Pune: Good Start for Parmar All Stars, ASR Strikers, Rockets at the 3rd Edition of Poona Club Billiards and Snooker League Tournament 2024
Pune, 1st December 2024: Parmar All Stars, ASR Strikers, and Rockets started their campaigns on a winning note at the third edition of the Poona Club Billiards and Snooker League (PCBSL) 2024. The tournament, organized by The Poona Club Ltd and sponsored by Manisha Construction, is being held at the Poona Club Snooker Hall.
The event was inaugurated by Rajan Khivansara of Manisha Construction, along with Gaurav Gadhoke, President of Poona Club; Indraneel Mujgule, Vice President of Poona Club and Chairman of the League; Sunil Handa, Sanjay Sanghvi, Mukesh Sanghvi, Kunal Vaswani, and Ranjit Pande.
The league is sponsored by Rajan Khivansara, a stalwart in the cue sports community, former President of the Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra (BSAM), and ex-President of the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI). Khivansara, who has been nominated for the prestigious Padma Shri award for his contributions to the sport, continues to support the game selflessly. The event is also supported by Sunil Handa, Sanjay Sanghvi, and Mukesh Sanghvi.
Results: League Round:
- Parmar All Stars bt The Whirlwinds 3-2
- 15 Red Handicap Snooker: Angadraj Sahney bt Vighnesh Sanghvi 38-30
- 9 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Rohit Chopra/Kapil Samant bt Nishant Mehta/Jaideep Patwardhan 73-69
- Handicap Billiards: Sanat Parmar lost to Sahil Handa 163-200
- 6 Red Handicap Snooker: Prashant Rajgharia bt Pankaj Parmar 58-36, 28-35, 47-15
- Blue Shootout: Angadraj Sahney, Kapil Samant, Sanat Parmar, Rohit Chopra, Prashant Rajgharia lost to Vighnesh Sanghvi, Nishant Mehta, Jaideep Patwardhan, Sahil Handa, Pankaj Parmar 4-5
- ASR Strikers bt Oberoi Kings 3-2
- 15 Red Handicap Snooker: Rusi Marolia bt Sunil Asher 92-84
- 9 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Mrunal Shah/Dashmesh Kalra bt Ranjit Pande/Madhav Kshirsagar 94-52
- Handicap Billiards: Sanjay Didee bt Udit Sanghavi 200-195
- 6 Red Handicap Snooker: Ayaan Khan lost to Dinesh Mahtani 29-40, 30-54
- Blue Shootout: Rusi Marolia, Mrunal Shah, Dashmesh Kalra, Sanjay Didee, Ayaan Khan lost to Dinesh Mahtani, Sunil Asher, Krish Raghani, Udit Sanghavi, Madhav Kshirsagar 1-2
- Rockets bt RS Cannons 4-1
- 15 Red Handicap Snooker: Hussain K bt Rohington 71-44
- 9 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Ashish Patel/Vaibhav Shah bt Shahberehman Rabbani/Vishal Arora 102-64
- Handicap Billiards: Muneez Poonawalla bt Pranay Malgaonkar 200-163
- 6 Red Handicap Snooker: Siddharth Thadaney lost to Navin Kochhar 32-39, 62-65
- Blue Shootout: Hussain K, Muneez Poonawalla, Vaibhav Shah, Siddharth Thadaney, Ashish Patel bt Rohington Irank, Vishal Arora, Navin Kochhar, Pranay Malgaonkar, Shahberehman Rabbani 4-1
