Varsha wins triple crown at Manisha Billiards, Snooker Championship

Abhishek Manroa January 24, 2012 0

Varsha wins triple crown at Manisha Billiards, Snooker Championship

PUNE: Bengaluru girl Varsha Sanjeev notched a creditable triple crown winning the junior girls snooker event at the Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana on Monday.

Varsha, who won the sub junior billiards and snooker title, added the Girls Junior Snooker title to her kitty scoring a (2-1) 26-73, 69-22, 66-41 win over I. Lahiri.

Varsha was in line for the fourth title but was edged out by arch rival Keerat Bhandal of Delhi. Bandal won the Girls Junior Billiards title stopping Varsha Sanjeev (Kar) 132-126 in the finals.

In a group A encounter former world champion Pankaj Advani scored a century break to first outplay UP’s Kankan Shamshi (3-0) { 102(102)-5, 100(61)-13, 102(51)-34 } and then registering two century breaks to oust RSPB’s Durga Prasad (3-0) { 100(102)-2, 100(76)-15, 100(100)-0 }.

Brijesh Damani showed great form scoring a three on trot win in the Group C encounter, Damani accounted for former world champion Geet Sethi registering a century break to win 100(100)-37, 101(51)-42, 100(56)-90(51). In the second match he edged V. Subramaniam 102-27, 102-84, 98-102, 80-100, 102-68. In the third match the Kolkatta player scored a 101(48*)-35, 104(56)-49, 100(71)-82 3-0 win over AP’s I. V. Rajiv.

Other players who registered century breaks included West Bengal’s Shakeel Ahmed and Ashok Shandilya of RSPB who ended up on the loosing side inspite of the breaks, while PSPB’sSourav Kothari notching 102 ending on the winning side

In two mini upsets in league matches in a Group H encounter host state player Vishal Madan scored a 3-1 win over fancied Alok Kumar of PSPB winning 61-102(77), 100(98)-84, 101(73)-62(56), 101(68)-8, while Gujarat’s Parthiv Jhaveri accounted for Railway player Rafat Habib (3-2) 23-102, 100-73, 102(50)-97, 10-101(48), 102(62)-58.

Following are the results:

Girls Sub-Junior Snooker: Final Round:

Varsha Sanjeev (Kar) bt Arya Pimple (Mah) 58-8, 67(24)-4;

Girls Junior Billiards: Final round:

Keerat Bhandal(Del) bt Varsha Sanjeev(Kar) 132-126(52);

Girls junior Snooker: Final round:

Varsha Sanjeev(Kar) bt I. Lahiri( AP)( 2-1) 26-73, 69-22, 66-41:

Senior Billiards Men: Round Robin:

Group A:

PANKAJ ADVANI (PSPB) BEAT KANKAN SHAMSHI (UP) (3-0) { 102(102)-5, 100(61)-13, 102(51)-34 };

BHUVANESHWARAN.D(TN) BEAT SANDEEP GULATI (DLI) (3-0) { 101-59, 101-85(48), 100-53 };

SANDEEP GULATI (DLI) BEAT SARANG SHROFF (MAH) (3-1) { 100(45)-85, 56-102, 100-35, 100-85 };

PANKAJ ADVANI (PSPB) BEAT DURGA PRASAD (RSPB) (3-0) { 100(102)-2, 100(76)-15, 100(100)-0 };

SARANG SHROFF (MAH) BEAT BHUVANESHWARAN. D (TN) (3-0) { 101-77, 101-86, 101(43)-37 };

KANKAN SHAMSHI (UP) BEAT SANDEEP GULATI (DLI) (3-2) { 101-56, 101-89, 90(53)-100, 13-101, 101-41 };

Group B:

NITIN KOHLI (UP) BEAT ANUPAM JHA (BIH) (3-0) { 101-46, 101-52, 101-29 }; S.SIMHACHALAM (RSPB) BEAT DHVAJ HARIA (GUJ) (3-2) { 73-100, 28-101, 100-42, 100-35, 100-55 };

B.BHASKAR (KAR) BEAT DHVAJ HARIA (GUJ) (3-0) { 100(94)-2, 100(91)-7, 100-42 };

S.SIMHACHALAM (RSPB ) BEAT ANUPAM JHA ( 3-0 ) { 100-19, 100-46, 101-53 };

Group C:

BRIJESH DAMANI (WB) BEAT I.V.RAJIV (AP) (3-0) { 101(48*)-35, 104(56)-49, 100(71)-82 }

V. SUBRAMANIAM (MAH) BEAT ANMOLDEEP SINGH (PUB) (3-0) { 101-26, 100 (49,51)-28, 101-39 } GEET SETHI (GUJ) BEAT I.V.RAJIV (AP) ( 3-1) { 100(53,47)-4, 100(41)-96(53), 66-100(48), 100(48)-48 }

BRIJESH DAMANI (WB) BEAT V. SUBRAMANIAM (MAH) (3-2) { 102-27, 102-84, 98-102, 80-100, 102-68 }

BRIJESH DAMANI (WB) BEAT I.V.RAJIV (AP) (3-0) { 101(48*)-35, 104(56)-49, 100(71)-82 }

BRIJESH DAMANI (WB) BEAT GEET SETHI (GUJ) (3-0) { 100(100)-37, 101(51)-42, 100(56)-90(51) }

Group D:

SUBRAT DAS (ORI) BEAT M.S. REDDY (RSPB) (3-2) { 83-101, 58-101(55), 102-40, 101-84, 100-71 } DHRUV SITWALA (PSPB) BEAT ARUN AGARWAL (MAH) (3-1) { 24-101, 103(97)-17, 100(95)-0, 100-48 )

PREAM PRAKASH (TN) BEAT D. RAJ KUMAR (KAR) (3-2) { 100(57)-73(57), 33-100(53), 100(60)-39, 90(84)-100(100), 100-67 }

Group E

SOURAV KOTHARI (PSPB) BEAT RAJAT KHANEJA (PUB) (3-0) { 100-69, 102(102)-0, 100(43)-21 )

FARHAD TENGRA (MAH) BEAT AHSAN-UL-HAQUE (ORI) (3-0) { 100-30, 102-57, 100-39 }

MANISH JAIN (WB) BEAT ASHOK SHADILYA (RSPB) (3-2) { 0-101(101), 100-59, 100(50)-64, 86(40)-101(47), 101-76 }

Group F:

SHIVAM ARORA (BIH) BEAT SASHA SAMBI (KAR) (3-1) { 97-101(53), 100-60, 101-53, 100-59 } RUPESH SHAH (PSPB) BEAT MALKEET SINGH (UP) (3-1) { 88-102, 102(79)-73, 102(62)-05, 100(62)-53 }

Group G:

RAJESH SHARMA (DLI) BEAT MRIDUL DAS (ASM) (3-0) { 100(47)-51, 101-77, 101-67 } DEVENDRA JOSHI (PSPB) BEAT SHAKEEL AHMED (WB) (3-2) { 101(64)-61, 98(60)-100, 11-100(100), 100-33, 101-91(72) }

Group H:

VISHAL MADAN ( MAH) BEAT ALOK KUMAR (PSPB) (3-1) { 61-102(77), 100(98)-84, 101(73)-62(56), 101(68)-8} PARTHIV JHAVERI (GUJ) BEAT RAFAT HABIB (RSPB) (3-2) { 23-102, 100-73, 102(50)-97, 10-101(48), 102(62)-58} ALOK KUMAR (PSPB) BEAT HIMANSHU JAIN (AP) (3-1) { 3-102(72), 100(100)-0, 101(43,44)-47(45), 101(48)-40 }.