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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
01 June 2010
71 Year Old Batliwala stuns Roshan Mirchandani; storms into Billiards quarter final
Veteran 71-year-old Batliwala of Elphinstone Cricket Club was the toast of the day when he overcame Mirchandani 250-159 for a surprise entry into the last eight.
With the advantage of playing in familiar conditions and a +90 handicap, Batliwala also relied on small but significant breaks to stay ahead and put Mirchandani under pressure right through the encounter.
Mirchandani initiated a late bid to make a comeback, but Batliwala utilized his experience brilliantly to keep his young opponent at bay for one of the most exciting wins in the competition.
In another surprise verdict, Khar Gymkhana marker Manoj Kasare (+60) overcame Siddharth Parikh (-180) of PJ Hindu Gymkhana 200-129 in the third round, even as the latter fired breaks of 75 and 72, in vain.
In snooker action,
Kaizad Fitter of Bombay Gymkhana beat Kartikeyan Sharma of Vashi 2-0
in the third round, after snatching a close second frame. Snooker (4th Round) Hitesh Kotwani (+40, Radio Club) bt Vipul Shah (+45, Santacruz Gym) 102-69, 110-87
Snooker (3rd Round) Kaizad Fitter (+45, Bombay Gym) bt Kartikeyan Sharma (+45, Vashi) 113-88, 105-102
Snooker (2nd Round) Nilesh Patankar (+55, Thane SC) bt Akshay Raiborde (+55, Thane SC) 110-117, 107-74, 118-74
Billiards (Pre-Quarter Finals) Pervez Batliwala (+90, Elphinstone CC) bt Roshan Mirchandani (+65, Khar Gym) 250-159
Billiards (3rd Round) Amit Saboo (scr, Bombay Gym) bt Dinesh Dhumal (+70, Matunga Gym) 200-120 Roshan Mirchandani (+50, Khar Gym) bt Mahadeo Bhogle (+30, JVPG) 200-171 Manoj Kasare (+60, Khar Gym) bt Siddharth Parikh (-180, PJ Hindu Gym) 200-129(75, 72)
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Septuagenarian
Pervez Batliwala stunned favourite Roshan Mirchandani to storm into
the billiards quarter-finals, in the All India Sohrab Gandhi Open
Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker Tournament,
organised and hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club, VT, on Tuesday.