EABL Launches Countrywide Pool Tournament

East African Breweries Limited through its Pilsner brand has launched a national consumer pool competition, dubbed League of Kings Pool Challenge in the hunt for a Kenyan representative to the World Pool Championships in England.

The three-month countrywide tournament is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants, with the ultimate winner taking home a cash prize of Kshs. 250,000 and a trip to London where s/he will play at the 2013 World Eight Pool Championship in England.

Pilsner’s last foray in the sport was a decade ago, in the Simba wa Kenya Pilsner Pool Challenge. It will take place in five regions: Central (covering Kiambu, Nairobi and lower Eastern part of the country), Western (covering Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley provinces), Mountain (covering Central and upper Eastern provinces) and the Coast.  The Armed Forces zone is categorised as a special region that will have major armed forces barracks pitted against each other.

The final winner, representing Kenya on the global stage in June 2013, will emerge from a rigorous competition that will be churned from preliminary stages over months of February and March, followed by knockout games at the regionals in April, with the national levels and grand finale in May.