Lilly wins Gold, Amee and Advani settled for Silver and Bronze

Indian cueists have claims all colour medals in different categories of the 2016 IBSF World Snooker ended last night at Doha, Qatar.

Marking the biggest achievement of his career, Jalandhar base Dharminder Lilly shown outstanding performance throughout the competition to claim gold in the Masters category. In the final he defeated Welshman Elfed Evans 6-2.

India also won two more medals in other categories. Where Amee Kamani performed her best by entering in her first ever World Championship final and winning silver of Women Category, Pankaj Advani had lost in the semi final of Men Category and settled for Bronze.

Amee Kamani lost to defending champion Wendy Jans 5-0 but earlier she played splendid game of snooker and knocked out tough challenges like Waratthanun Sukritthanes of Thailand in Semis and her compatriot Chitra Magimairaj in Quarters.

Bit disappointments were in Men’s category where the defending champion from India Pankaj Advani settled for Bronze after losing the semi-final match against the Welsh Wizard Andrew Pagett 7-2.

Doha :: 30 November 2016