Sports Briefs

Blind draw dart tournament every Saturday night

CNMI Billiard and Dart Association is reminding all members and non-member dart players, that there will be a blind draw dart tournament scheduled at Shooters Sports Bar every Saturday night beginning at 8pm. Entry fee is $5 and games are only $.50 per player.

Shooters Sports Bar & Grill would also like to call on any organization, or individuals, interested in helping to sponsor any fund raising events for the upcoming 6th Micronesian Games to please drop by or call Fred Prinz at 235-3733 after 5pm.

The CNMI Billiard League is organized and operated by the CNMI Billiard and Dart Association with direct help and services provided by AMPAC, Ltd. and Shooters Sports Bar & Grill.

The association is a non-profit organization set up and run for the billiard and dart players of the CNMI, with regular membership meetings to here the voices and concerns of the players and to schedule upcoming events.

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9-ball and 8-ball tournaments at Top Pool Bar

Top Pool Bar is inviting billiards players of all shapes and sizes to its 9-ball tournament every Saturday and 8-ball tournament every Friday.

Saturday’s games start at 8pm with the two hours prior to the competition reserved for practice (two tables). Entry fee is $10 with the winner taking hope $100, runner-up $50, and third place free entry in the following week’s contest.

Top Pool Bar’s 8-ball tournament every Friday also begins at 8pm. The hour before the games are reserved for practice (two tables).

There is no entry fee and the winner walks away with $50, second place an hour-long free practice, and third place gets 30 minutes of free practice.

The 9-ball competition uses a single elimination format, while the 8-ball tourney is a double-elimination affair.

For more information about the 9-ball and 8-ball competitions at Top Pool Bar, call Zheng Jian Qing at 233-6999 or 287-7676.

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Trench Warz III: Commotion on May 27

Trench Tech-Purebred Saipan will host Trench Warz III: Commotion on May 27 at the school’s gym behind Moylans Insurance in Garapan.

Trench Warz organizer Cuki Alvarez said he is looking for fighters who are willing to showcase their mix martial arts skills, and is setting a deadline of May 20 for fighters to sign up.

The featured fights will be boxing, submission wrestling, no-hold-barred, and full-contact matches, which could go up to more than 16 contests.

Tickets cost $20 and will be made available soon.

The event is also a fundraising activity for the wrestling federation, which is busy preparing and training their athletes for the 6th Micronesian Games in June.

Among the standouts who are expected to be on the card are Frank “The Crank” Camacho, Trench II main event winner Jason Tarkong, Slade “The Palauan Phenom” Adelbai, and hard hitting Kelvin Fitial.

For more information about the fight or mixed martial arts, contact Alvarez at 888-8327.