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Golf: Vincent Torgah wins 2019 Nigeria Masters for 3rd record straight win

4/12/2019

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PictureVincent Torgah
Walking off the 18th green as the Nigeria Masters Champion, Vincent Torgah kept on looking fixedly at all the greats on the most sort after trophy on the African Tour.
 
On the Masters trophy, his name is etched twice right above Andrew Odoh who won the maiden edition of the Nigeria Masters. In the record book, he is the first player to win the title three times and that he did three years in a row. Alhaji Indimi representatives, Dr. Shehu Sule and Ambassador Sam handed over the trophy and the white jacket to Torgah at the prize giving ceremony.
 
Over four days at the IBB International Golf Course, he had no equal. But he had to work a little harder than he wanted for this one. Staked to a four-shot lead going into the final round, Vincent turned back every challenge. He made two key birdies around the turn, and delivered a majestic drive at just the right moment to close with a four-under 68 and complete his wire-to-wire victory.
 
Torgah , who finished at 9-under 279, with a nine stroke victory wasn't the only big winner Saturday.
 
Starting off on the 10th tee in the penultimate group in the final round was four times winner on the Tour Sunday Olapade & Zimbabwean Visitor Mapwanya who won the 2019 B&E tournament last month, both players were tied on the second spot on the leaderboard with three hole's to go. But a bogey on the 7th saw Olapade drop to solo third on the leaderboard after the round with both players grossing Level par and two-over par respectively.
 
Patrick Paul who was second heading into the deciding day, dropped to fourth place after carding a disappointing final round six-over 78  to close the shop at 5-over par. The same was the fate of Kano State professional Kabiru Haruna who also dropped from third to joint 6th after carding a final round six-over par 78. As the curtains fall on the 2019 Nigeria Masters.


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NIGERIAN MASTERS DAY 3: Torgah sputters to 76 after hot start

30/11/2019

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PictureVincent Torgah
After a solid performance in the first two rounds, Vincent Torgah made three bogeys and a double bogey on the opening nine and went ahead to shoot 4-over 76, leaving the African Tour foremost player see his seven stroke lead diminish to four after the third round on Friday.
 
Torgah’s round fell apart after his bogey at No. 10 that followed a par at No. 9, as he shot 39 in his back nine in glorious conditions at the IBB International Golf Course in Abuja.
 
Two over for his round arriving at the 1st tee, he sent his drive right into a water hazard and wound up making a double-bogey 6 and followed it with an early birdie on the second hole. And finished the first nine with a one over par.  Another wayward drive led to a bogey at the 10th and 13th before finding the rough on the 18th and ended up for a bogey too.
 
Patrick Paul didn't drop a shot in his front nine for a brilliant two-under par 34, but a bogey on the 10th and two other consecutive bogey's on the 13th and 14th holes saw the Nigerian finish his round at one-over par and now four shots off the pace at one-under par heading into the final round.
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Though Torgah remains the man to beat at this years Nigeria Masters two other players are still in contention including 2019 B&E champion, Zimbabwe's Visitor Mapwanya and Nigeria's Kabiru Haruna who at both tied for the third spot on the leaderboard at two-over par after 54 holes of play. While Sunday Olapade sits solo fifth on the leaderboard.
 
Despite a 72 and 80 in the first two rounds Southeast Shootout champion Francis Epe shot the lowest round on day 3 with after returning a one-under 71 to surge up the leaderboard by five spots from twelfth to seventh and now seven-over par heading


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Golf: Defending champ Vincent Torgah has back-to-back-to-back Nigeria Masters wins in sights

28/11/2019

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PictureVincent Torgah
Only sixteen players will advance to the final two rounds of the Nigeria Masters on a day that failed to follow the script.
 
Two internationals and three Nigerians failed to advance past the cut line. Ghanaian Vincent Torgah and number one player on the African Tour Order of Merit did not fail to send signal to all and sundry that he remains the king of golf in the West Africa region.
 
Vincent Torgah has an effortless power that is the foundation of his game, along with the confidence that comes with being the defending champion at the Nigeria Masters tournament. Those traits helped Torgah recover from a bogey on the second hole with a birdie on the third enroute to a seven-under 65 and a 7-shots lead after 36-holes at nine-under par, on a windy thursday at Abuja.
 
He’s joined at the top of the leader board, by Patrick Paul who also cruised to a second round three-under par 69 which left him seven shot off the pace.
 
The 2019 B&E Matchplay champion Visitor Mapwanya finished third on the leaderboard with a one-under par 71 on the IBB golf course on day two and now one-over par giving him a one-shot cushion over Kabiru Haruna who also finished two-over after 36 holes.
 
Emos Korblah, Kingsley Oparaku and Sunday Olapade who are all past winners on the African Tour are joint 5th on the leader board at three-over par and twelve shots adrift heading into the moving day.
 
Torgah, who is starting his fourth year on the African Tour, has won himself the Number-1 status on the Tour since 2017 till date and has retained that position for 152 weeks consecutively. The Ghanaian also known as 'MR CONSISTENCY' has also been the only player to have won the Nigeria Masters title back-to-back so this could be a big weekend for him in the 2019 season runoffs. 
 
Visit the www.Theafricantour.com website or download our App on Google Play Store to find more details on this event.


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Independence Day Golf: Vincent Torgah leads the way after a sparkling 63 in Round 1

30/9/2019

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PictureVincent Torgah
​The heat was raised to its peak as the various players who have come from different parts of Africa in celebration of the Nigeria's Independence, revealed their strength in the game.

The Ghanaian player leads the Championship after carding a record-setting score of 7-under 63 in the opening round of the 1st October Championship to take a three shots lead. Torgah began his game with a birdie in the first hole. He subsequently made an Eagle on hole 3 par 5. However he stumbled upon a boogie on hole 9 par 4, but that did not leave him short, as he proceeded to sink birdies on holes 10, and 3 straight birdies on holes 14, 15 and 16. He closed the game with a total of 1 Eagle, 6 birdies and 1 boogie. The 35 years old player is back to defend his title and take over the cup.

Chasing relatively closed was Visitor Mapwanya who posted halves of 34 and 32 on the front and back nine respectively, to finish the day with a blemish free 4-under 66. The Zimbabwean who took a break from the Tour earlier this year, was back to being 100 % focused on his golf since the “Shagamu Cup” last month. Visitor carded 4 birdies, on holes 1, 7, 14 and 15. He kept a clean card over the Port Harcourt golf course and grabbed just enough birdies to keep him in second place after round 1.

Gift Willy also made i a run! as he chases closely in third place. To start the tournament, the Port Harcourt based player rolled a birdie putt at the home hole to card a 3-under 67, leaving him 4 shots off the lead. The Nigerian is one of (if not the most) accomplished player never to have won a title on the Tour since joining in 2017. With 4 birdies and 1 boogie, he finished the round 1 stroke behind Mapwanya, maintaining his chances to win the tournament.

There was a long tie in the fourth place as 5 players struggled for the spot. Chukwudi Okoro, Solomon Ideriah, Christopher Francis, E.K Owusu and one time winner, Francis Epe kept the spot with level par 70.

Two other players carded 1-over par 71. The duo included two time winner on the Tour, Kingsley Oparaku and Atako Morgan of Port Harcourt golf club.

The layout at the Port Harcourt Golf Course has been prestigious as ever. The course which is hosting the African Tour for the second time this season, has been beautifully presented this week, and is delivering a firm but fair test of golf tournament,





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Good Times On The Green: Your guide to the 1st October Golf Championship

24/9/2019

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​The Portharcourt Club, Golf section will be looking a little greener next weekend as it welcomes the fourth edition of the African Tour's annual event that is usually staged to mark the Nigerian Independence.


This Annual independence tournament has become the best-attended event on the Tour.


Last year, a record number of spectators enjoyed the fun at the The Port harcourt Club Golf section as Ghana's Vincent TORGAH claimed the tittle.


The fun really begins on Friday with “TRAIN THE PLAYERS BY THE PROS”, all amateur players interested in building their game are welcomed to take part in this program.


The event will kick off by 12 noon - 2 pm .The program extends to Saturday, Sunday and Monday consecutively, from 4 pm - 5 pm.


Training time on Friday will be from 7 am - 10 am, as the course will be closed by 10 am.


All players on the course are expected to have dismissed their practice before 12 noon for the event to kick off.


On the first day of the training, the top 3 players on the O.O.M will teach, followed by the next three players on the O.O.M in the subsequent days and so on.


There will also be a “Beat The Pro Contest” among young players ages 6-18. Where any player who beats a pro by having his or her ball closer to the pin than the pros’ will win $100 Gift Voucher, everyday from Saturday to Tuesday on Hole 12 par 3.


The tournament officially begins on Saturday 28 September to Tuesday 1st of October 2019 for the pros, and 30th September to 1st of October for the amateurs (IF Monday is public Holiday).


Please bring your children for free training and give them the opportunity to experience the beauty of golf!

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Manchester City's quest for a 3rd straight League title

10/8/2019

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PictureManchester City's new boy, Rodrigo
​By Mac-Noble Adile


The citizens are preparing for another brutal campaign, where they will once again stand toe-to-toe with Liverpool and slug it out for the premier league title.


City recorded a mind-blowing total 198 points in their past two seasons to win back-to-back Premier League trophies, but many are speculating they will need to go beyond the 100 mark to win it again.


They will become only the fifth team in English football history to achieve the feat of three consecutive top-flight titles, after Huddersfield ,Arsenal , Liverpool and Manchester United (twice).


Manchester United did it from 1998-2001 and 2006-09, the only side to do it in the Premier League era. Before them, it was Liverpool (1981-84), Arsenal (1932-35), and Huddersfield (1923-26).


That’s it, so Manchester City is aiming to join pretty exclusive company when it tries to defend a trophy Liverpool as found as elusive company.


Last season finished tight. City’s incredible follow-up to an unprecedented season was again enough for first place. That was just one point more than the flashy Reds of Anfield, who threw away a big time Christmas lead about as quick as a kid tosses away the wrapping paper.


City has questions at left back between Benjamin Mendy , Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Angelino .


Oddly enough, Angelino may be the answer for City. The 22-year-old was bought back from PSV Eindhoven last season after a 1-goal, 9-assist league season and impressive-enough job in the club’s UCL run.


Liverpool, again, will be City’s main foe domestically and in Europe. As is now custom under the Txiki Begiristain-Ferran Soriano sporting director-chief executive axis, City have moved slickly in the market to give them the best chance of holding off Klopp’s men. The defensive midfielder Rodri joined from Atlético Madrid in the first week of July , City paying his €70m (£62.8m) release clause, so the addition of a central defender, following Vincent Kompany’s departure for Anderlecht, is the only real issue remaining.


Here’s the good news for City fans who believe Liverpool is right on its tail: They aren’t. The expected goals table says City should’ve finished with 90 points last season, not 98, but that Liverpool’s 97 were an even bigger over performance. The Reds expected finish was 83 points.
City has the ball more than everyone else, passes more and better than everyone else, shoots more than everyone else, and scores more than everyone else.


Incredibly, those totals are the same home and away. That was true in Guardiola’s first PL title campaign, too, with the exception of finishing fourth in shots per game while away from home.  

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New dawn for Chelsea as season’s opener cometh

10/8/2019

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By Asuzu Emmanuel


The 2019/ 2020 season is Chelsea's 106th competitive season, 31st consecutive season in the top flight of English football, 28th consecutive season in the Premier League.


Chelsea ended the 2018/19 season with silverware, but it is the return of a fans' favourite, Frank Lampard - not that Europa League success - that has breathed new life into Stamford Bridge.


New start plus Transfer ban would make fans cautious


With the departure of Maurizio Sarri and their best player last season, Eden Hazard; Sarri moving to Juventus and Hazard away to the Southern part of Europe, Madrid.
Not even a transfer ban - which Chelsea have taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport - and the inevitable sale of Eden Hazard to Real Madrid has seemed to diminish hopes for an encouraging season.


The inability to make signings, and Lampard's man-management qualities, should bring about a greater sense of unity in what became a tense dressing-room. Ross Barkley has shown signs he is ready to fulfill his potential, and the stage is all his for the start of the season with new arrivals from season long loan like Mason Mount, Reece James, Tammy Abraham and with an experience Olivier Giroud at the pack.


There is no guarantee that Lampard is going to succeed at this level, not in his first season as a top flight league manager and the absence of their best player last season Eden Hazard. The transfer limbo also means Lampard may offer second chances to outcasts such as Christensen and members of Chelsea’s returning loan army, with Kurt Zouma hoping to challenge in central defence after a year at Everton and the departure of David Luiz on deadline to Arsenal, Kenedy an option on the wing after a year at Newcastle and the midfielder Tiémoué Bakayoko keen to prove himself after spending last season at Milan.


But questions linger


Yet questions linger. Is Ross Barkley capable of a consistent run of form? Was it a mistake to sign Mateo Kovacic, an underwhelming presence on loan from Madrid, on a permanent basis? Will Ruben Loftus-Cheek be the same after injury? Do Giroud, Batshuayi and Abraham convince up front? And will there be enough spark without Hazard? Lampard will need time to come up with the right answers, of course.
On the look of it there is much to like about Lampard’s return to the club he knows inside out, where he is respected by the club’s notoriously hard-to-please board and revered by supporters who will feel waves of excitement wash over them when they see their manager in the away dugout at Old Trafford on 11th August.


It is an appointment that makes sense on a number of levels, not least because installing Chelsea’s record goalscorer should have a restorative effect on the mood after a year dominated by less than complimentary chants about the quality of Sarriball.


What Lampard brings


Lampard will bring unity, that's of course a great advantage as compared to Sarri who had issues with players and the board. Yet for all the romance of Lampard’s homecoming, there are awkward realities to confront. The lack of creativity at the dept of Midfield.


In Sarri’s place arrives a 41-year-old who has been managing for a year, finished sixth in the Championship with Derby County and lost the play-off final to a more experienced English manager, Aston Villa’s Dean Smith.


Well, it will be down to the players to perform to their best.


Still, imagine the excitement if it is Lampard leading a title race. For all the current uncertainty it would be glorious.


Chelsea will slug it out with Man Utd at Old Trafford on Sunday, 11th August, 2019 by 16:30 GMT+1.





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Reds host Canaries as another Premier League season begins

9/8/2019

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Henry Jackson

A new Premier League season gets underway on Friday night, with European Champions Liverpool welcoming newly-promoted Norwich to Anfield. Here’s all you need to know.


Liverpool vs. Norwich
Friday, August 9, 2019 – 8pm (BST)
Anfield
Premier League
Referee: Michael Oliver


Right then, here we go again.


It only feels like yesterday that Jordan Henderson was hoisting the Champions League aloft in Madrid on one of the Reds’ greatest nights.


A relatively low-key summer and pre-season has been and gone since Jurgen Klopp‘s side secured European Cup number six—now it’s time to focus on league commitments.


Liverpool did themselves proud in taking Man City all the way to the final day last season, but 97 points somehow wasn’t enough in the end.


A similarly freakish level of consistency is required in 2019/20, as the Reds look to finally end that horrible 30-year wait for a league title.


Heading to Merseyside on Friday are an exciting Norwich team—one who clinched the Championship title last season under the tutelage of Daniel Farke.


On paper, this should be about as one-sided as it gets on the opening night of the season, but the Canaries must not be underrated.


They will likely raise their game on a special evening for the club and Klopp’s men need to be ruthless in front of an expectant crowd.


Liverpool’s performance in the Community Shield was one of a team clicking at just the right time, despite losing on penalties to City—that bodes well ahead of the visit of Norwich.


Team News


Klopp has almost a full squad to choose from. Sadio Mane is in contention to start, despite arriving back for training later than his team-mates, but he may be on the substitutes’ bench.


At the back, Klopp has to choose between Joe Gomez and Joel Matip to partner Virgil van Dijk—judging by his Community Shield selection, Gomez has the edge.


Fabinho is almost certain to start at the base of the midfield, while Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum are favourites to join him.


Naby Keita brought more guile against City, however, so he, fit-again Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and an improved Adam Lallana represent more creative options.


Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino are expected to start proceedings, and in Mane’s potential absence, Madrid hero Divock Origi is likely to take up a left-sided role.


Rhian Brewster is looking to make his mark this season and he could represent an exciting option off the bench.


Farke is without Timm Klose, Christoph Zimmermann and Alex Tettey, explaining on Thursday that his side “have just two centre-backs and one natural defensive midfielder.”

Last 5 at Home to Norwich (All Competitions)

Drew 1-1 – September 2015 (Ings; Martin)
Won 5-1 – December 2013 (Suarez x4, Sterling; Johnson)
Won 5-0 – January 2013 (Henderson, Suarez, Sturridge, Gerrard, Bennett OG)
Drew 1-1 – October 2011 (Bellamy; Holt)
Won 3-0 – September 2004 (Baros, Garcia, Cisse)


The Opposition (Norwich)


Having spent three seasons away from the Premier League, Norwich are back.


The Canaries are always a welcome addition to the top flight, playing an attractive brand of football and possessing a classic old-school stadium in Carrow Road.


Norwich have thrived with Farke at the helm, following the 42-year-old’s move from Borussia Dortmund II to East Anglia in 2017.


If a 14th-placed finish in his first season was adequate, what the Canaries achieved in 2018/19 was magnificent.


They topped the Championship table with 94 points, losing just six times in arguably the most competitive league in Europe.


Teemu Pukki was the star man, leading the goalscoring charts with 30 goals, but there were several outstanding performers, from Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis at the back to Marco Stiepermann in midfield.


A productive summer in the transfer window has seen a number of good players acquired, not least on-loan Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Fahrmann and Switzerland striker Josip Drmic.


Norwich may still be among the favourites to be relegated this season, but they look better equipped than others to beat the drop.

Did You Know?


Liverpool are unbeaten in their last five opening Premier League matches.


Their last defeat came in August 2012, when Brendan Rodgers suffered a dreadful first league game as manager, losing 3-0 at West Brom.


The following season, 2013/14, Simon Mignolet‘s debut penalty save helped earn the Reds a 1-0 victory at home to Stoke, before beating Southampton 2-1 at Anfield 12 months later.


Philippe Coutinho scored a beauty to nick a win at Stoke in 2015/16 and a stunning 4-3 triumph at Arsenal saw 2016/17 start with a bang—who else remembers Klopp giving Mane a piggyback at the Emirates?


Most recently, a late Watford equaliser proved costly in a 3-3 draw at Vicarage Road and West Ham were swatted aside 4-0 at Anfield last August.


Klopp’s View


Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Thursday, Klopp insisted Norwich will be a tough proposition, as he comes up against a number of former players:


“They are really special for a Championship team, what they were last year, because the way they played: clear structure, clear plan, little coincidences in the game, everything looks properly planned. They have all my respect.


“But these kinds of fixtures, with all the stories around, are always like the proper banana skins.


“It’s like it’s made for something like that if you are not aware of it. If you don’t go 100 percent in a game like this, you will slip 100 percent.


“They are too good for that, that’s a good team, the funny thing is with that I don’t think I’ve ever faced a Premier League team where I’ve worked together with so many players before!


“So that’s really nice. They were really young [at Dortmund], yes, but I still know them.”


Culled from www.thisisanfield.com



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Golf returns to Port Harcourt with the Classics

14/5/2019

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Port Harcourt Golf Club hosts the fourth edition of Port Harcourt Classic from 15th to 18th May 2019.
 
This is the 4th tournament of the 2019 African Tour season.
 
Thirty players from four countries, Nigeria, Ghana, Germany and Equatorial Guinea will compete to win the trophy and 4.000 points in the African Tour Order of Merit.
 
The Port Harcourt Classic odds list Vincent Torgah, a three-time African Tour champion during 2019, as the tournament favorite with Emos Korblah, Sunday Olapade, the defending champion, and Gift Willy among the top contenders.
 
The latter players have captured their first titles of the season in Asante Golf tournament in Ghana and Cameroon Open respectively.
 
This is the four tournament of the 2019 African Tour season after, Eko Challenge Cup, Memorare and FCT Classic.


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PH City 8 Ball Pool League: Battle of Winterfell II

30/4/2019

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PictureArthur Pen Dragon and Razor share a joke
The 1st PH City 8 Ball Pool League comes to an end on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 but the attention will be on Tuesday, April 30 as two top players go head to head against each other.
 
The much publicised and hyped match up between Arthur Pen Dragon and Razor finally takes place on Tuesday at V 10, 26 King Perekule Street after the initial date was rescheduled from March 27.
 
Both players have been on each other’s throats since the League began and finally, there may be a winner and loser.
 
Pen Dragon spits fire
 
Arthur Pen Dragon who currently sits on top the log, however says he is not consumed by the excitement surrounding the game.
 
“It is not like I do not have an interest in the game but I played a friendly game with him (Razor) and I noticed some good changes in the way he played,” Arthur Pen Dragon told Chinaacheru.com.
 
“Despite all the noise, Razor seems to be coming from behind so I will be careful. He is good but I am going to beat him.
 
“I want every body that is hiding to come out and watch the game. It is not a big deal. It is not a big game I just want to have fun. I am still going to beat him. I do not know how many zero but I will beat him. I cant tell the scores but I am still going to beat,” The dragon told ChinaAcheru.com.
 
He also denied any pressure going into the big match up.
 
“Pressure? How can I be under pressure? I am just going to have fun like I always do whenever I play snooker. I can only have pressure if the player is better than me but not Razor. Razor is middle class. He knows. I don’t see any big deal with people thinking the game is big, they are just hyping him not me. They are just trying to make him feel important.”

Razor needs the bragging rights
 
Razor on the other hand is looking forward to the game, but strictly for the bragging rights.
 
“I am looking forward to the game though not as much as the first time. Now it is about pride but then it was to put him down and give other people the belief that he can be taken out,” Razor told ChinaAcheru.com.
 
“He is well ahead on points so he will most likely win the league but the game is all about pride. I want to have some bragging rights too.”
 
Just like Arthur Pen Dragon, Razor adds that there was no pressure at all in this.
 
“Nah! No pressure. There is much less at stake this time than before. In the last couple of days I have played a few friendly games with him and he was probably shocked at how I played. There would be mutual respect and it will be a gentlemanly game this time.”

Mekusa as chief donor
 
In Monday’s games, Baka, using the Big Balls, beat Mekusa 3-0 and lost 2-1 to Mekusa with the Small Balls making it a total of 4-2 in favour of Baka over Mekusa
 
Pen Dragon, probably warming up for the big match up against Razor thrashed Mekusa 3-0 using the Small Balls.
 
Stevo Daminki vs Pen Dragon ended 4-2 in favour of the Dragon as he lost the Big Balls 2-1 to Stevo and won the Small Balls 3-0.

Zen Master got part of the bounty as he beat Mekusa 2-1.
 
Arthur Pen Dragon wins
 
At the top of the Leaderboard is Pen Dragon, Chief Marsh, Sammy Baka and Razor in top 5. the bottom rung has Gomboi, Western Dada, BigRon, Impresario and Aganaba JP. With the game rounding up, Pen Dragon would most likely take home the top prize on Wednesday.
 
 
 

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