a talented player. I was very proud in playing Shawn in the quarter final,I remember saying to him if it wasn't for his ability to pot tremendous balls into the middle pockets at all angles and speeds I might of got him,truly he was potting balls with power into middle pockets from incredible angles,shots that unfortunately I can only dream about. In the semi-final Shawn had another close one with James Mifsud the talented left handed player from Melbourne and brother of the great Steve Mifsud ( 2002 IBSF World Snooker Champion ) In the final Shawn played gritty snooker to defeat last year's champion Aaron Mahoney 8/4. Archived Results
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