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[gbelday]

Indian Billiards, Snooker and Pool Thread

WLBSA Ladies World Billiards Championship

Anuja bags World Billiards crown

[jaydeep]

Really great achievement from Anuja ... But sponsorship issue is big problem in Billiards ... After winning World Championship ... She recieved cheque of 300 pounds ..

Jaydeep.

[Sandeep]

300 pounds!!!!! That is pretty less . Very bad.

[BSharma]

Well done Anuja Thakur!

Congratulations to Anuja Thakur and her sister Meenal, and Chitra Magimairaj.

[Varma]

Here is the URL for an interview with Pankaj Advani published in The Sportstar ...

http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss2815/s ... 505600.htm

[jaydeep]

Just got information about Asian Snooker Championship ... Which will be organising in Pune at PYC Hindu Club ... Date is finalised and it will be start from 3rd July 2005 ... I spoke to Organisation Committee's chairman Mr. Salil Deshpande ... Already groundwork is started ... They r expecting players from 22 to 25 countries will take part ... Hotels bookings r finalised (They r booking more than 100 rooms for more than a week time in 5 stars or 4 stars hotels) ... Total budget is around Rs. 60 lakhs (6 millions) ... Sponsorship issue is already sorted out ... Co-sponsors r ready, now only they r finalising main sponsorer whose name they use in title ... It was really fun to talk with Mr. Salil Deshpande ... Very pleasent guy ... I already recieved invitation for tournament on behalf of our forum ...

Jaydeep.

[vishnureddy]

Another one of those peace cups between India and Pak in Karachi

Interesting that these are 1 frame matches, i mean at that high level any player wouldn't get more than a couple of turns . Anyway scores after 1st day

Match 1 (doubles): Pankaj Advani/Devendra Joshi bt Mohammad Yousuf/Imran Shahzad 74-46.

Match 2 (doubles): Alok Kumar/Manan Chandra bt Naveen Perwani/Saleh Mohammad 91(70)-48.

Match 3 (singles): Saleh Mohammad bt Manan Chandra 70-38, 70(59)-27, 13-76(62).

Match 4 (singles): Pankaj Advani bt Naveen Perwani 94-5, 83(54)-38, 74(53)-30.

Match 5 (singles): Alok Kumar bt Imran Shahzad 18-78(57), 66-23, 74-51.

Match 6 (singles): Mohammad Yousuf bt Devendra Joshi 58-50, 68-61, 57-33.

Match 7 (Lucky Seven singles): Imran Shahzad bt Pankaj Advani 54-43.

Total (after 15 frames): India 12 Pakistan 11.

[vishnureddy]

After Day 2 India is leading 31-20

Match 1 (doubles): M. Yousuf & Imran Shahzad lost to Alok Kumar & Manan Chandra 45-69 (61).
Match 2 (doubles): Saleh Mohammad & Naveen Perwani lost to Devendra Joshi & Pankaj Advani 57 (56)-64 (53).
Match 3 (singles): Devendra Joshi bt Naveen Perwani 65-29, 58-41, 21-87 (66).
Match 4 (singles): Pankaj Advani bt Mohammad Yousuf 115 (50, 64)-05, 59-06, 10-62.
Match 5 (singles): Manan Chandra bt Imran 06-89 (82), 71-48, 85-14.
Match 6 (singles): Saleh Mohammad bt Alok Kumar 69 (54)-65 (59), 76-10, 0-85 (59).
Match 7 (Lucky Seven singles): Alok Kumar bt Saleh Mohammad 104 (64)-34.
Total points (after 30 frames): India 31, Pakistan 20.

[PKBasu]

If India were to lose to Pakistan at billiards or snooker, it would be as much of a catastrophe for us as Pakistan losing to India at squash would be for them. (I think the latter is more likely sooner than the former!).

[vishnureddy]

India overcome Pakistani fightback

Well it was damn close

[jaydeep]

The Asian Snooker Championship, which was slated to be organised by the Maharashtra State Billiards and Snooker Association at Pune next month, has been called off due to lack of sponsors. “Yes, we have been forced to call it off as we could not find a sponsor despite approaching 25 companies. It’s a shame that none has come forward to sponsor this prestigious international event,’’ said MBSA joint secretary Derek Sippy. The championship will now be held at Bangkok from July 25-31.

I m not able to contact Mr. Salil Deshpande to find out exact reasons behind this .. Becoz when last time I talked with him that time he was very confident about sponsorship and already started hotel reservations ...

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

On June 26th our cueists won the Asian Open Invitational Snooker team championship in Beijing ... Team consist of Alok Kumar, Manan Chandra and Pankaj Advani ... This team was considered as underdogs ... They beat Thialand 2-1 in nail-biting final ... And with that they take revenge of their lost in the league, where they lost to Thailand 0-3 ...

Indian cueists lift team title

Jaydeep.

[gbelday]

congrats..way to go!!

[Indian]

Good job by the team. Advani is making it happen everywhere.

[jaydeep]

Nice interview on Rediff of Geet Sethi about his future plans and whole game ... Also he commented about Pankaj Advani and why he feels Pankaj should stick more to Billiard ... Check out.

Advani should stick to billiards: Sethi

Jaydeep.