Times Of Swaziland: THRILLING DIXIE’S KO DRAW

THRILLING DIXIE’S KO DRAW
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BY CHRIS DLAMINI on 13/06/2019 00:42:00


MBABANE – Only one giant club in Way Inn got the easiest draw in the inaugural
Dixie’s International Pool Knockout Tournament.
The package is E10 000, which was taken from the E40 000 sponsorship by the
sports products company.
The larger chunk of the money, E30 000 to be precise, was directed to the league
played under the auspices of the Manzini Regional Pool Association (MRPA) –
the country’s most active and richly sponsored pool tournament.
The tournament kicks off this weekend with the giant clubs going against the
other while league defending champions Way Inn will expectedly have an easy one
against fellow Malkerns rivals Stairs Pool Club in one of the three games billed
for Saturday.
The biggest clash pits army side Garrison against AMICAALL ‘Pool for health’
Knockout champions, Manzini Pool Club (MPC) in the opening game at 11am before
Stairs and Way Inn at 1pm while the last match will be another tough clash
between AMICAALL semi-finalists Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) and
Mankayane at 3pm.
Garrison have a lot of ground to cover here after they were humiliated 13-3 in
league first round clash.
biggest
On Sunday, the clash of the day will play last, unlike Saturday’s fixtures
where the biggest one opens.  It’s Dixie’s League rookies France against
Correctional Services at 3pm. The former narrowly won 13-10 in their first round
league matchup. Note that all games will be played at the Matsapha Police
Academy on both days.
There will be two games preceding this debacle with the full fixtures as
confirmed by the MRPA while the prize breakdown is yet to be released.