Elphinstone Cricket Club

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

 

18 May 2010

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Agarwal stuns Tengra


Ajay Agrawal of Matunga Gymkhana shocked Farhad Tengra in the billiards first 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 Tuesday.

 

Agrawal, playing with a +60 handicap, kicked off a rewarding day when he crushed favourite Tengra 200-67 in the opening round. Later, Agrawal beat Eric Mistry of Elphinstone Cricket Club 200-160 in the second round.

 

Upsets continued as Hasan Badami of Islam Gymkhana beat Rishabh Kumar of Bombay Gymkhana 200-144 and Deependra Pinkiyar of Shivaji Park Gymkhana prevailed over Cyrus Mistry of Elphinstone Cricket Club in encounters between quality cueists.

 

In snooker action, Cyrus Aga of hosts Elphinstone Cricket Club made the most of home conditions to surprise fancied Karan Chugh 92-62, 104-72 in a second round clash.

 

Joining Aga in the third round was a Shiv Sena shakha pramukh Ganesh Sarankar of Mumbai Port Trust who revealed his penchant for the green baize with an impressive 103-86, 107-94 win over formidable Shailesh Rao of Matunga Gymkhana after snatching the second frame on the pink.

 

Result

Snooker (2nd Round)

Cyrus Aga (+55, Elphinstone CC) bt Karan Chugh (+50, NSCI) 92-62, 104-72

Ashok More (+50, Khar Gym) bt Snehal Mehta (+60, Chembur Gym) 118-125, 101-81, 113-62

Ganesh Sarankar (+55, MbPT) bt Shailesh Rao (+55, Matunga Gym) 103-86, 107-94

 

Snooker (1st Round)

Arvind Lakhmana (+60, Wodehouse Gym) bt Ghanshyam Vaid (+60, PJ Hindu Gym) 115-99, 122-87

 

Billiards (2nd Round

Ajay Agrawal (+60, Matunga Gym) bt Eric Mistry (+60, Elphinstone CC) 200-160

 

Billiards (1st Round)

Hasan Badami (+30, Islam Gym) bt Rishabh Kumar (scr, Bombay Gym) 200-144

Deependra Pinkiyar (+70, Shivaji Park Gym) bt Cyrus Mistry (-30, Elphinstone CC) 200-161

Ajay Agrawal (+60, Matunga Gym) bt Farhad Tengra (-40, Elphinstone CC) 200-67

Ralph Fernandes (+80, Catholic Gym) bt Snehal Mehta (+80, Chembur Gym) 200-166

Roshan Mirchandani (scr, Khar Gym) bt Zain Faizi (+80, Bombay Gym) 200-175

Jeet Gawde (+70, Shivaji Park Gym) bt Yash Rungta (+80, Spring Club) 200-121