Rayaan wins the title for National sub -junior Billiards

Cueing in a flawless manner in combination with fine billiards skills of potting, in- off making, cannons and superb cueball control as also an excellent match temperament and U have a complete package of Rayaan Razmi, the winner of the Sub – junior billiards title of the 2020 Manisha Vascon billiards & snooker national championship on Monday evening here at the PYC Hindi Gymkhana club in Pune.

Rayaan’s state mate Sumehr Mago was expected to give a good fight but he was swept away by the masterly display of this hugely talented Maharashtra player Rayaan who won on a trot at 627-263 points in the two hour final, much to the joy of the home crowd.

Chalking up breaks of 41,53,77,69,45 and 61, Rayaan was simply unstoppable on this evening.

Earlier in a battle between the Razmi brothers, Rayaan playing steadily beat his younger brother, Shahyan in a ninety minutes semi final of the Sub – junior billiards by 490-261 points having breaks of 65 and 51.

In the other semi final, in the meanwhile on another table, Maharashtra’s Summer Mago scored an extremely close victory in a virtual cliff- hanger, winning by 319-308.

It was anybody’s game till the last, with Sumehr being the luckier player to have the last strike on the dotted balls pipping Kreish by just 11 points when the bell rang to end the match.

In the battle to decide the third and fourth place, Kreish Gurbaxani of Maharashtra outclassed his state mate, Shahyan Razmi by 386-212 points.

While Rayaan was making great waves by winning a title in the Juniors billiards event, another promising lad from Telengana K Vibhas giving glimpses of a bright future for himself in the three balls game even as he scripted an easy

398-128 points victory over Haryana player Arsh Noor Singh.

The manner of his play impressed the knowledgeable as he stroked the balls with felicity, playing a well planned out, methodical string of 8 in- offs into the centre pocket while playing from hand and keeping the object red ball on a tight leash.

I. S. Malik

Media Officer,

UPBSA

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opening ceremony of Nationals 2020.

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opening ceremony of Manisha- Vascon National Billiards & Snooker championship 2020 Pune

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Pune 11 th January 2020:

The onerous responsibility to hold such a huge 30 days cue sports event in our country does not look that imposing at all considering what was evident here on Saturday, 11 th January 2020.

The well-knit team of BSAM, the Billiards & Snooker Association Of Maharashtra led by the very resourceful and passionate lover of our sport, Sir Rajan Kinswara, the BSAM President who is the main sponsor of this edition of the Manisha nationals, the hard-working Rishabh Kumar, the Man for all seasons, Salil Deshpande and the Chief Referee, Ajay Rastogi fully backed by their very own mercurial Devendra Joshi, the Honorary Secretary of the Billiards & Snooker Federation Of India and you have a crack combination of finance, managerial skills and experienced members of our elite fraternity.

In the presence of more than a 150 players, referees, officials, and spectators who had gathered at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana club here at 9:30 am, Rajan Kinvara and the President of the hosting club, Dr. Sudhir Bhate together formally inaugurated the 30 days Mega cue sports carnival followed by the matches of the Sub Junior billiards and the Junior billiards qualifying rounds.

Rajan Razmi, the star Junior player of Maharashtra was the cynosure of all eyes even as he trounced a fighting young talent of Uttar Pradesh, Tarandeep Singh by 432-61 points in the one-sided ninety minutes encounter.

Reeling off-breaks of 67,48,42 and 40 he romped home to the appreciating applause of his Pune fans.

Another cueist to impress all was the Jammu & Kashmir player, Umar Ul Islam.

Islam beat Sparshwant of Tamil Nadu in the juniors qualifying round by 284- 101 points.

Before this Tarandeep of Uttar Pradesh potted with felicity to record a memorable 260-119 points against Balakrishna of Tamil Nadu.

Islam played to potential in the Sub Junior billiards event too, registering fine victories over Krishnam Betala of Delhi by 234-121 points and then following it up by defeating the Tamil Nadu player, Akash B by 178-88 points.

Arshnoor Singh of Haryana was another youngster who made his mark with victories over Zubin Zaheer of Karnataka by 165-139 points and then crushing Adwait Adhikari of Madhya Pradesh by 204-104 points.

Another talented lad of Maharashtra, Summer Mago gave the home crowd much to cheer when he outplayed the very young Ashanth of Tamil Nadu by 346-41 points.

There was a buzz in the atmosphere when it was found that a couple of referees had cried off the nationals due to personal reasons.

The Uttar Pradesh Billiards & Snooker Association is trying it’s best to rope in the services of their very talented young official, Mohammad Rehan Siddiqui who is quite likely to join the band of committed professional referees officiating in this championship from all over the country on Wednesday, a welcome relief to the beleaguered team under the able guidance of Ajay Rastogi.

All in all, it was a grand start to the colossal tournament which promises to touch new heights, equal to the expectations of all.

I. S. Malik

Media Officer,

Uttar Pradesh Billiards & Snooker Association

Arcoy Indian Open 6 Red Snooker Tournament 2019

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Draw & playing schedule

Main Draw 6RED
Qualifying Draws 6 RED

Manisha – Vascon National Billiards & Snooker Championships 2020

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Kind attention – change in the dates.

The final dates of the National Championships are from 11th January to 9th February.

Note – Junior Snooker Main Draw: All players who have booked their tickets on 18^th Jan 2020 Please confirm with BSAM by tomorrow so that their matches can be Adjusted Accordingly.

Please note the points mentioned below while sending entries:

The last date for receipt of entries will be as follows:

Sub Junior and Junior (Boys & Girls) – 28.12.2019

Senior (Men & Women) – 31.12.2019

Entry fee Men – Billiards & Snooker Rs.2000/- each event

Women – Billiards & Snooker Rs.1000/- each event

Junior & Sub Junior Rs. 500/- each event

The entries for Snooker will be as per the quota whereas the entries for all other categories will remain the same as before.
Senior Men Snooker Qualifying will be Double Elimination.
Entries will be accepted only if sent through the State Association along with the entry fee.
State-wise quota for National senior snooker championship 2020
Quota for 2020 National Billiards and Snooker,-converted (2)

Venue: PYC Hindu Gymkhana Pune. (Maharashtra)

Below are the bank details of the “Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra” for remitting the entry fees.

Account Name: Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra
Bank: Union Bank of India.

Saving Account
Bank account no: 319502010026769
Bank IFSC Code No: UBIN0531952
E-mail: bsamtournaments@gmail.com

INDIA BUSINESS GROUP POTS PERFECT 147 WITH WORLD SNOOKER

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India. The place where polo, chess and modern-day badminton were invented. Add to that list snooker. Now India Business Group (IBG) has joined forces with UK-based World Snooker to help make it a truly global sport. Next year sees the 145^th anniversary of the game being founded.

“If there’s one country which can take a sport and create a global brand, it’s India. Just look at what the IPL has contributed to cricket” said IBG’s chair, Lord Patel of Bradford OBE. “At the moment, an estimated 2.5 million Indians play snooker in India. With its strong historical links to India, where the sport was invented in 1875 in Jabalpur, and with 600 million people estimated to be under 25, it has to be the perfect place for market growth.”

IBG will focus on helping World Snooker increase the numbers who play the game as well as creating more interest at all levels of Indian society. With an existing global television audience of over half a billion, World Snooker wants to bring the game to more people across the world and continue to work closely with the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI), the country’s governing body for cue sports.

“We are delighted to be partnering with IBG at a time when both of our respective organisations are hosting world-class events aimed at promoting closer bilateral relations between the UK and India,” said World Snooker’s commercial director, Miles Pearce. He added “We look forward to working with IBG to help take snooker to new heights across the country and to replicate the success we have had in both Europe and the People’s Republic of China.”

Sir Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India, said:

“I congratulate India’s IBG and UK’s World Snooker on their initiative to promote snooker. I treasure my visits to the Ooty Club, where the framed letter from Sir Neville Chamberlain, setting out the rules of the game, can still be found overlooking a billiard table shipped by Burroughes and Watts from London. The UK and India share a common love for the sport and I was thrilled to see the scores of Indian fans who painted entire stadiums blue during the Cricket World Cup in England and Wales this year. I look forward to watching this initiative further strengthen the Living Bridge between our nations.”

As part of the collaboration, IBG will assist in the promotion of the Indian Open, an annual global professional ranking tournament, taking place in March 2020. This will be a brilliant opportunity for Indians to witness top players of the world who might participate in this event. The Indian Open was first staged in New Delhi in 2013. This year’s tournament was held in the port city of Kochi, with England’s Matthew Selt winning his first world-ranking snooker title since turning pro 13 years ago.

Sourav Kothari wins Reventon Masters in style

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So we draw the curtain on yet another great REVENTON SNOOKER event…

In the end India’s SOURAV KOTHARI pipped out local JOHL YOUNGER by 6 frames to 5 in an epic 6 hour final which went right down to the final pink.

Kothari did come back from the depths of a 2-5 deficit to rattle off the next 4 frames as he found himself at the point of no return.
While Kothari had won his semi final match against JOE MINICI relatively comfortably, giving him ample time to rest and settle, Johl was still battling out his semi final match against STEVE MIFSUD, which went for yet another 6 hours despite the 5-2 scoreline.

The “oneforseven” event was also held while the semi finals were being played, with the remaining 8 players taking part.
Despite century breaks by DANIELL HAENGA and ADRIAN RIDLEY, it was West Australia’s BEN JUDGE who took out the event and the $1000 prize.

Kothari also took out the high break prize for the main event with a 124. This along with his other century break saw him take home the tidy some of $16,700. A nice weekend’s work most might say.

REVENTON SNOOKER wish to thank all involved with the event and would like to also congratulate SOURAV KOTHARI on his win, which complimented his REVENTON CLASSIC victory earlier in the year quite nicely.

Over the moon to become Champion of Australia’s biggest Snooker Tournament – The REVENTON MASTERS here in Melbourne. Pushed to a corner in the Final and struggling with simplest of shots, defeat seemed inevitable with my opponent Johl Younger just one game away from victory while I had a mountain to climb. But then, something changed… I had to hang in there which is sometimes the toughest task, but I could do it and from 2-5 games behind, managed to waft my way back and eventually won 6-5.

It feels great to win matches like these which test one’s character.
Just thrilled to be signing off for 2019 on a winning run!!!

Sourav Kothari

Alok and Arantxa win medals for India.

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Alok kumar of India won a silver medal in Master’s category at IBSF world championship held Antalya, turkey in finals he lost to Suckakree Poomjang of Thailand with a frame score of 6-2

On the other hand, Arantxa had to settle for Bronze in the women’s category in the semi- Finals she lost to Thailand’s Nutcharat Wongharuthai at the end of their match the frame score was 4-2.
BSFI congratulates the flag barres of India

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ANTALYA ,TURKEY

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Digvijay Kadian(junior Snooker)

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