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Maharashtra State Ranking Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2008
26 August - 17 September 2008
Arun outplayed Chandu to emerge Champion
Winners L-R: Rovin D'souza (Jr.Snooker), Nikhil Ootam (Snooker), Arun Agarwal (Billiards), Aditya Agarwal (Jr. Billiards)
Seasoned
Arun Agarwal outplayed seasoned Chandu Shah to emerge champion in the concluding
tie between the two unbeaten players in the 4-player league of the Malabar Hill
Club-State senior snooker/Billiards Selection tournament, hosted by Malabar Hill
Club on Tuesday.
The contest between two experienced stalwarts, which went in favour of Arun
150-111, 150-55, 150-59, 15—113, however, failed to produce any thrill as Arun,
who nordmally likes to go the shots, appeared to adopt safety tactics, which
somehow, rattled Chandu a lot. He frequently missed scoring chances. This
resulted in neither of them being able to notch up any big breaks – mostly
their attempts resulted in breaks of 20s and 30s.
In the
earlier ties, Chandu’s onslaught had stumped North India Association’s Mahesh
Jagdale, who just failed to reproduce the form that has helped him to overcome
home favourite Rajeev Sharma in the quarterfinals, beat him 150-61, 150-96,
150-69, 150-122 and then with consistent breaks of 40s and 50s, he ended Vishal
Madan, of Chembur Gymkhana, good run with a 75-150, 150-45, 150-59, 1561-29,
152-104 win.
Arun, however, was at his best. He comprehensively beat first Mahesh 150-25,
150-14, 153-69, 152-111 and then found himself in a bit of a spot against
Chembur Gymkhana’s Vishal Madan, before winning at 151-84, 150-89, 150-81,
116-150, 150-13.
Results
Full results of the billiards 4-Player league:
Arun Agarwal bt Chandu Shah 150-111, 150-55, 150-59, 150-113
Arun Agarwal bt Mahesh Jagdale 150-25, 150 (129)-14, 153-69, 152 (58)-111 (43)
Arun Agarwal bt Vishal Madan 151-84, 150 (63, 52)-89, 150 (70)-81, 116-150 (70), 150-13
Chandu Shah bt Mahesh Jagdale 150(65)-61, 150-96, 150-69, 150-122 (59)
Chandu Shah bt Vishal Madan 75- 150, 150-45, 150-59, 151-29, 152-104