MOULIN Rouge home teams battled it out in the first and opening night of the 2014 8 ball pool competition.
The A team, consisting of Pierre Boonzaaier, Vincent Post, Chris Kennedy and Mark Mc Farlane, took on their B team counterparts, consisting of Roy Fouche, Jonathan Childsmith, Dave Renwick and George Gormley. This match saw the A team claim glory and well-earned points. It was a battle of old rivals competing within the same club, with Moulin Rouge A beating Moulin Rouge B 13-5.
The C team took on what they thought would be their lesser counterparts, only to discover the talent within the D team, which was made up of Val Storbeck, John Laas, Hendrick Nieuwenhuis and Sean Stannard. The D team claimed first blood by taking a full house score in the first round, with the C team reclaiming four points. After that it was tickets for the C team, with the D team going on a rampage and ending the night with a win. Final score was 12-6.
Sapphire Cove A came up against Sapphire Cove B. The A team of Glen Fryer, Hennie Coetzee, Mark Russell and Dean Keppler taught the B team’s Tyrone Foxon, Mike van Heerden, Charne Coetzee and Liza Vorster a well-learned lesson in the finer skills of the game by beating them 12-6. Deon and Mark beat Tyrone and Mike in their doubles match and the combination of Hennie and Glen won against Charne and Liza.
Reef V took on Reef BEE. Reef V’s Clint, Wayne, Johnny and Barry just edged out Reef BEE’s Ian, Pradesh, Jay and Brad. Final score was 10-8. Some awesome pool was played by two dangerous teams.
These are just some of the scores for teams in the Sapphire Coast league. Keep watching this space for more exciting updates.
KZNPF held its annual prize-giving and AGM on Sunday, 2 February at Moulin Rouge. A new committee was elected with the following people serving the pool players of KZNPF: Chairman Valerie Storbeck, vice-chairman Andries Coetzee, secretary Annalize Steyn, treasurer AJ Botha, PRO Nicole Winter, development officers Raymond Coetzee and Daya Moodley, league co-ordinators Jonathan Childsmith and Sjaun Bauer, tournament co-ordinators Petrus Naude and Johno Coetzee.
This dynamic committee is geared to make this league a super success.
The committee of KZNPF congratulates all the trophy winners in the various divisions of the domestic league and players who attended nationals. Also, all those who helped to make prize-giving a resounding success.
They thank everyone for their time and effort, and welcome all the new clubs and pubs into this wonderful sport. They thanked the owners for allowing them to use the venues.
Big thanks go to Roy Fouche and Tanya De Wit for allowing the committee to hold the event at Moulin Rouge, Illovo Beach and for their generosity in supplying all the salads, rolls and utensils.
Trials for the upcoming seniors national tournament will be held on Sunday, 16 February at Crazy Eight in Malvern. Should any players 39-years-old and over, wish to attend, call Petrus Naude on 082-802-1508.
The women’s nationals trials were held in November and KZNPF has selected two teams to send to the Worcester tournament, starting on Sunday, 27 April.
“We appeal to the general public and companies for donations towards getting these talented players to be able to participate and make our province proud once again, as our seniors and opens teams of 2013 are reigning champions and we would like to keep the trophies in KZN,” said a spokesman.
