Rox­bury Shot Callers con­tin­ue to set the pace in the Na­tion­al Pool League’s Di­vi­sion One. Their lat­est state­ment, a 4-1 win away from home against Scotchies Nu­bian Kings on Tues­day night.

In the match played at Bil­liards Place, Aranguez, Jonathan Gor­ing got the Shot Callers off to a great start with a 4-nil win over Mukesh Ramk­nath. That win in­clud­ed a gold­en nine, (nine on the break) in the third frame.

The sec­ond game be­tween Bri­an Bis­nath and May­ton Charles was more com­pet­i­tive with Bis­nath win­ning the con­test four frames to three. Home­boy Charles start­ed off well with a ta­ble run in the first frame, on­ly for Bis­nath to bounce back with three con­sec­u­tive wins. Charles hit back with two com­bi­na­tion nines (tack­les) but Bis­nath pre­vailed with a win in the sev­enth frame.

The third game was the dou­bles en­counter and that al­so went the way of the vis­i­tors. Rox­bury cap­tain Raj Per­sad teamed up with Pe­ter Ga­jai to play Deck­lon Ash­ton and Lind­say Whiskey. The hosts took the first frame but Per­sad and Ga­jai, like their team­mates be­fore, won the next three. Ash­ton and Whiskey pulled with­in one at 2-3 but that was as close as they got. The Shot Callers took care of busi­ness in the first three games to win the match.

The on­ly ca­su­al­ty for Rox­bury was Roger Stew­art who went un­der to Brent John 1-4. Akash ‘Knuck­les’ Poon made the match score 4-1 with a com­pre­hen­sive four frames to one win over An­tho­ny John. Through eleven weeks of com­pe­ti­tion the Cunu­pia-based Shot Callers, boast ten wins and just one loss.

In oth­er Di­vi­sion One match­es, Sicar­ios reg­is­tered their sec­ond con­sec­u­tive shutout, beat­ing Pan­thers 5-0 away from home at Play­house in Barataria. It was a clin­ic from the Sicar­ios as Mikkel Govia start­ed things off with a 4-nil win over Bri­an So­rias. Clint Mara­jh was near per­fect de­feat­ing Pan­thers cap­tain, Shamir Ny­sus 4-1. In the dou­bles game, Sachin Ram­nar­ine and Dy­lon King were al­so 4-1 win­ners over Kevin Car­dinez and Videsh Dupraj. Al­lan Lawrence, who is un­de­feat­ed in eight match­es, beat Glen Ra­goo 4-2 and the on­ly close game was the fifth en­counter be­tween Waz­im Mo­hammed and Al­lan Per­sad with Per­sad pre­vail­ing 4-3. Sicar­ios, with a record of nine wins and two loss­es, are sec­ond on the stand­ings and is the on­ly team to have reg­is­tered a win over the ta­ble-top­ping Shot Callers in the league thus far.

For­mer lead­ers Pock­et Preda­tors have fall­en off the boil and af­ter los­ing three match­es in a row, find them­selves fourth on the stand­ings. Their lat­est loss came at Lucky Sports Bar in Ec­cles Vil­lage, Williamsville, where the home team Lucky Sports won the en­counter four games to one.

The re­main­ing match­es saw third place Unit­ed Stars de­feat JJ Shoot­ers 3-2; Ago­ra Stingers beat Top Shooterz Krew 3-2; Crazy 8’s de­feat­ed Ken­ny’s 3-2 and Dekko All Stars downed Shoot­ing Stars 3-2.

In the Pre­mier di­vi­sion: Ri­valz are back on top of the Pre­mier­ship stand­ings af­ter de­feat­ing Sicar­ios 3-2 at Bil­liards Place in Aranguez on Wednes­day. Ryan Mo­hammed, Ran­dall Bood­han and the dou­bles pair of Clint Bachan and Kr­ishen­dath Heer­alal were the win­ners for the Ri­valz while Adri­an Lo­gie and Adri­an Mo­ra were vic­to­ri­ous for Sicar­ios. De­spite the loss, Sicar­ios main­tain their hold on third place on the ta­ble.

Cuetrollerz trav­elled to Curepe to take on Gold­en Arch­es and came away with a 4-1 win.

D Un­der­dawgs were al­so 4-1 win­ners over The An­ni­hi­la­tors.

Unit­ed Stars, who are sec­ond on the stand­ings, were sched­uled to play Cen­tral Stars, but the stars from Cen­tral, sad­ly with­drew from the league af­ter week nine. Shoot­ing Stars, mean­while, were on a bye.

First Di­vi­sion Ta­ble

Pos*Team*Name*Played*Wins*Loss­es

1*Rox­bury Shot Callers*11*10*1

2*Sicar­ios*11*9*2

3*Unit­ed Stars*11*8*3

4*Ago­ra Stingers*11*8*3

5*Pock­et Preda­tors*11*7*4

6*Crazy*8’s*11*6*5

7*Dekko All Stars*11*6*5

8*Lucky Sports*11*5*6

9*JJ Shoot­ers*11*5*6

10*Scotchie’s Nu­bian*Kings*11*4*7

11*Pan­thers 11*3*8

12*Top Shooterz Krew*11*3*8

13*Ken­ny’s*11*2*9

14*Shoot­ing Stars*11*1*10

Pre­mier*Di­vi­sion*Ta­ble

Pos*Team*Name*Played*Wins*Loss­es

1*Ri­valz*9*7*2

2*Unit­ed Stars*8*7*1

3*Sicar­ios*8*5*3

4*Cuetrollerz*9*4*5

5*D Un­der­dawgs*9*4*5

6*Gold­en Arch­es*9*4*5

7*Shoot­ing Stars*7*2*5

8*The An­ni­hi­la­tors*9*1*8