All posts by travis

Status:   Professional

Strength:   Potting Freak
Weakness:   Scoreboard Pressure
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:
Easily, one of the most gifted and outstanding potters in the world. Jimmy can put a space between himself and any opponent in a blink of an eye. When in full flight, he is just a pleasure to watch.
If he can find the complete game, he will be unstoppable. Who ever gets to play Jimmy had better be ready to play, coz there aint no time to get settled… don’t blink… you might miss it!

If he shows up with his Á’ game, I pity the rest of you. 

Scott Matthews – (Melbourne) Victoria
Status:   Professional
Strength:   Same surname as Leigh
Weakness:   His stupid bloody cue!
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:
When he is not complaining about his cue, he is usually knocking in hundred breaks on the snooker table.

James Mifsud – Melbourne (Victoria)
Status:  Professional

Strength:   Strong Snooker Background
Weakness:  Weak 8-Ball Background
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:

Brenton Collier – (Adelaide) South Australia 

Status: Professional 

Strength: His attacking ability.
Weakness:  Slow games drain his power. 
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley 

Big Guns Comment:
Introducing, the current Australian Champion… Mr. Brenton Collier.
Yes ladies & gentlemen, he is the number one man at the moment. He finally captured Australia’s most prestigious title in Adelaide last year.
When he lights is up, he is unstoppable… his power and precision are jaw dropping, his desire to win is intense.

Brenton was a little bit of a scaredy cat last year… he didn’t want to jump on the big bad jumbo jet and fly to the Gold Coast and take on the best.
Well, here he is boys!!! He is number one, and he has come to take the cash.
Bookies have decided to take him on… We don’t think he can last two full days and a Friday night of full-on tournament play.
We are tipping that Mr Collier will exit the main draw late on Saturday night. Prove me wrong big fella!!!

Michael Scerri – (Melbourne) Victoria 
Status:  Professional

Strength:  All Round Player
Weakness:  
Favourite Player: 

Big Guns Comment:
A very solid performer at any tournament.

A tough customer to come up against as he doesn’t usually give much away.

Scerri is a former Player of the Carnival at the Australian Titles… And that aint easy to do!

Should go quite well in this event as he has the tempremant to go a long way.

Keep Safe.

Status:   Professional

Strength:   World Class Cueist
Weakness:   Is there one?
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:
The Falcon!… Yes he is Maltese…. and he is world class!

A player like Steve in this event really adds a shine and highlights the credibility of the event.

A world class snooker player and a brilliant pool player, Steve will take some stopping.

Steve came 2nd at the Australian Singles Championships in Adelaide last October and he will be looking to continue his impressive

form into this event.

As I said… World Class… Steve will be single figure odds for sure.

Justin Sajich – (Perth) Western Australia
Status:  Professional

Strength:   He can bench press a bus!
Weakness:  West Coast supporter.
Favourite Player: Jo Jo

Big Guns Comment:
A genuine superstar in Australian 8-Ball.
Justin started winning Australian titles before his voice broke.
He is one of the most consistent players in Australia, his ability to adapt to any match type is a massive advantage

for this champ from the west.
He can pot as good as anyone, he has got the patience of a saint, tactically, he is as good as anyone.
Not the most dynamic player in the field, but that matter little when the job needs to get done.
If he decides to practice for this, he will be very, very hard to beat.

The bookie will not take any risks with this young fella… he will be kept very safe.

Joel Younger – (Geelong) Victoria 
Status:  Professional

Strength:  Where do I begin?
Weakness:  I have no idea.
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:
Joel returns to have another go at the Big Guns title after a terribly unlucky 3rd place last year.
Along with Ronnie & Ben, Joel produced some of the most memorable shots and brilliant clearances that most of

the people in attendance had seen for a long time.

Joel is easily able to win this title. One assumes that he has put in some extra table time in the lead up to this

years event. If you want to see a world class player in full flight, come down to Princes and watch this guy.

He is my tip to win the event his year. I cannot go past him. With practice, I cant see anybody beating him.

Whoever beats Joel (if any), will win this event.

Bookies do not want to lay a bet on Joel… He is a better chance to win this than Sepoy is to win the Golden Slipper!!! 🙂 

Steve Woods – (Queanbeyan) New South Wales
Status:  Professional

Strength:   Potting
Weakness:  Getting over the line.
Favourite Player: Travis Crawley

Big Guns Comment:
Steve has established himself as one of Australias best.
His performances at Australian titles has him walking straight into Australian teams with ease.
He has made two Australian singles finals but fallen at the final hurdle on both occasions.

Rusty Wheeler – Queensland
Status:  Professional