KSBA retains 'Shoot Out' title

Bangalore, Jun 15 (UNI) Karnataka State Billiards Association(KSBA) today retained 'Shoot Out' title by trouncing Tamil Nadu State Billiards Association (TNSBA) 9-4 in the KSBA-TNSBA Shoot Out tournament held here today.

This was the second consecutive time that KSBA won the title being held every year since 2007.

Former World Snooker champion Pankaj Advani of KSBA defeated Loganathan of TNSBA 3-0, while former World Women 9 pin champion Chitra Magimairaj went down to Vidya Pillai of TNSBA 1-2.

Results: Snooker: Vidya Pillai (Tn) bt Chidra Magimairaj (Kar) 2-1; M S Arun (TN) bt Girish 3-1; Pankaj Advani (Kar) bt Loganathan (TN) 3-0: Rafat Habib (TN) bt Bopanna 3-0; Snooker Mixed Doubles: Pankaj Advani/Umadevi bt Nadeem/Vidya Pillai 2-0; Billiards: Umadevi (Kar) bt Neena Prakash 168-78. A B Ashok (TN) bt G K Kishore (TN) (50up Billiards) 3-2; Prem Prakash (TN) bt D Rajkumar (TN) (150 up Billiards) 2-0: B Bhaskar (Kar) bt Dhuvaneshwar (TN) 362-192.

Mundir Sharazie (Kar) bt Hosprath (TN) (8 ball) 5-3; Amith Bhusan (Kar) bt Sameer Shroff (TN) (9 Ball Pool) 7-3; Vinay Katreia (Kar) bt Varun Kumar (TN) (9 Ball Pool) 7-1.

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