POPULAR Bulawayo-based national pool player Clemence Gutse
has been slapped with a two year suspension amid revelations that he recently
faked his father’s death in a bid to swindle unsuspecting members of the
national game.
Gutse, who recently joined newbies Starton Lounge Pool
Club, born from a merger between Dragons and Lounge Sharks, reportedly
conducted the fiddle using his accomplice’s mobile phone claiming that his
father had passed away in Gweru.
The accomplice is reportedly another well-known billiards
player, McDonald “Sadam” Muvuti.
The hoax attracted the sympathy of national pool players
and officials who pooled together over $6 000 to help the “bereaved” Gutse.
However, it was not long before a Gutse family member
raised alarm dismissing the “bereavement”.
While the National Elite Pool Players Association of
Zimbabwe (NEPPAZ) forced Gutse to hang his cue sticks for two seasons as
punishment and the unsuspecting pool players and officials that had contributed
were reimbursed their hard earned cash.
“It’s true that Clemence Gutse recently faked his father’s
death. The development forced a number of pool players and officials to
contribute over $6 000 which was meant to help the Gutse family in its supposed
time of need.
“With some people in the pool fraternity smelling a rat,
one of the Gutse family members was quick to raise alarm and dismiss
everything. While we are happy that people were reimbursed their hard earned
cash, the NEPPAZ disciplinary committee handed the player a two-year ban from
the game,” said NEPPAZ disciplinary committee member Emmanuel Charuka. Chronicle
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