It’s a dog-eat-dog in Dixie’s League

MBABANE – The end of the road in the Dixie’s International E40 000 Pool League is nigh in what is proving to be a close contest with a couple of games to spare.

Going to the weekend, leaders and defending champions Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) Pool Club have everything to give when they travel to a tricky Ludzeludze II on Saturday.

The star-studded ensemble with big names like ladies national team Coach Sithembiso ‘Dodge’ Matsebula, the decorated national star Sibusiso Nhlabatsi and Colani Mbingo were stunned by Figaredo two weeks ago.

They had been hoping to recover from that defeat last weekend but their game with Phocweni was a non-starter.

It has since been rescheduled to this

Sunday at 1pm inside the Police Academy in Matsapha.

REPS are only three points away from hopeful Way Inn who sit on second and four points off Correctional Services and Manzini Pool Club (MPC), but they have a game in hand. All the three teams still in the race have two games while REPS have one in hand before the season is over.

Way Inn will have a tough one against Manzini Masters away in Manzini on Sunday at 1pm, while MPC will have it quite easy against a faltering Garrison lately on Saturday, with Correctional Services away to rookies Ntontozi where the former are expected to come out victors.

Manzini Regional Pool Association (MRPA) Secretary Musa Dlamini confirmed the fixtures as well as results and standings after the past weekend.

WEEKEND RESULTS:

MPC 13-4 Ludzeludze I Figaredo 7-13 Correctional Garrison 4-13 Ntontozi Ludzeludze 9-13 Bhunya

Way Inn 13-5 Stairs Correctional 13-0 Garrison Masters vs Malkerns REPS vs Phocweni (Both games for rescheduling)

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FIXTURES (WEEK 25):

Saturday (Kick-off is 2pm all games)

Fiagredo vs Phocweni

MPC vs Garrison

Ntontozi vs Correctional Services LudzeludzeII vs REPS

M. Masters vs Malkerns (Malkerns) Sunday (1pm kick-off for all matches)

Ludzeludze vs Stairs

M. Masters vs Way Inn

Malkerns vs Bhunya

REPS vs Phocweni

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