Elphinstone Cricket Club

Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010

17 May 2010

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Khandwala upsets Madan

Raj Khandwala of CCI shocked State No. 2 Vishal Madan for a surprise entry into the billiards second round, in the All India Sohrab Gandhi Open Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker Tournament, organised and hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club, VT, on Monday.

Playing with a +70 handicap against a formidable opponent with a -80 handicap, Khandwala fashioned an impossible 200-197 win over Madan in a nail-biting contest, on a dramatic day of upsets in the billiards competition where the septuagenarians held centrestage and stole the day’s honours.

Khandwala fired a significant break of 49 that helped him to a 141-90 lead. But Madan replied with breaks of 67 and 52 on consecutive visits to keep pace and close in at 193-198 after missing a simple canon. Khandwala held his nerve and sealed the issue with a canon that left Madan bewildered.

In other significant upsets, septuagenarian Sakharam Ghadi of Central Railway Mumbai Institue beat fancied Mithil Shinde by three points and Rishabh Amin of CCI overcame Tejas Shah of PJ Hindu Gymkhana 200-197 in close encounters.

Also advancing to the second round following significant wins were, Cyrus Aga of Elphinstone Cricket Club, Prathamesh Sawant of Thane Sports Club and septuagenarians Prakash Rajani and Ramsen Bhiwankar, both of Khar Gymkhana.

Maharashtra junior billiards champion Aditya Agrawal fired the tournament’s highest billiards break with an 88 and added a 64 to beat Mehernosh Captain of Elphinstone Cricket Club 200-122.

Result

Snooker (1st Round)

Anuj Mahajan (+50, Radio Club) bt Soli Cooper (+60, Elphinstone CC) 102-94, 112-97

Samay Wadhwan (+60, PJ Hindu Gym) bt Nishit Chandan (+55, Matunga Gym) 83-111, 117-113, 118-66

Billiards (1st Round)

Sakharam Ghadi (+80, Central Rly Mumbai Inst) bt Mithil Shinde (+70, Thane SC) 200-197

Raj Khandwala (+70, CCI) bt Vishal Madan (-80, Chembur Gym) 200(49)-193(67,52)

Cyrus Aga (+80, Elphinstone CC) bt Sahil Khan (+50, Islam Gym) 200-134

Reza Merchant (+50, Bombay Gym) bt Kersie Gandhi (+70, Elphinstone CC) 200-139

Rishabh Amin (+70, CCI) bt Tejas Shah (+80, PJ Hindu Gym) 200-193

Hrinab Shah (+80, North Indian Assn) bt Vasish Mehta (+80, PJ Hindu Singh) 200-140

Prathamesh Sawant (+70, Thane SC) bt Chandu Kansodaria (+20, MCF) 200-146

Prakash Rajani (+60, Khar Gym) bt Hitesh Kotwani (+30, Radio Club) 200-159

Manjit Singh (+60, North Indian Assn) bt Farokh Tatary (+80, Elphinstone CC) 200-156

Aditya Agrawal (-50, Bombay Gym) bt Mehernosh Captain (+80, Elphinstone CC) 200(64,88)-122

Ramsen Bhiwankar (+80, Khar Gym) bt Rishabh Jain (+30, Dadar Club) 200-158

Manoj Kasare (+60, Khar Gym) bt Abdur Rehman (+60, Islam Gym) 200-157