Hosts PYC Dons and PYC Giants along with nine other teams qualified for the knock-out rounds at the 10th edition of the PYC-ATC Snooker Challenge 2013 Championship. The tournament has been organised by PYC Hindu Gymkhana and is being played at PYC,Deccan Gymkhana and Turf Club.
PYC Dons,Green Baize,PYC Giants,Deccan Vikings,The New Club,Dombivli Commandos,Break Point Dragons and the Six Pocket Shooters successfully clinched qualification to the knock-out round on Monday.
In a group D encounter,Green Baize represented by Jayesh Salvi,Gaurav Jaisinghani and Sushant Khade trounced The New Club 3-0. While in group L Deccan Vikings scored a 3-0 win over Sai Amar Club.
PYC Dons beat RCBC Skylarks 3-0,while PYC Giants trounced AP Eagles 3-0 to sail into the knockout rounds. In another close match,Six Pocket Shooters scraped past Tables 2-1 in group N.
Results
Group D: Green Baize bt The New Club 3-0 (Jayesh Salvi bt Naresh Ahir 32-45,68-21,49-54,62-49,57-45; Gaurav Jaisinghani bt Yesu Pilley 69-40,53-32,43-15; Sushant Khade bt Vishal Panchal 44-54,73-01,59-30,26-54,71-48);
Group I: PYC Giants bt APS Eagles 3-0 (Salil Deshpande bt Vikas Bendre 57-37,58-35,54-10; Arun Barve bt Mahesh Paygude 48-27,78-48,68-36; Ashok Shetty bt Arif Chaddedar 51-27,63-24,64-39);
Group G: PYC Dons bt RCBC Skylarks 3-0 (Sanjiv Patel bt Karan Thopate 68-29,37-69,59-58,51-30; Udayan Bhagwat bt Naman Shah 65-45,54-21,57-25; Ranjeet Pande bt Vedant Doshi 38-61,54-42,61-37,68-32);
Group J: Dombivli Commandos bt PYC Giants 3-0 (Dhaval Kenia bt Arun Barve 40-44,23-59,47-43,57-18,70-29; Abhinav Edke bt Ashok Shetty 67-47,57-58,59-13,62-10; Ashit Pandya bt Salil Deshpande 57-14,70-15,50-14);
Group D: The New Club W/O CSD Sparks;
Group L: Deccan Vikings bt Sai Amar Club 3-0 (Gaurav Patange W/O Kiran Algude; Siddhartha Baran bt Bhargav Patel 62-49,65-30,43-54,10-52,43-12; Sumit Kataria bt Sunil Algude 31-51,59-17,54-42,51-46);
Group I: Break Point Dragons bt Arizona Hustlers 3-0 (Ibrahim Shaikh bt Ashish Patil 44-48,69-21,64-37,35-50,65-00; Vishal Vaya bt Sagar Barele 68-17,61-23,65-35; Prathyush Sumyajula bt Prashant Dhamdhere 58-42,65-35,81-18);
Group A: Deccan Killers bt RCBC 2-1 (Vishal Dhamale lost to Meet Karia 8-58,23-58,49-12,54-44,48-58; Sahil gadiya bt Bittu Aluwaliya 52-8,86-24,35-58,65-45; Amol Abadagiri bt Johnny Ken 49-22,69-20,32-61,33-69,57-23);
Group N: Six Pocket Shooters bt Tables 2-1(Ashok Padalikar lost to Jaydeep Deshpande 20-63,32-58,46-65; Yogesh Pawar bt Prashant Pawar 58-35,49-38,46-35; Manoj Bari bt Ninad Ghag 28-69,65-48,39-71,62-43,59-50)