Tamil Nadu’s S. Shrikrishna, a former National junior billiards and snooker champion and current India’s junior No. 5, leads the field in the inaugural edition of the Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open 2019, to be organized and hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana, under the aegis of the BSAM, at their billiards room from August 10 to 14, 2019. Mumbai’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha, a former national junior billiards and snooker champion is seeded second. Ishpreet is preparing well as he recently fired in the maximum 147 during practice.
S. Shrikrishna
Leading cueists from across the country will showcase their skills and talent during this 64-player draw tournament to be played on a knockout basis. The others stars included, Uttar Pradesh’s Vishwajeet Mohan (Junior No. 4), Maharashtra challengers Kreishh Gurbaxani (India No. 2), Rayaan Razmi (India No. 7), Sparsh Pherwani (Maharashtra State Senior No.1), and former junior ranked players Asutosh Padhy, Hrithik Jain, Nikhil Saigal and Mohd Hussain Khan.
Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Rishi Sanghvi, Karan Chuganee, Harsh Sanghvi, Kaveri Shah and Agustya Shah, all from Bombay Gymkhana would be vying for the top honours.
The event has attracted participation from players of other states, like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Bihar and Karnataka.
The prize-money at stake for the champion is Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 to the runner-up. The losing semi-finalists will receive Rs 10,000 each and the losing quarter-finalists will take home Rs 5,000 each. An award of Rs 2500 will be present to the player with the highest break (minimum qualification 75+).