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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
16 May 2010
Bijlani stuns Kumar
Sanjeev Bijlani of Park Club stunned title contender Arun Kumar in a first round billiards encounter, in the All India Sohrab Gandhi Open Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker Tournament, organised and hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club, VT, on Sunday.
Playing with a +70 handicap, Bijlani returned to competition after a long hiatus and always remained ahead against the struggling Elphinstone Cricket Club cueist to romp to a 200-68 win that included a break of 36.
It was another day of upsets as Sayed Junaid (+80) of HCL Info Systems snatched a thrilling 200-189 first round win over Khazan Talib (+50) of CCI. Talib seemed well on course but he missed a sitter to trail 189-191. Sayed seized the opportunity and returned to take the match away.
Prabdeep Singh (+40) of MIG completed a rewarding day for the underdogs when he surprised favourite Chintan Zaveri (+20) of Bombay Gymkhana 200-115 after surging to a substantial lead in a second round match between quality cueists.
Another title contender Amit Saboo of Bombay Gymkhana fired a significant break of 47 for a convincing 200-153 first round win over formidable Gaurav Prabhu (+50) of MIG.
Snooker (2nd Round) Kumar Pal (+50) bt Behram Aga (+60, Elphinstone CC) 109-89, 121-75
Snooker (1st Round) Paras Shah (+60, Matunga Gym) bt Gaurav Doshi (+60, Radio Club) 132-85, 109-80
Billiards (2nd Round) Prabdeep Singh (+40, MIG) bt Chintan Zaveri (+20, Bombay Gym) 200-115
Billiards (1st Round) Bharat Chhabria (+80) bt Florian Noronha (+80, Catholic Gym) 200-156 Sunil Ghadge (+20, Central Rly Mumbai Inst) bt Seby D’Cruz (+80, Catholic Gym) 200-170 Harold Sylvester (+80, Catholic Gym) bt Firoze Unwala (+80, Elphinstone CC) 201-167 Sanjeev Bijlani (+70, Park Club) bt Arun Kumar (scr, Elphinstone CC) 200(36)-68 Amit Saboo (scr, Bombay Gym) bt Gaurav Prabhu (+50, MIG) 200(47unf)-153 E.D.P. Mistry (+60, Elphinstone CC) bt M.S. Abdullah (+80, Catholic Gym) 200-152 Abhinav Kripalu (+70, CCI) bt Mohan Shetty (+80, Catholic Gym) 200-168 Sayed Junaid (+80, HCL Info Systems) bt Khazan Talib (+50, CCI) 200-189 Jaiveer Dingra (+40, CCI) bt Bhushan Shahade (+40, Dadar Club) 200-88 Malcolm Kapadia (+70, Dadar Parsi Colony Gym) bt S.K. Laha (+80, MbPT) 200-161
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