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Winsome Realty
Gujarat State Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2015
REPORTS
18.08.2015 :: Gunjan cruises
over comeback VP
The Winsome
Realty Gujarat State Open Ranking Billiards & Snooker Championship for 2015 is
under way. The event is jointly organized by Rajpath Club Ltd. and Gujarat State
Billiards Association (GSBA).
The Senior Snooker is currently in its knock out stage and are been played on a
best of 3 frames format.
In the Senior Snooker event, seasoned player and 4th seed Gunjan Patel was put
up against Abhishek Shah who besides being a player is currently the Vice
President of GSBA and made a comeback into tournaments after 18 years. Shah
without any practice of the game played a delightful game against Patel who is a
past state champion. The first fame went head to head but it was Patel who
potted some crucial shots and won on 51-41 with Shah just 10 points short. In
the 2nd frame Shah displayed some really experienced snooker potting the long
shots with ease and took a decent lead, with the last 27 points on the table
Patel missed a sitter, Shah again gathered some more points to force a decider
leaving no option for Gujan to give up on the brown ball. But in the decider
Patel played swiftly as all eyes were on the match and sealed the breathtaking
match at 61-21. Among the spectators there was a special guest Mr. Sonic Multani
who is a past National Champion, watched the match till the end.
In the Junior Snooker event, 3rd seed Malav Parikh cruised into the Round Robin
League Stage beating Karan Bhandari in 2 straight wins frames registering a 34
break in the 2nd frame, 78-46 and 63(34)-27.
Results:
Senior Snooker
Ashish Shah bt Yuvraj Singh: 2-1
(84-70, 38-54, 72-30)
Shell Shah bt Keyur Patel: 2-1 (72-57, 29-53, 61-54)
Chintan Mahivaidya bt Deepak Parikh: 2-0 (45-31, 55-44)
Gunjan Patel bt Abhishek Shah: 2-1 (51-41, 33-54, 61-21)
Hardik Patel bt Harjit Gurbani: 2-0 (47-33, 69-27)
Abhishek Smart bt Mittal Panchal: 2-1 (39-51, 44-23, 58-18)
Sanjay Shah bt Harshil Patel: 2-0 (49-17, 52-51)
Amit Patel bt Udit Kabra: 2-0 (52-12, 51-12)
Anu Nair bt Manav Thakkar: 2-0 (54-35, 56-14)
Chirag Barod bt Meet Thakkar: 2-0 (70-46, 74-35)
Junior Snooker:
Malav Parikh bt Karan Bhandari: 2-0 (78-46, 63(34)-27)
Bhavin Sonaiya bt Akil Rajani: 3-2 (39-76, 66-37, 10-62, 44-18, 58-16)
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