Old Billiards and Snooker thread

[Dhruv]

Great news to see that he hasn't slipped up in form.

[david]

Geet Sethi and Pankaj Advani lost in the pre-quarter and quarters respectively in the Senior National Billiards tournament.

Devendra Joshi, who upset them will take on young Baskar in the semis. The other semis will pit Shandilya against Alok kumar.

[david]

In a thrilling tie Bhaskar (Karnataka) pipped Asian Champ Devendra Joshi (Maharashtra) 998-986 while Alok Kumar (Punjab) trounced Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) 1583-686 in the semifinals.

[suresh]

It is nice to see that top players like Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi not making
it to the finals. Maybe, our second rung is building up? Is that true David?

[david]

Alok beat Bhaskar 929-707 to retain the Billiards title.

Pankaj will begin his defence of the Senior national snooker title from today.

IMHO, Competition at home has always been tough and I think the second rung players are doing well, but only in patches. We need consistent display. But joshi, who beat Geet and pankaj is already an established player.

[david]

Pankaj and Alok are in the billiards final.

[david]

Pankaj lost to Alok Kumar.

Grand double for Alok, a feat only Geet achieved in 1988 (?)

[vishnureddy]

Alok Kumar has entered the semis of SMB Asian 9-ball Tour. He beat Bustmante 9-8 in the second round . He beat with the same score some other player (can't remember his name ) in the quarters

[david]

Alok lost in the semis to Warren Kiamco.

[vishnureddy]

The second edition of the snooker Test series between Pakistan and India for the Peace Cup will be held in Chandigarh from June 17-20

[PKBasu]

We have tremendous depth of talent in billiards. But my theory is that our success in billiards (where we are probably pre-eminent in the world) has blinded us to the chances in snooker -- which is much the bigger sport internationally.
As a teenager, Geet Sethi was much more dominant (and better) at snooker, but he too succumbed to the local lure of billiards over time. I wish someone will break the jinx and focus on snooker ahead of billiards. Perhaps Pankaj Advani?

[jaydeep]

Format: Players r divided into 3 groups ... Top 2 players from each grop move to QF and last 2 spots decide between 3rd ranked player from each group, who play matches between eachother to decide.

Matches r 100 points a frame format ... In legue players will play best of 5 frame ... In QF and SF they will play best of 7 frames and in final it will be best of 9 frames.
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Devendra Joshi of India is defending Asian Champion, who also is runner up in current National Billiard Championship, where he lost to 19 yrs old Pankaj Advani (Amature World Snooker Champion) by mere 4 points.

Championship begins from 20th February 2005 at PYC Hindu Gymkhana Club at Pune ... Suresh Kalmadi (Sitting MP and President of IOA) inaugurated this tournament.

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

Result from Day 1 (20th February)
Group A
Devendra Joshi (India) bt Wan-Sun Lee (Korea) 3-0 :- 100(95)-0, 100-82, 100-17
Geet Sethi (India) bt Khin Mg Oo (Myanmar) 3-1 :- 104(104 unf)-0, 102-94, 49-100, 102-4
Geet Sethi bt Wan Sun Lee 101(101 unf)-20; 101(49, 37 unf)-30, 101(70 unf)-14

Group B
Kyaw Oo (Myanmar) bt Rishabh Thakkar (India) 3-1 :- 100(59)-42, 100-42, 56-102(91), 102(54)-28
B. Bhaskar (India) bt Ang Boon C. Tommy (Singapore) 3-0 :- 100-36, 102(83)-35, 102(87)-23
Pankaj Advani (India) bt W.A.J. Weerasinghe (SL) 3-0 :- 100-4, 101(65)-22, 101(73)-17
Pankaj Advani bt Rishabh Thakkar 3-0 :- 102-88(43); 100(71 unf)-84; 101(56, 38 unf)-68

Group C
Ashok Shandilya (India) bt Imran Shahzad (Pak) 3-1 :- 85-101, 101-34, 100-36, 101(101 un)-0
Aung San Oo (Myanmar) bt Sourav Kothari (India) 3-0 :- 100-53; 102(52)-87(73); 100-83
Ashok Shandilya bt Seung-Chil Park (Korea) 3-0 :- 100(52)-10, 101-32, 101(40, 55 unf)-39

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

Result from Day 2 (21st February)
Group A
Devendra Joshi (India) bt S. Thawat (Thailand) 3-1 :- 100-65, 100(54, 46 unf)-41, 22-101, 101(36, 65 unf)-68(68)

Groub B
Kyaw Oo (Myanmar) bt B. Bhaskar (India) 3-2 :- 45-101(75), 101(51)-24, 4-100(74), 100(50)-44, 101(99)-84(84)
Rishabh Thakkar (India) bt W.A.J. Weerasinghe (SL) 3-0 :- 100(57)-52, 101(48)-72, 101-65

Group C
Sourav Kothari (India) bt Lim Jia Sheng (Singapore) 3-0 :- 101(60)-28, 101(71)-42, 101(49 unf)-93
Aung San Oo (Myanmar) bt Ashok Shandilya (India) 3-2 :- 11-100(97), 100(78)-14, 66(66)-101(96), 100(100 unf)-8, 102(61)-86(55)
Sourav Kothari bt Seung Chil Park (Korea) 3-0 :- 101(44)-57(45), 100(60)-20, 100-33

Jaydeep.

[gbelday]

Hey Jaydeep, thanks for covering this - are you watching these matches?
Billiards is such a fun game - less fun to watch than snookers but lot more tactical!