Winsome Realty Gujarat State Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2015

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06.09.2015 :: Abhimanyu is snooker champ, grand ceremony for winners at Gujarat State

The Winsome Realty Gujarat State Open Ranking Billiards & Snooker Championship for 2015, jointly organized by Rajpath Club Ltd. and Gujarat State Billiards Association (GSBA) finally concluded after a month long of competitive games, played in six different categories. It was a fiesta of high quality billiards and snooker that was displayed by players from almost every corner of the state and Ahmedabad city. The high class playing conditions offered at Rajpath Club billiards room also kept the player’s tempo high.

In the Senior Snooker Round Robin League Stage the final 2 matches were played to decide the Top 4. Title favourite and 5th seed Abhimanyu Gandhi outclassed 3rd seed Yagnesh Merai 4-0 in the best of 7 frames match to lift the senior snooker trophy. Abhimanyu played faultless snooker with precision potting and breaks to develop leads over the opponent at every opportunity. Yagnesh tried to capitalise on the chances offered to him but was unable to get into the groove and match the level of play of his opponent and could not secure a single frame win during the match. This is Abhimanyu’s fourth state snooker title in last 7 years.

In the other senior snooker league match Mohsin Acchava who has made is debut in the top 4 league played a real fight against his opponent Johnson Narsidani and won the match to take the no 2 position of the state tournament. Mohsin looked confident right from the first frame securing a easy win with a margin of 36 points. However Johnson found his composure and won the second, third and fourth frames with a good lead. Johnson needed just one more frame to seal the match but Mohsin found his confidence and played impeccable snooker giving no chances to the opponent and won the remaining 3 frames to seal the match in his favour and pushing Johnson to the 4th spot. The match had rolled into the 7th frame which Mohsin captured with immense confidence and a huge margin of 45 points. Yagnesh Merai secured the 3rd position in the senior snooker event.

A grand ceremony was organized to honour with winners and present the trophies, medals and cash awards for Rs. 50,000 in the presence of office bearers of Gujarat State Billiards Association and Rajpath Club Ltd., Mr. Mishal Patel, Vice President Rajpath Club handed over the trophy to snooker winner Abhimanyu Gandhi whereas Siddharth Sanghvi, title sponsor awarded the troph to senior billiards winner Ankur Khetan. Abhishek Shah Vice President, GSBA awarded the trophy to Mitul Baldania, 1st runners up of sub junior billiards whereas Sanjit Lavsi from Raymond awarded the trophy to Malav Parikh the junior snooker winner. Abhimanyu Gandhi also collected the Billiards runners up trophy from Mr. Rajiv Shah, Sports Committee chairman, Rajpath Club Ltd. Referees of the tournament were presented with hefty awards of around Rs.40000.

Results:
Senior Snooker - Round Robin league stage (Top-4)

Abhimanyu Gandhi bt Yagnesh Merai : 4-0 (72-33, 53-13, 79-05, 65-21)

Mohsin Acchava bt Johnson Narsidani : 4-3 (61-25, 28-60, 33-67, 17-55, 61-34, 47-13, 61-16)
 

Junior Billiards - Round Robin League Stage (Top 4)

Malav Parikh bt. Johnson Narsidani : 214-204