Pune: RS Cannons edged out Tornadoes 3-2 in a close encounter in a Group A match on the opening day at the second edition the PCBSL (Poona club Billiards and Snooker League being played at the Poona Club Snooker Hall In another Group A match Manisha Royals scored a 4-1 win over Parmar All Stars , while in a group B match Rack Raiders potted out Ball Breakers with an identical margin The tournament was inaugurated by Mr.Sunil Handa, President of Poona Club Ltd, Mr.Rajan Khivansara, Director of Manisha Construction, president of BSAM and ex-President BSFI. Mr. Kapil Punjabi, tournament director, Mr. Ranjit Pande of Kara Intellect, Mr. Suraj Rathi, Mr.Vighnesh Sanghavi, Mr. Sanjay Sanghavi, Mr. Mukesh Sanghavi were present on the occasion.
Following are the results: Group League Round:Group A: Manisha Royals bt Parmar All Stars 4-1(15 Red Handicap Snooker: Rohington Irani lost to Siddharth Mody 80-108; 15 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Minoo Karkaria/Kunal Vaswani bt Kapil Sareen/Udit Sanghvi 95-42; Handicap Billiard 200Pts: RK Sharma bt Dashmesh Kalra 200-178; 6Red Handicap Snooker:Angad Sahaney bt Navin Kochher 36-39; 47-33, 45-41: Blue Shot:RK Sharma bt Siddharth Mody 4-3);Group A: RS Cannons bt Tornadoes 3-2(15 Red Handicap Snooker: Ricky Rajpal bt Anil Kakde 88-58; 15 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Madhav Kshirsagar/Nishant Mehta bt Vishal Arora/Farroukh Mody 115-68; Handicap Billiard 200Pts: Anand Kering bt Yohan Thadaney 200-154; 6Red Handicap Snooker: Pranay Malgaonkar lost to Akaksh Dalwani 65-55,46-58, 32-46; Blue Shot: Madhav Kshirsagar lost to Farroukh Mody 3-4 ); Group B: Rack Raiders bt Ball Breakers 4-1(15 Red Handicap Snooker: Muneez Poonawalla bt Vinod Makhija 105-79; 15 Red Handicap Snooker Doubles: Ashish Patel/Aniket Sanghvi bt Ranjit Pande/Ankit Damle 101-87; Handicap Billiard 200Pts: Ramesh Kering bt Tony Shetty 200-179; 6Red Handicap Snooker: Ayan Khan lost to Prashant Rajgharia 33-42, 46-33, 35-74; Blue Shot: Muneez Poonawalla bt Ankit Damle 4-3)
