KOLKATA, Jan 3: The BRC Gloster National Billiards and Snooker Championship 2015 got off to a flying start at the Bengal Rowing Club today.
The first day of the championships saw some exciting matches. In the Sub-Junior Billiards category, P Rohit Yadav of Assam won the closely contested match (184-182) against his opponent Md. Hussain of Madhya Pradesh.
The match was evenly contested and at no stage did either of the players gain a lead of more than 10 points. In the last frame also, Md. Hussain could have won but time was little faster than him and Yadav was declared winner by 2 points.
Raghav Agarwal of Gujarat started on a good note and scored a break of 37 points routing Rajat Sharma of Haryana 211-68. Raghav was in good touch and played smoothly to knock out Rajat. Bengal players also did well on opening day as Dhirendra Baid and Md Shoaib registered good wins in Round 1. Dhirendra beat Sumair of Andhra Pradesh 199-76; Shoaib knocked out Krishna P Naik of Orissa 163-114. (UNI)
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