Sahil crowned Uttarakhand State Junior Snooker champion
Devbhoomi Uttarakhand State Open Ranking Billiards and Snooker Championship 2015
The League format for Junior Snooker event which is a best of 5 frames format was played today.
Promising Young Cueist, Aman Nagpal, from Dehradun, started off the day’s proceedings in style crafting mini breaks in subsequent frames for a 2-0 lead against Yash of Dehradun, but Yash showed his fighting skills and made a come back winning the next 2 frames to take the match into the decider but eventually Aman Nagpal showed off his capabilities winning the deciding frame and the match 3-2. On the other table, Sahil Dora routed Lakshay Sudi 3-0. In the second match, Aman Nagpal playing Sahil Dora won the first frame easily but Sahil made a come back winning the next 3 frames and the match 3-1, where as on the other table Yash started off well winning the first 2 frames but Lakshay made a come back by winning the next 2 frames but Yash somehow kept his cool and won the deciding frame for the match 3-2. In the last league match, Aman outplayed Lakshay 3-0 while Sahil had a tough time but beat Yash 3-2 and thus by winning all 3 of his league matches secured the No. 1 position where Aman secured the No. 2 position with Yash being No. 3 and Lakshay No. 4.
Senior Billiards also reached the last 4 stage today with the 4 semi-finalists being Pankaj Kuckreja, Mustakeem Ansari, Arjan Anand, and Nivesh Hudla.
