Whistling
Properties - Asian Selection National Camp 2011
Jointly Organized
by: Gujarat State Billiards Association (GSBA) and The Sports Club
Limited, Gujarat
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Indians have been playing billiards for several decades since the
games' introduction into the subcontinent in the early 20th century.
India has produced numerous world class billiards players who have
won several international trophies. India has produced more World
Champions in Billiards than most of the other countries in the world.
The reign of the Indian Billiards players started in the year 1958,
when Wilson Jones became the first Indian to win the coveted World
Amateur Billiards Championship, held in Kolkata
(earlier known as Calcutta).
He was the first ever World Champion for Independent India in any
sports. Jones' achievement was an early inspiration to Indian
billiards players. During the 1960s and 1970s, Indian billiards
players like Michael Ferreira, Geet Sethi etc. continued the
tradition of Wilson Jones and became the world champions in
Billiards.
India's tradition of producing world champions in billiards
continued in the recent era, with the advent of Pankaj Advani who
won the World Championship in both the formats, Point as well as
Time, in 2005, held at Malta. Apart from Advani, Rupesh Shah is
another accomplished Indian billiards player. In India, Cue Sports
is managed by the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI)
with State wise Associations in operation to manage at the macro
level. The selection process for players to represent the country is
rigorous and Selection Camps play a pivotal part.
This year, the Gujarat State Billiards
Association is for the first time hosting the National Selection
Camp jointly with The Sports Club Ltd., under the Auspices of
BSFI. The top 8 Snooker and top 8 Billiards players shall
compete in the Camp to be played in the Tournament League format.
The results will decide the players to represent India in the Asian
Billiards and Asian Snooker championships and also the points earned
are added to decide the National Rankings and carried forward to the
next camp.
Padmashree & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee & former World Champion
Geet Sethi, Padmashree & former World Champion & current Asian Games
Gold medalist Pankaj Advani, Local hero and former World Champion
Rupesh Shah, Current National Champion Alok Kumar, Aditya Mehta,
Dhruv Sitvala, Shyam Jagtiani, Ashok Shandilya and others will be
participating in the camp.
Total number of matches in each discipline will be 28. Snooker will
be best of 7 Frames and Billiards will be 100up best of 5. Snooker
will be limited to 2 matches a day per player and Billiards to 3.
The organizers propose to give away Prizes in cash and kind worth
around Rs. 1.0 lacs to the winners.
Click here to check the results of this camp.
Whistling Properties is the Title Sponsor, while Yash Aqua are
Associate Sponsors. Vinayak Marketing has joined as Co-Sponsors.
Kensville Golf & Country Club are the hospitality partner while
Radio Mirchi is the Broadcasting Partner.
Ahmedabad
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February
2011
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