RKG Pro Snooker
Series 2015 - 3rd Leg (Chennai)
India's leading
cueists are assembling in the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
from 2nd May to 10th May 2015 to take part in the third leg of 'RKG
1st Open Pro-Snooker Series 2015'. The series attracts a total prize
money of Rs.21 Lakh, which will be jointly organised by the Sport
India, Cue Sports India and Yasin Merchant Snooker Academy.
The series is spread in five cities and first and second legs have
already been accomplished. The Delhi championship was ended on 28th
March where 12 time world champion, Pankaj Advani was the winner and
Ahmedabad championship finished on 19th April where Lucky Vatnani of
Telangana won the title of West Zone. The third leg of this series
is being held here at the Cosmopolitan Club, Chennai before moving
ahead to the last leg of series at Kolkata and Grand Finale at
Mumbai.
The players will strive to accumulate points in these championships
to gain top 32 position, which is the eligibility criteria to play
in the Grand Finale at Mumbai.
Here at Chennai, total 83 participants across India are contesting
for winner's prize of Rs.100000 and also the prestigious RKG Pro
Snooker Series 2015 South Zone trophy . Players of all ages are
competing in the tournament.
This series is sponsored by Mr. Ravindra Kumar Gupta, Chairman &
Managing Director of RKG Hospitalities Pvt. Ltd whose passion for
cue sports is well known. He is perhaps one of the few Indians who
spends this kind of money religiously to spread awareness amongst
people in snooker.
At Chennai we will witness the competition amongst top brass of
Indian players like World Games Gold Medalist Aditya Mehta, Kamal
Chawla (Top Seed), Alok Kumar, Manan Chandra, Brijesh Damani,
Dharmender Lilly, Lucky Vatnani, Faisal Khan Varun Madan alongwith
Tamil Nadu stars Rafath Habib, S.A. Saleem, Vijay Nichani, J.Varun
Kumar, Shrikrishna etc.
Class I Referee, Mr. R.B. Ganesh has been appointed as the Chief
Referee for the Chennai Championship and he will be assisted by 4
official referees.
The tournament will be played on a knockout basis and the players
are placed according to their performance in first and second leg.
The first four rounds will be played best-of-5 frames, Last 32 and
Last 16 as best-of-7 frames, Quarter and Semis best-of-9 frames and
Final will be best-of-11 frames.
It is one of a kind attempt to bring to light cue sports on the
National Front, popularizing the sport and encouraging budding
talent. The multi-leg tournament has been taking place across the
country in several cities successfully. We hope this only be a
glimpse into what this tournament could grow up into over the next
couple of years, with the support and encouragement of sponsors, the
press, the constant hard work of our team and of course the
enthusiastic participation of the players.
We appreciate the kind gesture shown by Cosmopolitan Club to host
this championship. The club team, billiards and office staff have
been extremely helpful in making the event a success.
Total Prize Money: Rs.21 Lakh
Prize money break-up:
a. Prize money at each of four
Championship:
i. Winner: Rs.100000 x 1 = Rs.100000
ii. Runner: Rs.70000 x 1 = Rs.70000
iii. Semi Finalist: Rs.30000 x 2 = Rs.60000
iv. Quarter Finalist: Rs.15000 x 4 = Rs.60000
v. Pre-Quarter Finalist: Rs.7500 x 8 = Rs.60000
TOTAL= Rs.350000 x 4 = RS.1400000
b. Prize money for Grand Finale:
i. Winner: Rs.250000 x 1 = Rs.250000
ii. Runner: Rs.130000 x 1 = Rs.130000
iii. Semi Finalist: Rs.50000 x 2 = Rs.100000
iv. Quarter Finalist: Rs.25000 x 4 = Rs.100000
v. Last-16 Finalist: Rs.15000 x 8 = Rs.120000
TOTAL= Rs.700000 x 1 = Rs.700000
The media has
been very helpful cue-sports especially in this championship. We
need their constant support to promote this game nation-wide.
Chennai
:: 2nd
May 2015
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