Castle Brewing sponsors pool

CASTLE Brewing Namibia (CBN) late last week pumped N$50 000 into the game of pool, which it considers the second most popular game after football in the country.

CBN managing director Cobus Bruwer said his company was supporting pool because it had a lot of potential to grow countrywide, and many talented players were already competing in competitions and on a social basis. Bruwer, whose company has been serving as the main sponsors since the founding of the Namibia Pool Association (NPA) in 1999, spoke at the hand-over of the cheque late last week.Bruwer said he was impressed with the increasing number of competitive pool players and with the NPA’s efforts to promote the game in the rural areas.The men’s league, which consists mainly of players in the Khomas Region, now has 89 players compared to 83 last year, while the women’s league has grown from 11 players last year to 16 this year.NPA president Klaus Roerkohl thanked the South African beer giant for its support, saying it was a valuable contribution towards the promotion and development of the sport.But Roerkohl admitted that he was not happy with the difficulties the Association faced in establishing league structures in the rural areas.He said the NPA had tried unsuccessfully for many years to establish recognised structures that could attract players from the rural areas.He said most rural players were only interested in playing social pool and had little interest in playing in an organised league administered by a committee.Nevertheless, Roerkohl said his newly elected committee would once again try to convince social players to get involved in competitive pool.Bruwer, whose company has been serving as the main sponsors since the founding of the Namibia Pool Association (NPA) in 1999, spoke at the hand-over of the cheque late last week.Bruwer said he was impressed with the increasing number of competitive pool players and with the NPA’s efforts to promote the game in the rural areas.The men’s league, which consists mainly of players in the Khomas Region, now has 89 players compared to 83 last year, while the women’s league has grown from 11 players last year to 16 this year.NPA president Klaus Roerkohl thanked the South African beer giant for its support, saying it was a valuable contribution towards the promotion and development of the sport.But Roerkohl admitted that he was not happy with the difficulties the Association faced in establishing league structures in the rural areas.He said the NPA had tried unsuccessfully for many years to establish recognised structures that could attract players from the rural areas.He said most rural players were only interested in playing social pool and had little interest in playing in an organised league administered by a committee.Nevertheless, Roerkohl said his newly elected committee would once again try to convince social players to get involved in competitive pool.