North prepares for pool league

EENHANA – National women’s pool champion, Halleluya Nghidengwa, has decided to establish the first-ever pool league in northern Namibia.

Nghidengwa, who won the national title in 2002, 2003 and 2007, said the envisaged pool league would kick off in the second week of March and is expected to cover the four northern regions of Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshikoto. According to Nghidengwa, the league will be known as the Halleluya Northern Pool Association (HANPA), named after her.Nghidengwa told Nampa in an interview at Eenhana town on Saturday that she is working hard towards the nominations and elections of the yet to be formed executive of HANPA.”Each of the said regions can have as many pool teams as possible,” she noted, adding that a team could be made up of five individual pool players.Registration of teams and individual players ends on 5 March, 2008, while the registration fee is N$150 for an individual and N$750 for a team.Said Nghidengwa: “Everybody can register, interested men and women of northern Namibia are all welcome to be part and parcel of the league”.The league will run from March until November 2008.Nghidengwa pointed out that after the end of the league a tournament would be hosted, exclusively for northern teams, at Bennies Entertainment Park in Ongwediva before the National Pool Championships.Various local companies such as BH, Small Boss, Bro Nhinda, SoS Club and Checka Ndeya, have pledged material and financial support to HANPA.- NampaAccording to Nghidengwa, the league will be known as the Halleluya Northern Pool Association (HANPA), named after her.Nghidengwa told Nampa in an interview at Eenhana town on Saturday that she is working hard towards the nominations and elections of the yet to be formed executive of HANPA.”Each of the said regions can have as many pool teams as possible,” she noted, adding that a team could be made up of five individual pool players.Registration of teams and individual players ends on 5 March, 2008, while the registration fee is N$150 for an individual and N$750 for a team.Said Nghidengwa: “Everybody can register, interested men and women of northern Namibia are all welcome to be part and parcel of the league”.The league will run from March until November 2008.Nghidengwa pointed out that after the end of the league a tournament would be hosted, exclusively for northern teams, at Bennies Entertainment Park in Ongwediva before the National Pool Championships.Various local companies such as BH, Small Boss, Bro Nhinda, SoS Club and Checka Ndeya, have pledged material and financial support to HANPA.- Nampa