The BRC Gloster National billiards and snooker championship was inaugurated by the Bengal Rowing Club president, Hemant Bangur, here on Saturday.
This was followed by the sub-junior (under-19) boys taking the centre stage in billiards. In a close contest, Rohit Yadav of Assam prevailed over Madhya Pradesh’s M. Hussain Khan 184-182.
Second seed S. Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu was an impressive winner in the second round, beating Bengal’s Dhirendra Baid 431-81. The 14-year-old will be keen to showcase his talent and will take part in all the three sections: sub-juniors, juniors and seniors.
Shrikrishna is one of the fancied players expected to dominate the age-group competitions.
Mohammad Shoaib of Bengal progressed to the next round with a facile 163-114 victory over Krishna P. Naik of Odisha.
Animesh Fatehpuria, however, was not as lucky as he lost to Abhinav Dhiman of Haryana 161-136.
The results:
Second round: S. Shrikrishna (TN) bt Dhirendra Baid (Ben) 431-81.
First round: Rishabh Gulati (Del) bt Rajesh Kumar (Asm) 153-106; Jeet Vasani (Jhr) w.o. Danish Wahi (Mah); Shobhit Sethi (Pun) bt K. Vibhas (AP) 178-127; Animesh Fatehpuria (Ben) bt Abhinav Dhiman (Har) 161-136; Kewal Mahadeshwar (Mah) bt Krishanku Bose (Asm) 136-103.
Harmehr Mago (Mah) w.o. Ranvir Duggal (Chd); Raghav Agarwal (Guj) bt Rajat Sharma (Har) 211-68.
M. Shoaib (Ben) bt Krishna P. Naik (Odi) 163-114; Tridip Deka (Asm) bt Anshul Agarwal (MP) 172-155; Barun Naik (Ori) w.o. Harman Sharma (Pun); Malav Parikh (Guj) bt Naman Verma (Har) 206-93; Rohit Yadav (Asm) bt M. Hussain Khan (MP) 184-182; Baid bt Sumair (AP) 199-76.
