Army dominate Colombo Snooker Tourney

Cueists from Army produced the highest number of winners in the Colombo District Snooker Championship which continued at the AAC and The Cue Club Billiards Table yesterday.

This event has attracted over 155 entries and is one of the qualifying tournaments for the forthcoming 66th National Snooker Championships.

The players to qualify from the Colombo, Galle, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya District Tournaments would contest in the All-island Lanka Plate Snooker Championship which will be held from October 20.

RESULTS:

W. Wickramasinghe (Army) beat M. M. Chandraratne (Police) 2-1 (61/29, 24/40, 58/51). R. M. K. Ratnayake (Army) beat Azar Cassim (Starlight) 2-0 (78/8, 55/19). Aamir Fariz (MICH) beat Aflal Faize (The Cue) 2-0 (71/51, 90/74). M. Thiyagaraj (AAC) beat Dr. R. Sathyendraraj (CCC) 2-0 (39/20, 48/21). W. M. P. Pushpakumara (ICSC) beat P. Anandaraveera (SSC) 2-1 (67/60, 41/81, 55/47). K. M. Kulaarachchi (Air Force) beat M. Thiyagaraj (AAC) 2-0 (53/35, 50/46). D. Gnanaprakasam (AAC) beat S. Karunaratne (Police)

2-1 (65/72, 51/42, 51/25). W. A. Priyantha (POP) beat M. P. Thilakasiri (Air Force) 2-0 (49/26, 44/11). D. M. Dissanayake (Army) beat S. R. J. Dias (Police) 2-0 (76/1, 49/5). B. S. Balapitiya (Army) beat H. P. Randika (BBBSC) 2-1 (55/21, 17/57, 58/9). H. Heshan (MICH) beat Akeel Nazeer (AAC) 2-1 (54/11, 46/70, 63/28). M. M. Rikas (Otter AC) beat U. Rahuman Ali (MICH) 2-0 (66/43, 89/14). A. A. P. Ratnayake (Army) beat Rehan Sakeer (RPP) 2-1 (50/49, 41/21, 73/45).