FROM National U-17 Cricketer to Pool tournament organiser Ricardo Devers took a giant leap to stage the Hustler eight-ball knock-out best-of-three Pool competition at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMRSC) last Sunday.
The tournament climaxed in the early hours of Monday morning with Anthony Xavier producing a dominating display of Pool against Deenashwar Rampersaud in the final; winning two games to none, to take Championship honours in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Xavier captured the first prize of $100 000 from Nauth’s Motor Spares and the Trophy Stall Trophy in a tournament which attracted over 43 players.
Rampersaud, for his second-place effort received a five-stop trip on the Essequibo River inclusive of lunch and a trophy sponsored by Vnet Communications.
Earlier, Deenashwar Rampershad got a free draw into the final since there were three players left in the competition, leaving Xavier to battle Chrisnah Rambarran for a place in the final.
Xavier took the first game while Rambarran won the second before Xavier prevailed in the decider. Rambarran had to settle for the third-place prize of a trophy and a bottle of Absolut Vodka, sponsored by Nicky’s Natural Fruit Juices.
Solomon Jones won the raffle of a pool cue and case, sponsored by West Indies Sports Complex while Gbay Deals and Cell Point sponsored Advertising and Promotion.
Speaking at the presentation, Devers, a talented pool player himself, said that was the first time he had held such an event which he described as a success.
He said he wanted to have all of Guyana’s top players compete in one place since there is no Pool Association in Guyana to stage such tournaments.
Devers said unlike in the USA and Canada where Professional Pool is played and players can make a living from the sport, this is not the case here.
“I opened the competition to both males and females and while I know of females who are good pool players no female entered, so in my plans for future tournaments I hope to hold a female pool competition,” concluded Devers.
