Zubin Registrar earns berth for Turf Club in pre-quarters

Pune, Dec 2 (UNI) Riding on former national ranking player Zubin Registrar's highest break of 65, reigning champions Royal Western India Turf Club ended the challenge of Temptation 3-0 to storm into the pre-quarter final round of the PYC-ATC Snooker Challenge 2006 here today.

The championship, being jointly organized by the PYC (Hindu) Gymkhana with ATC (Clearing&Shipping Pvt Ltd), at their plush Billiards&Snooker hall, saw Zubin all poised to cross the century break missed an easy pink, with 43 still on the board. This last league-stage victory nevertheless saw them finish on top from Group A' and will lock horns with Deccan Gymkhana A', second place finishers from Group C'.

The last two days' play, however, saw hosts PYC (Hindu) Gymkhana A' team glimmer in the reflected glory of their former world Billiard champion, Devendra Joshi, who saw them win back-to-back two matches apiece on Friday and Saturday to finish on top from Pool E' to waltz into the pre-quarters.

The other certain line-ups for the pre-quarter finals were Snooker 147 vs Nashikites, Zip Sports vs Poona Goan Institute A'.

Pradhikaran Youth Forum Group C', Spring Club, Mumbai, Group D' are among the top finishers.

Results of the league match of PYC-ATC Snooker 2006: Group A': Turf Club bt Temptations 3-0 - Zubin Registrar bt Amit Gunani 63-29, 73-(65)-30; Ramesh Chandra bt Uttam Thombre 63-29, 64-25; Mazahar Taherbhoy bt Paresh Malu 56-44, 34-13; Group B' : Snooker Club 147 bt PYC C' 3-0- Shivam Arora bt Sanjeev Patil 56-29, 63-31; Sachin Aancheti, Sidarth Baraon got walk overs.

Group E' : PYC (Hindu) Gymkhana A' beat Panchasheel Club 3-0- Devendra Joshi bt Suresh Wavhal 75-15, 64-2; Yogesh Lohiya bt Kamlesh Phadtare 35-54, 68-28, 68-12; Nishad Chougule got walk over; PYC A' bt Poona Goan Institute B' 3-0- Devendra Joshi bt Nelson D'silva 57-22, 70-30; Nishad Choughule bt Crezol D'silva 46-18, 46-38; PYC A' bt Karunesh Club 3-0- Yogesh Lohia bt D Chaubey 62-8, 59-2; Devendra Joshi bt Anil Chavan 54-44, 64-29, Nishad Choughule got walk over; PYC A' bt City Club, Aurungabad 3-0- Yogesh Lohia bt Nalin Taware 58-38, 54-58, 64-34; Devendra Joshi bt Pankaj Naik 38-46, 62-48, 63-34; Nishad Choughule bt Shripad Kulkarni 51-11, 68-32; Group C': PYC Juniors walk over North Indian Association - Mumbai.

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