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Balls of Steel

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Event Name
Side Tournament
When
Dec 15, 2018
Location
Montacute, SA, Australia
Director
AUS IFPA
Ranking System
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Show Impact
Change Effect
Pos Player Points Rank Rating Rank Rating Eff Pro
1 Greg Siegele 8.72 477 1759.16 477 -> 472 1759.16 -> 1771.5 38.7 -> 39.25
2 Stelios Michas 4.05 2826 1519.73 2826 -> 2623 1519.73 -> 1543.82 9.16 -> 9.72
3 Matthew Owen 2.34 841 1558.01 841 -> 846 1558.01 -> 1573.9 26.78 -> 26.78
4 Damian Hoffman 1.43 21016 1193.29 21016 -> 11293 1193.29 -> 1272.51 2.69 -> 6.54
5 Lou Martire 0.95 1079 1620.19 1079 -> 1081 1620.19 -> 1621.17 24.23 -> 24.06
6 Michael Costalos 0.70 622 1561.24 622 -> 626 1561.24 -> 1562.52 15.2 -> 15.17
7 Josh Jaeger 0.59 6045 1467.32 6045 -> 5852 1467.32 -> 1470.75 6.72 -> 6.72
8 Gary Regan 0.53 3891 1381.03 3891 -> 3901 1381.03 -> 1390.13 4.85 -> 4.86
9 John Kleeman 0.48 3331 1365.08 3331 -> 3336 1365.08 -> 1371.01 5.33 -> 5.33
10 Tom Hearn 0.44 8147 1168.41 8147 -> 7898 1168.41 -> 1187.86 2.85 -> 2.92
11 George Choimes 0.39 1945 1532.96 1945 -> 1946 1532.96 -> 1512.86 8.91 -> 8.87
12 Mark Snell 0.34 32841 Not Rated 32841 -> 20326 Not Rated -> 1217.06 0 -> 3.9
13 Ronald Opitz 0.29 3763 1487.51 3763 -> 3775 1487.51 -> 1460.54 9.45 -> 9.22
14 Jamie Linke 0.24 2311 1405.51 2311 -> 2318 1405.51 -> 1383.46 9.59 -> 9.51
15 Amity Wells 0.19 6358 1133.80 6358 -> 6376 1133.80 -> 1130.79 1.78 -> 1.79
16 Steven De Rijk 0.15 5198 1390.69 5198 -> 5176 1390.69 -> 1356.84 8.11 -> 7.69
17 Russell Cook 0.10 32841 Not Rated 32841 -> 28358 Not Rated -> 991.74 0 -> 1.15
18 Brian Slater 0.05 20084 1086.97 20084 -> 19322 1086.97 -> 1054.22 1.89 -> 1.56
  Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.
Additional Details
Address
Montacute, SA 5134, Australia
Registration Opens
Day of Tournament
Qualifying Format
Player Limit
No Limit
Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website
Finals Format
Overall

Tournament Director: Greg Siegele

9:30-9:45am registration
10:00am tournament starts. Late entries allowed up to 11:30am.

Tournament ends after 3.5 hours of play. At this time the queue will be cleared and all players shall finish their games in progress and the results count. Players receive 1pt for a win and -1pt for a loss. If a player is not available to play when called they shall receive -1pt and go to the back of the queue. Tie breakers will be resolved by awarding a higher placing to those with higher total games played. If still a tie a single game tiebreaker will be played for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place only.

WPPR Snapshot
  • Base Value 7
  • Total (before TGP) 8.72
  • TGP 100%
  • Event Booster 100%
  • Tour Value 8.72
Tournament Strength
  • Ranking Strength 0.29
  • Ratings Strength 1.43
  • Average Ranking 15.15
  • Average Rating 17.11
Player Stats
  • Player Count 18
  • Rated Players 14
Player Locations
  • Australia 18
Age Distribution
  • 26-35 1
  • 35-45 1
  • 45-55 2
  • 56-65 4
Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament May 18, 2025 MAIN Neal Wagoner
League December 07, 2023 MAIN Dale Price
League June 30, 2019 MAIN Raymond Fauber
Pin-Golf December 17, 2018 MAIN Matthew Owen
Main Tournament June 17, 2018 MAIN Lou Martire
Main Tournament November 18, 2017 MAIN Matthew Owen
Main Tournament April 30, 2017 MAIN Robert Macauley
Main Tournament November 13, 2016 MAIN Greg Siegele
Main Tournament May 22, 2016 MAIN Robert Macauley
Main Tournament October 25, 2015 MAIN Peter Milner
Main Tournament July 04, 2015 MAIN Greg Siegele

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