The VBSA Board is working hard to help grow our sport and to be more inclusive, accessible and transparent to its members.
We are happy to announce our first quarterly scorecard (see attached).
The VB&SA (Victorian Billiards & Snooker Association Incorporated) was established in 1927.
Its charter is to
- run the Sport of Billiards & Snooker in Victoria
- run Tournaments and events as per our Calendar of Events
- operate week to week inter club competition (Pennant) in Billiards and Snooker
- foster the sport in Victoria and to organise and develop the sport at a junior level
- co-ordinate the sport in accordance with the Australian Billiards & Snooker Council.
Our week to week competition consists of:
Pennant Season One is run over (typically) 14 weeks on Monday and Wednesday nights. It starts around mid February with finals in July. The snooker competition is graded from A Premier to C Premier and A State to D State. The billiards competition is graded A State to C State.
Pennant Season Two is run over (typically) 18 weeks on Monday and Wednesday nights. It starts around mid August and finals finish early December. A Premier to C Premier Billiards and a snooker competition is graded from A Willis through to D State.
All grades in both Seasons have 4 players with 2 tables required. All matches are played off scratch. Snooker matches consist of 3 frames and Billiards matches are of 80 minutes duration.
The VBSA run tournaments from time to time and these will be published on the website as entries are called for. To enter any VBSA run tournament, you must be a member of the VBSA or a member of an affiliate.
For more information or assistance please email the Score Registrar at scores@vbsa.org.au
You are considered a member of the VBSA if you satisfy at least one of the following:
- Are a Life Member
- Are an "Active" Referee (Reviewed annually by the Victorian Director of Referees)
- Are an "Active" Coach (Reviewed annually by the Victorian Director of Coaching)
- Are an "Active" City Club player (As advised by the CCC Administrator)
- Are a Junior (age 18 or under)
- Identify as a Female or Non-Binary
- Have played 1 or more pennant matches in the current year
- Have paid a $20 membership fee in the current year & submitted a VBSA membership form
ALL members are required to have completed & had accepted a Membership Application, and in doing so agree to be abide by various ABSC & VBSA Codes, etc.
Note; For the purposes of Tournament play, as both Victorian and Interstate tournaments require entrants to be a member of their home state association. In the early part of the year, any player that was a member in the previous year will be considered a member for this purpose only. As the year progresses a player will need to either be playing on a regular basis or pay the nominated membership fee to enter tournaments.
See attachment for complete Honour Board from 1928.