ONGC Asian Billiards and Under-21 Snooker gets off to a great start

07 June 2014

L-R: Mukesh Gupta (SYNCO); Alok Kumar (Org. Secretary), Anil Kumar (Home Secretary, Chandigarh), Sandeep Jalota (Treasurer, PBSA);

D.S. Bains (IAS and President, PBSA); Avtaar Bhogal (Vice President, PBSA); and Mr. Navneet Malhotra (Jt. Secretary, PBSA

The prestigious ONGC 13th Asian Billiards and 15th Under-21 Asian Snooker Championship got off to a great start today here at the UT Guest House, Sector 6, Chandigarh with the Chief Guest, Mr. Anil Kumar, Home Secretary, Chandigarh playing the ceremonial shot on the billiards table. The Guest of Honour was Mr. Mukesh Gupta of SYNCO.

The Championship has been organized by the Punjab Billiards and Snooker Association under the aegis of the Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports (ACBS) and Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) and will culminate on June 13, 2014. Teams from the participating countries including Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hongkong, UAE, Syria, Korea, Sri Lanka, Mynamar, Iran and India were felicitated on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Anil Kumar said that it was indeed a proud moment for Chandigarh to be hosting such a world-class event. He lauded the efforts of PBSA in bringing the Championship to the City Beautiful.

According to Mr. D S Bains (IAS), President, PBSA, “Internationally renowned cue sports players from 14 countries are participating in this Championship and the people of the region can witness world-class talent in action. We hope that more International Champions like Alok Kumar will emerge as such prestigious Tournaments is organized in the region.” Mr. Bains also thanked all the sponsors including ONGC, SYNCO, SEL etc for their support.

Meanwhile few the important matches held today where Former World Champion, Rupesh Shah (India) and Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (Thailand) had won their respective matches in Billiards discipline.

In Under-21 Snooker, Dhvaj Haria (India), Ishpreet Chadha (India) and Siyavosh Mozayani (Iran) had straight wins 4-0 against their respective opponents.