Khar Gym wins
the prestigious Bombay Gym Premier League
Khar Gymkhana Challengers (KGC) emerge
supreme in the Bombay Gymkhana Premier League Billiards and Snooker
Tournament thrashing ECC Baize Blasters 3-0 in the final been played
at Bombay Gym.
Challengers, who dropped just five
frames in the league phase of the competition, romped to a
comfortable victory in the final, as Arjun Tejwani gave them a good
start by winning the opening snooker tie, followed by Faisal Khan
and Amandeep Kohli’s doubles win over Mahesh Jagdale and Sunil Jain,
and Deepak Khubchandani’s win over Farhad Tengra in the third 100-up
billiards tie.
ECC paid the price when Jagdale missed
a simple black pot in the doubles with a significant break in the
offing, and Tengra missed sitters including two red pots and in-offs
while also enduring a few flukes by Khubchandani.
"The complexion
of the contest would have probably changed had Jagdale not missed
that simple black in the doubles," explained Khubchandani.
"ECC are a formidable side having reached the
final with a few upset wins. We could not afford to be complacent
against them."
ECC captaion Cyprus Mistry admitted
"We buckled under pressure," further he
added "We got off to a losing start and never
recovered from there."
"The competition
was innovative" said Khar Gymkhana captain Prakash Rajani.
"It brought nearly 300 players together and
kept alive the games of snooker, billiards, 6-Red snooker and
doubles (snooker). I feel, though, the competition stretched too
long and should have ended within a month-and-a-half."
"I believe the
two-and-a-half month competition kept the players busy for a good
period of time. Had it been scheduled only for a month players would
have remained idle for almost two months without playing a
tournament," reasoned Mistry.
"The tournament
had four groups with eight teams each. Instead, it would have been
better if there were eight groups with four teams each with the top
two qualifying for the knock out from each group. This way each team
would only have to play three matches in the league phase instead of
(the long-drawn) seven," suggested Khubchandani.
FINAL Results:
Khar Gym Challengers bt
ECC Baize Blasters 3-0
Snooker: Arjun Tejwani
bt Siddharth Shah 108-61;
Snooker doubles: Faisal
Khan/Amandeep Singh Kohli bt Mahesh Jagdale/Sunil Jain 83-54;
Billiards [100-up]:
Deepak Khubchandani bt Farhad Tengra 100-47)
Mumbai ::
23
March 2014
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