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Success breeds success. The architect of the 2009 Indian National billiards & snooker championship held at the Hotel Clarks Shiraz in Agra from 14th September to 4th October held last year, Mr. Kush Bhargava the President of the UP Billiards & snooker Association has been rewarded with the coveted yet onerous post of Vice President of the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India in the just concluded Annual General meeting of the BSFI at the KSBA complex in Bangalore today afternoon. He was one of the four Vice Presidents to be elected unanimously in the meeting which retained the existing two Vice Presidents in Mr. Bholu Mehta of Madhya Pradesh and Mr. Rajan Khinvasara of Maharashtra. Alongwith these a young and dynamic K. Ranjan of Tamil Nadu was also elected as the fourth Vice Presidents. The sitting President, Capt. PVK Mohan of Andhra Pradesh was re elected alongwith the existing Treasurer MSR Aradhya of Karnataka. 

With the Father figure of the "green baize", Shri Charanjit Kapur of West Bengal retiring from active service of the game after a long stint he was replaced with the sitting Vice President, Mr. S. Balasubramaniam of Karnataka as the new Honorary Secretary.

For Mr. Kush Bhargava it is the culmination of his services to Cue sports in the state of Uttar Pradesh over a period of 14 years after he was first elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the State body in 1996 Mr. Bhargava is also an active leader of the congress party in Lucknow having held many a post in the state including the one of Media Chairman of the party in Uttar Pradesh. He also has been the Chief of the Civil Defence of Lucknow.

Talking to the local press here Mr. Bhargava  promised to work in close coordination with the new set of office bearers of the BSFI in developing the game of cue sports in the country and getting it its rightful place in Indian sports in general as well as for ensuring the upliftment of the game in his home state of Uttar Pradesh.

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New Delhi :: Saturday 18 September 2010