Pool Club in Bethal proceeds to leagues’ quarter-finals
The players who lost on Sunday did not go home empty-handed. Each received a certificate, as well as a small trophy.
BETHAL – The Vitruvian league of the Da Vinci’s Pool Club saw their player list cut from 18 to eight players after the qualifiers and knockout rounds were played on Sunday, 25 October.
The qualifiers saw Eben Swanepoel and Marius Vermeulen move on to the knockout stages where Swanepoel had to face nr 1 Frans Muller and Vermeulen faced nr 2 Shane Nolan. Both Muller and Nolan won their matches to progress to the quarter-finals.
The opening match of the top 16 was between Jean Vos and Wikus van Heerden.
Van Heerden was having a bad day at the table and Vos cut his race for the trophy short with a 4-0 victory.
G. C Pienaar who placed 13th had to play Neels “the Pensioner” Botha who placed 4th on the log.
Botha went into the match a favourite because of log standings and quickly gained a 3-0 lead.
Pienaar scraped and clawed his way to a 3-1 score only to succumb to the Pensioner’s experience in the next frame, losing the match 4-1.
Further matches included Jo van den Berg losing to Bertus Nel 4-0 and Wilfred van Niekerk and Michael Martins reigning victorious over Niki Venter and Jaco Vos.
The players who lost on Sunday did not go home empty-handed. Each received a certificate, as well as a small trophy.
The players in the quarter finals will be Jean Vos, Bertus Nel, Frans Muller, Wilfred van Niekerk, Shane Nolan, Michael Martins and Neels Botha.
The Mona Lisa league for the women also came to the end of the round-robin stages recently.
The women’s league has been full of excitement, showcasing some great talent and potential, as well as delivering some unforeseen upsets.
Some of the action included Jackie van den Berg narrowly losing against Sylvia Pieterse (Mpumalanga Cue Sport’s chairperson).
Pieterse also lost one match against Sune Etsebeth. Jolanie Kruger managed to get a victory in a match over Carien le Roux.
Le Roux also struggled against Cecilia Vos (novice), winning the match only marginally by 2-1.
These women showed true grit in fighting for log position going into the quarter-finals that will be played on Sunday 8 November.
Matches that will be played are Jackie van den Berg vs Sylvia Pieterse, Elaine Muller vs Sune Etsebeth, Jolanie Kruger vs Elisha Kruger, and Carien le Roux vs Cecilia Vos.
The quarter-finals promise to deliver some action-packed games and there may be an upset or two in the mix.
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