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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
23 May 2010
Thacker, Gawde on a roll
Harsh Thacker of Mulund and Jeet Gawde of Shivaji Park Gymkhana registered wins over fancied players to advance 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.
Gawde kicked off a
rewarding day for the underdogs when he upset Mithil Shinde of Thane
2-0 in the second round of the snooker competition.
In another upset, Siddharth Subramaniam of Goregaon Sports Club beat Siddharth Shah of Dadar Club 2-0 in the first round. Also advancing to the second round were Saumil Karkera of Elphinstone Cricket Club and Manav Panchal of Malabar Hill Club.
Fancied Gaurav Jaisinghani (+45) of Intelenet escaped the casualty list when he beat Puneet Kasat (+55) of Chembur Gymkhana 102-74, 93-106, 103-100 in the second round after a thrilling decider in which Kasat missed the black.
Result Snooker (3rd Round) Harsh Thacker (+55, Mulund) bt Kumar Pal (+50) 73-104, 102-65, 103-63
Snooker (2nd Round) Jeet Gawde (+55, Shivaji Park Gymkhana) bt Mithil Shinde (+50, Thane) 106-89, 100-73 Gaurav Jaisinghani (+45, Intelenet) bt Puneet Kasat (+55, Chembur Gym) 102-74, 93-106, 103-100
Snooker (1st Round) Saumil Karkera (+50, Elphinstone CC) bt Pawan Kohli (+55, Khar Gym) 81-103, 112-83, 109-93 Manav Panchal (+25, Malabar Hill) bt Sayed Junaid (+55, Central Rly Mum Inst) 82-121, 106-80, 102-86 Siddharth Subramaniam (+50, Goregaon SC) bt Siddharth Shah (+45, Dadar Club) 113-94, 112-97
Billiards (1st Round) Sachin Lokare (+70, Vashi) bt Manoj Mayekar (+70, Thane) 200-155
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