Victorian Billiards & Snooker Association

Representing & Developing Billiards & Snooker as a sport in Victoria

VBSA

(Victorian Billiards & Snooker Association Inc.)
Representing & Developing Billiards & Snooker as a sport in Victoria
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VBSA About

VBSA Board Honour Board (2000 to present)

See attachment for complete Honour Board from 1928.

By: Alan Croft  Sat 20th Apr 2019 - 4:40PM

VBSA Life Members Honour Board
By: Mark Dunn  Sun 21st Apr 2019 - 7:01AM

How do I become a member ?

A person is considered a VBSA member when they have:

  • been granted Life Membership, or
  • paid the appropriate fee (for tournament play where a player is not playing weekly; see below), or
  • played or refereed at least one match in the preceding year; AND
  • completed an online Membership Application form. Form can be found on VBSA website "Policies & Procedures" page by clicking on this LINK

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.

From February 2018, ALL members are required to have completed a Membership Application, and in doing so agree to be abide by various ABSC & VBSA Codes, etc.  

By: Alan Croft  Sat 12th Nov 2016 - 10:35AM

VBSA Rules (Constitution) & ByLaws

Rules last updated at 15 August 2019 AGM

ByLaws last updated 8th February 2023.

The VBSA has prepared the attached graphic to clarify the Dress Regulations, as set out in ByLaw 2.  ALL players are expected to conform to the Dress Regulations.  Captains are expected to report any breaches to the Scores Registrar.  A reminder that matches can and have been forfeited for non observance of the Regulations.

By: Alan Croft  Sat 12th Nov 2016 - 11:36AM

About VBSA Snooker & Billiards Competitions

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

By: Alan Croft  Fri 20th Jan 2017 - 7:29AM