Last years winners Selvel Sports along with Mumbais Yasin Merchant Academy started off their campaign in style in the league rounds at the seventh edition of the PYC-ATC Snooker Challenge 2010,being organised by the PYC Hindu Gymkhana at PYC Hindu Gymkhana and Deccan Gymkhana Club.
Defending champions Selvel Sports ousted Shravan Snooker Academy,Nagpur 3-0. Kankan Shansi beat Nitish Devi 39-52,63-15,72-39; Kamal Chawala thrashed Bhavesh Chaturvedi 101-20,54-30; Laxman Rawate defeated Pratik Vaidya 79-19,66-23.
Mumbais Yasin Merchant Snooker Academy scored a 2-1 win over APS B. Reza Merchant lost to Pramod Bodekar 01-47,63-21,20-55; Hasan Badani defeated Sagar Bhonde 58-19,61-40; Harish Mirchandani outplayed Ashish Kelkar 66-14,73-49.
In a Group J encounter,PYC Warriors thrashed Cue Club 3-0. Yogesh Lohiya s unbeaten break of 85 the highest so far helped him to outplay Mandar Mate 56-23,86(85)-00 while Aditya Deshpande put out Kapil Gupta 74-21,43-21 and veteran Satish Amarnath defeated Kunal Dedge 84-10,74-16.
Results:
League Round: Group A: Selvel Sports bt Shravan Snooker Academy,Nagpur 3-0 (Kankan Shansi bt Nitish Devi 39-52,63-15,72-39; Kamal Chawala bt Bhavesh Chaturvedi 101-20,54-30; Laxman Rawate bt Pratik Vaidya 79-19,66-23);
Group B: New Bombay Cueists bt Amarnath Students C 3-0 (Ashwin Kumar bt Dev Phadke 54-15,41-28; Kartikeye Sharma bt Murtaza Ajadai 53-17,92-44; Sunny Rajani bt Rana Kadolkar 75-23,68-27);
Group E: PYC Victors bt The New Club 2-1 (Ishan Bhale bt Inderjitsingh Oberoi 64-28,50-43; Jaydeep Mehta bt Vishal 68-15,46-58,50-14; Vishal Malhotra lost to Yesu Pillay 18-52,15-49);
PYC Victors bt Poona Goan Institute B 3-0 (Vishal Malhotra bt Crezol DSilva 54-45,25-16; Jaydeep Mehta bt Daniel Joseph 55-15,47-43; Ishan Bhale bt Michael Vaz 45-39,66-08);
Group D: Clea Tigers bt Thane Trail Blazers 3-0 (Ravi Badhani bt Akshay Raiborde 58-32,66-25; Anand Raghuvanshi bt Kunal Rokade 67-32,63-11; Anuj Uppal bt Mithil Shinde 44-7,61-10);
Group J: PYC Warriors bt Cue Club 3-0 (Yogesh Lohiya bt Mandar Mate 56-23,86(85)-00; Aditya Deshpande bt Kapil Gupta 74-21,43-21; Satish Amarnath bt Kunal Dedge 84-10,74-16);
Group F: Yasin Merchant Snooker Academy bt APS B 2-1 (Rezha Merchant lost to Pramod Bodekar 01-47,63-21,20-55; Hasan Badani bt Sagar Bhonde 58-19,61-40; Harish Mirchandani bt Ashish Kelkar 66-14,73-49)