Kolkata :: 18 January 2015
Bengal's Doyel Dey
wins two National Billiards titles
Sixteen-year-old Doyel Dey of Kolkata has made her state and host
association proud by becoming the first girl from West Bengal to annex two
National Billiards titles in the same Championship. She won in both, the
Junior and Sub-Junior categories, at the BRC Gloster National Billiards
Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club.
In the Sub-Junior (under-19) Billiards Final, Doyel defeated Kaivalya V.
of Karnataka 69-55 to annex the crown and in the Junior (under-21)
Billiards Final, she beat Mariam Agnish of Tamil Nadu 67-46.
The Class XI girl from North Calcutta, who took up the cue just three
years ago, played calmly to defeat her challengers quite comfortably.
"I tried to concentrate and focus on the shot, and that really helped me
today,"
she said.
She hopes that her win will encourage more girls from West Bengal to take
up the cue. Currently, she is the only girl to play cue sports at her two
clubs - YMCA College Branch and Oswal.
Debashish Mukhopadhyay, her coach and Honorary Secretary of the West
Bengal Billiards Association, is all praise for her temperament and
commitment.
"Her qualities were clear from the first time I saw her. I won’t be
surprised if she comes good in the Senior Ladies categories as well and
make a lively contest against her older and much more experienced
opponents,"
he said.
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