One Friday night, i persuaded FaiTheMai to accompany me have some Guinness Draught before meeting up with the rest of the gang in KL later that night. Fai, never one to turn down Guinness, picked me up and we headed to Backyard in Hartamas.

I’ve been to Backyard previously when LaughingLoga used to bring me there a couple of years back.

Guinness was having their Black Challenge going on, meaning with every purchase of Guinness® Draught or Guinness® Foreign Extra Stout, you’d get a Guinness® Black Challenge card to partake in their 9 ball speed pool challenge.

I got a card and wasn’t sure exactly what the whole thing was about, but thought hey, why not.

I filled it up then looked towards the pool table in trepidation…

I thought, “Die la. I haven’t played pool for ages. I’m going to embarrass myself kau kau.”

The Guinness promoter girls were super sweet and helpful, explaining patiently (to blurcases like me) what the competition was about.

Amy + Cheryl

Basically, all one has to do is pot nine balls that are placed on the pool table like so…

… while being timed, and the player who does it in the fastest time wins.

It was pretty simple, i could start off with placing the white ball wherever i wanted and there was no particular order in which i had to pot them.
The cue ball (white ball) cannot be in motion while i’m shooting, whereas it’s okay if the coloured ones are.

Different outlets in cities across Malaysia are holding the Guinness® Black Challenge. Naturally there has to be a winner for each outlet, whom then gets sent for the city-challenge.

If you’re the regional winner in your city, you then get to compete at the national Guinness® Black Challenge held in Genting Highlands Resort end of this month (30 May-1 June)

I was thinking heck… no way i can win this… but fastest player in outlet wins 10 pints/bottles Guinness + exclusive limited edition Guinness® 9 Ball Tour merchandise!
Needless to say which prize i’m more interested in.

Six of the balls are already so near the pool table pockets, can’t be that bad right?

So i started shooting.

One thing i realise now is, by aiming to pot all the balls that are near the pockets first, you have to move around the table quickly.
Me being short and not being able to take long strides didn’t help.
I can only imagine how i looked like hopping around the table like a bunny while Fai laughed and laughed.

39.9 seconds.

Okay.

That’s not the time i took.

I’m too embarrassed to put up how long i took.
People could make babies with the amount of time i took.

Even though i failed terribly at the 9 ball speed challenge, the Guinness® Black Challenge promoters surprised me by saying i could still try out their Lucky 9 Ball Pick.
With every purchase of Guinness® Draught or Guinness® Foreign Extra Stout, you get a chance to dunk your hand into a black box and try picking a coloured ball.

Prizes are their limited edition Guinness® 9 Ball Tour merchandise, but if you’re lucky enough to pick the 9 ball, you win RM100 in cash on the spot.

I ducked my hand in chanting, “Come on… come on, colour, come to meeeee, i love colours and colours love me!”

I picked white balls twice.
-_-

It was fun though, and was an additional activity that came with us drinking Guinness Draught.
I’m just saying all this to myself cos i’m a sore loser okay.

If you reckon you’d stand a better chance, you still can partake in Fuel Chill Out Place in Penang on the 21st.

If you’re interested in watching the finals in Genting Highlands, you can RSVP on their website *here!*

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