Past are the days when the North Eastern region of Uganda was openly tagged as ‘antiquated’ in several aspects of development.
Ahead of this year’s National Pool Championship, the Karamoja zone will be in the spotlight as the game will be played for the first time in the region.
“Pool is growing and seeing Karamoja region have a share of the national cake is a complete blessing” Competitions director, Paul ‘Pipo’ Kayanja says.
The national championships’ qualifiers will have approximately 40 new playing centers reaching as far as Moroto, Isingiro, Adjumani and Moyo that have been added to the competition.
The six week preliminary round will be immediately followed by a six weeks regional Qualification Stage with a two-week Break before the Grand Finale.
72 Preliminary and 9 regional playing centers will host Kampala qualifiers while 248 Preliminary and 31 regional centers will host upcountry Qualifiers.
This means this year’s Competition will host 27 Players from Kampala and 93 Players from Upcountry plus the top 8 Seeds at the Finals.
Players will be required to buy four Nile Special Beers to participate in this year’s tournament and thereafter take a shot to the ultimate Prize; a Car, Ugx 2M, a pool table and a winner’s jacket.
The tournament was launched last month at the brand house in Bugolobi.
