The 2008
Uttar Pradesh State billiards & snooker seniors championship
gets under way at SARAS Billiards hall at Allahabad with the
billiards event. 12 players selected from 6 zones of the state
will play on a league cum knock - out basis to vie for the top
honours. Defending champion, Raghoo Sinha of the hosts is the
odd on favourite to win the 3 day championship which also
includes the runner -up of the State ranking tournament held
earlier in Meerut in August. Raghoo leads the table with 200
points followed by Anuj Bhargava of Lucknow with 100 points and
the 2 Moradabad cueists, Abhishek Raj and Mohammad Naeem with 50
points each. Subodh Lahiri from Ghaziabad who will represent the
Allahabad zone has been given a wild card entry by the hosts.
Group A |
Group B |
Raghoo Sinha (Allahabad)
Prateek Gopal Sharma (Meerut)
Mohd. Naeem (Moradabad)
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Abhishek Raj
(Moradabad)
Rahul Kapoor
(Moradabad)
Nishit Prakash
(Meerut)
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Group C |
Group D |
Rahul
Arora (Moradabad)
Nikhil
(Agra)
Anuj Bhargava
(Lucknow)
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Subodh Lahiri
(Ghaziabad)
Navish
(Allahabad)
Manish Behl
(Aligarh)
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