CHANDIGARH, June 12: In a keen tussle, Rakesh Gupta egded past B Khurana in the handicap snooker event in the YMCA billiards and snooker championship being played at YMCA premises at Sector 11.
Rakesh after losing the first frame (20-55), displayed fine potting and good cue-ball to win the second frame 60-21. However in the deciding frame, both the players were engaged in a close fight before Rakesh’s experience helped him to prevail over his opponent 54-48.
Manav also scored a victory over Amit Swamy 50-33, 55-45 in the handicap snooker event. In another match, Tuli beat Smeer Bhalla 47-23, 22-55, 66-43.Smeer, however, managed to defeat Pradeep 55-27, 47-35, in the open snooker event.
B Khurana outplayed Ricky 41-17, 50-37 and S Kaushal got the better of Ajay Singla 41-35, 33-47, 45-38.
Sport function
Kapiswar Wrestling Akhara, Chandigarh will honour Mukesh Kumar, who recently won gold medal in the Ibrahim Mustafa Grand Prix International wrestling championship, held at Cairo from April 27 to 30.
According to a press release, the function will be organised on June 14 at 5 p.m., at the Old Police Post near Sukhna Lake. The organisers will also honour Mukesh Kumar’s coach RS Kundu on the occasion.