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Fungai Muderere,  Senior Sports Reporter
EXPERIENCED players Robin Nikiforos, Sthembiso Dive, Priscilla Chisoro and Reya Chitokwane will represent Bulawayo province in the female category of the Carling Black Label National Pool Championships in Harare after emerging as the top in the provincial final.

Wryn Nhachi, Stephen Paswani, Clement Gutse, Tafadzwa Mushangwe, Nomara Chisuwa and Hillary Mukamuri earned themselves tickets to the men’s national finals.

Pool

The Bulawayo provincial matches were graced by former Bulawayo Pool Association (BPA) chairman Godfrey Kondo, who played an exhibition match against Mike Mutsvedu from Queens Pool Academy.

“It was good to see hordes of pool lovers throng Dawn Sports Bar to witness the final qualifier matches.

It’s our sincere hope that these experienced 10 players are going to represent Bulawayo province well,” said Dawn Pool proprietor Osborne Wells Dziko, who doubles up as the BPA publicity secretary.

A fortnight ago, the Zimbabwe Pool Association (ZIPA) outlined the playing format of the annual tournament, which made a return this year after being put on hold for two years owing to Covid-19 outbreak.

Zimbabwe Pool Association (ZIPA)

The regional qualifiers were staged at 24 centres nationwide.

Meanwhile, Blackball International (BI) has announced that the pool World Championships will take place in Tangier, Morocco, in October.

Tangier is a coastal city in northwestern Morocco at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.

The championships will run from October 8-15.

Blackball International (BI)

In a statement, acting BI president Myeherif Zine El Abidine said: “It is with great pleasure that Blackball International can announce officially the 2022 World Championships are set to take place from 8 to 15 October 2022 at the beautiful city of Tangier in the Kingdom of Morocco.

“This historical event in Morocco will be attended by hundreds of players from the five continents who will compete for the prestigious title of World Champion in 23 sections.”

The participants will seek to outdo each other in the men’s, ladies, seniors, masters, Under-23, Under-18, Under-15 and wheelchair categories.

There will also be learning disabilities, physical disabilities and team events at the competition that will be streamed worldwide. — @FungaiMuderere.