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Geet Sethi welcomes initiative of Markers Tournament

It has taken a long time but better late than never. Indian Squash Professionals' Mahendra Agarwal had the good sense to upgrade the level of markers at the squash courts by having exclusive tournaments for them and giving them good positions and ensuring they were referred to as pros, not markers. Some of them now move about in Mauritius.

 

Now almost 26 years later Iqbal Khakhu of Islam Gymkhana has thought it fit to revive a tournament exclusively for markers and 64 have entered for the event called Pro Classic Snooker that commences on Monday. Top seed is Hari of Willingdon Sports Club and No 2 is James who reached the semifinal stage of recently held Juhu Gymkhana handicap, losing to Snooker maestro, Yasin Merchant.

 

Welcoming this event was the cue giant Geet Sethi who sent a message from Leeds where he reached the World Championship semifinal. Geet stated: "This is great news. These are the men who work tirelessly for us and many of them are very good players and competitors. I remember a marker called Yunis at Gujarat Sports Club (where I grew up) who had a great knowledge of the game and he imparted that knowledge to one and all. Another marker called Arun who practiced with me when we started the game. This was at Ahmedabad Gymkhana in 1974 and he was real well wisher. But basically they have a considerable contribution and effect on upcoming players and are often neglected. I am really pleased to hear about this event.''

 

 

Mumbai - India :: 22nd July 2007 &

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