The South African Chinese Eightball Championship was held at Wynberg military sports grounds in Cape Town from 17 – 21 Dec 2019.
Mpumalanga was represented by Jacobus Le Roux, Thabo Taljaard and Nathan Rupping, they all play for Pandas club in Secunda.
They participated against 18 teams from all different provinces including some national and international players. Mpumalanga managed to win the team event by winning 17 out of 18 matches.
Nathan Rupping finished as the nr 1 ranked player in the team event with Jacobus and Thabo finishing 7th and 8th respectively.
This is the first time Mpumalanga managed to win a nationals in a team event.
Jacobus Le Roux also managed to finish 3rd in the singles event. Nathan will represent South Africa in a team event in 2020 that will host 32 countries.
