AS a result of their exceptional performance at the just concluded Guyana Pool Committee (GPC) Banks Beer National Pool Qualifiers, the pair of Sean DeSouza and Steven Persaud have secured sponsorship to travel to Trinidad for an upcoming competition with their national team.

DeSouza finished as the national pool champion, after recording 16 wins (lost three) in 19 games in the grand two-day finale of the nationwide competition, which attracted the top competitors in the country.

The champion lost to Kamil Husain, Dave Husain and number 13 finisher Ronald Lowton.
Persaud, who finished second, won 15 of his 19 games.

In total, the top eight players were selected to represent team Guyana, from the 20 finalists who competed at the Grand Central Sports Bar in Grove last weekend.
Johnathon Parbu finished third with 14 wins, while Kamil Husain, Abdool Salim, Ryan Rambalak, Anthony Xavier and Dave Hussain also made the national team.
Ryan Baksh, who won 10 of his games, and Suraj Singh who won eight, rounded off the top 10.

In Trinidad, the Guyanese players and their Trinidadian counterparts will battle in a competition similar to the Masconi Cup (which is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the United States since 1994). The hope is to create a friendly rivalry between the two nations and to re-ignite interest in the game.

According to information from the organisers, Banks DIH, Grand Central Sports Bar and Suraj Sports Bar were instrumental throughout the tournament.