PEGASUS POOL LEAGUE
RICHARD ARTHUR (FOUNDER)
FOUNDED IN 1995, PEGASUS POOL WAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF 8 BALL AND TO DEVELOP THE LESSER PLAYER INTO DEVELOPING HIS/HER GAME TO TOP LEVELS.
SEEING A NEED TO CREATE A UNIQUENESS IN PEGASUS POOL AND AT THE SAME TIME, A CREATIVE MARKETING PLAN TO CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF THE POOL PLAYING FRATERINTY, THE DIAMOND CUE AWARD WAS INSTITUTED. THE DIAMOND CUE IS GIVEN AT THE FINALS WHICH ARE HELD AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND IS AN IMPORTED ENGLISH CUE WHICH HAS A GENUINE DIAMOND SET IN THE BASE.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE WINNER HAS GROWN FROM A MICROWAVE OVEN TO R10000.00 AND IS ENVISAGED TO GROW TO R250000.00 IN A FEW YEARS. THE LEAGUE HAS ALSO GROWN FROM GIVING A WINNERS PRIZE TO STRETCHING THE PRIZE MONEY TO THE LAST 32 PLAYERS, THE TOP 2 VETERANS, THE TOP 2 LADIES, THE TOP 2 JUNIORS AND A HOST OF OTHER PRIZES FOR PLAYERS THAT EXCELL THEMSELVES DURING THE YEAR.
1995 PEGASUS CHAMPION WAS GEORGE BRADLEY A TOP SOUTH AFRICAN SNOOKER PLAYER, 1996 PEGASUS WAS SHELVED TO ANNYLISE THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 1997?S CHAMPION WAS ALAN BROUDE OF RANDBURG, 1998 THE CHAMPION WAS THE WORLD NO.6 RATED POOL PLAYER, MIKEY ALEXANDROU AND IN 1999 THE WINNER WAS MARCO DA CARVALHO.
PEGASUS POOL LEAGUE WAS KEPT LOCAL IN CENTRAL GAUTENG FOR THE FIRST 3 YEARS AND EXPANDED TO THE WESTERN PROVINCE IN 1999 AND IS EXPANDING COUNTRY WIDE IN THE YEAR 2000. ENTRIES FOR 2000 IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1000 PLAYERS AFTER THE HUGE AND SUCCESSFUL FINALS WHICH WERE HELD AT THE CAROUSEL CASINO ON THE 9TH AND 10TH OF OCTOBER.
SPONSORED PRIZES FROM LINE UP CUES, BERTRAMS V.O. BRANDY, UNION BILLIARDS, FAXE LAGER, THURSTONS SPORTS AND THE CAROUSEL, PLUS CASH FROM THE PLAYERS ENTRIES HELPED TO CREATE THE BIGGEST PURSE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND EXCEEDED R76000.00 IN TOTAL. PRIZE MONEY WITH SPONSORED PRODUCTS IN THE 2000 FINALS IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE REGION OF R120000.00.
27 NOVEMBER 1999