Elphinstone Cricket Club

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

22 May 2010

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Kasare stuns Rokade

Khar Gymkhana marker Manoj Kasare upset Kunal Rokade of Tata Sports Club in an exciting third round in the snooker competition, in the All India Sohrab Gandhi Open Handicap Billiards & Naval Tata Open Handicap Snooker Tournament, organised and hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club, VT, on Saturday.

Kasare, who struggled to find his form in the first two rounds, played with a +50 handicap and rallied to a narrow 75-97, 118-69, 107-87 win.

Favourite Rokade, with a +40 handicap, got off to a good start by winning the opening frame without much ado. But Kasare set the stage for an exciting finish after snatching the second frame by a big margin, thriving on small but significant breaks. Rokade kept pace in the final frame, but Kasare stayed ahead to take the decider in a close finish.

In second round upsets, Ramesh Sadarangani of Matunga Gymkhana beat Aparajit Mittal of Chembur Gymkhana 2-0, Kaizad Mehta of Elphinstone Cricket Club beat Islam Gymkhana marker Amit Jadhav 2-1 and Kirti Parekh of PJ Hindu Gymkhana ended veteran Mumbai Port Trust cueist C.S. Puranik’s run with a 2-1 win.

In billiards, Rovin D’Souza of Bombay Gymkhana beat Cyrus Aga of Elphinstone CC 200-168 in the third round.

Result

Snooker (3rd Round)

Manoj Kasare (+50, Khar Gym) bt Kunal Rokade (+40, Tata SC) 75-97, 118-69, 107-87.

Snooker (2nd Round)

Kunal Rokade (+45, Tata SC) bt Ashwin Kumar (+55, Vashi) 104-76, 92-72

Rishabh Jain (+40, Dadar Club) bt Ankit Thakker (50, Matunga Gym) 100-91, 90-74

Mohit Lalwani (+55, Khar Gym) bt Jal Singaporewala (+60, Elphinstone CC) 121-98, 88-106, 108-79

Ramesh Sadarangani (+65, Matunga Gym) bt Aparajit Mittal (+50, Chembur Gym) 106-92, 110-95

Kaizad Mehta (+60, Elphinstone CC) bt Amit Jadhav (+55, Islam Gym) 95-105, 113-85, 114-97

Kirti Parekh (+55, PJ Hindu Gym) bt C.S. Puranik (+50, MbPT) 63-109, 102-91, 113-63

Billiards (3rd Round)

Rovin D’Souza (+10, Bombay Gym) bt Cyrus Aga (+70, Elphinstone CC) 200-168.