WBBA
to host 2015 GLOSTER National Billiards & Snooker Championship at
BRC, Kolkata
The West Bengal
Billiards Association (WBBA) is pleased to announce that the 2015
GLOSTER National Billiards & Snooker Championship in association
with the SPACE Group will be held at The Bengal Rowing Club, Kolkata
from 3rd – 24th January, 2015.
The mega event is
coming back to the "The City of Joy" after 17 years since it was
last held at Calcutta Club in 1997 and will be organized by the West
Bengal Billiards Association under the auspices of the Billiards &
Snooker Federation of India (BSFI).
Spread over 22 days
with more than 700 participants in 12 categories (Men's, Women,
Junior and Sub-Junior Boys & Girls), the National Championship is
the country's biggest annual event of Billiards and Snooker which
will showcase the country's most highly acclaimed cueists under one
roof vying for top honors.
The new indoor sports complex along with the banquet halls and the
main lobby of the Bengal Rowing Club will be converted into a world
class cuesports venue with 12 international standard billiards
tables and state-of-the-art playing conditions.
In the Men's
section, both the defending champions Sourav Kothari (Billiards) and
Pankaj Advani (Snooker) have confirmed their participation while in
the Women category, defending champions R. Uma Devi (Billiards) &
Vidya Pillai (Snooker) shall be the star attractions.
The top 8 of the
National Championship in the Senior and Junior categories of men and
top 4 of the women will qualify to play the selection trials
in their respective categories. Based on their performance in the
Nationals and the selection tournaments, they will be nominated to
play in the major international events of 2015.
Defending
National Champions in Men’s and Ladies:
Men Billiards |
Men Snooker |
Women Billiards |
Women Snooker |
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Schedule of the event:
11th
Sub-Junior National Billiards & Snooker Championship |
Sub-Junior
Billiards |
03 - 05 January 2015 |
Sub-Junior Snooker |
04 -
06 January 2015 |
40th
Junior National Billiards & Snooker Championship |
Junior Billiards Qualifying |
03 -
04 January 2015 |
Junior
Billiards Knock-out & League |
05 - 08 January 2015 |
Junior Snooker Qualifying |
06 -
08 January 2015 |
Junior
Snooker Knock-out & League |
09 -
12 January 2015 |
82nd Senior National Billiards & Snooker Championship |
Billiards Qualifying |
10 -
11 January 2015 |
Billiards Main |
12 -
17 January 2015 |
Snooker
Qualifying |
15 -
18 January 2015 |
Snooker
Main |
19 -
24 January 2015 |
24th
Women & 8th Junior, Sub-Junior Girls
National
Billiards & Snooker Championship |
Junior & Sub-Junior Girls
Billiards &
Snooker |
17 - 19 January 2015 |
Women
Billiards & Snooker |
19 - 24
January 2015 |
Chief Referee of: Mr. Ajay Rastogi,
Media In-charge: Mr. Vivek Pathak
Official Web Site:
www.cuesportsindia.com
Hon' Secretary of West Bengal Billiards Association: Mr. Debashish
Mukhopadhyay
Kolkata
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September 2014
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