Colombo District Tournament Fazil clinch Colombo District Title

By M. Shamil Amit

The Colombo District snooker tournament concluded at the Billiard and Snooker Association billiards table in Colombo, with M.M.M. Fazil of POP clinching the title with a hard-fought four frames to three win over M.R.M. Musharaff of MSC in the seven frames final.

This was one of the six qualifying tournaments to be played with all who ended up as semifinalists qualifying to contest in the All Island Lanka Plate snooker tournament. The district tournaments are being held in six districts, namely Colombo, Kandy, Kegalle, Galle, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnapura, which is one of the two qualifying tournaments to select the players who will participate in the forthcoming 70th National Snooker Championship scheduled to be held next month.

In the quarter-final and semi-final encounters, Fazil defeated his clubmates M. Razeen and M. Arfan, while Musharaff overcame Aamir Faris of MICH and S.L. Gamage of Army BC.

The All Island Lanka Plate snooker tournament will get underway after the completion of the district tournaments. This will be followed by the 70th National Snooker Tournament sponsored by Sumathi Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. and played for the Late U.W. Sumathipala Memorial Trophy, which will be contested by the top 32 snooker players in the island.

Results: 

Quarter Finals: M.R.M. Musharaff (MSC) beat Aamir Faris (MICH) 3-2 (74/42, 58/22, 28/50, 28/67, 52/16). S.L. Gamage (Army BC) beat H.M.K.G. Banda (Army BC) 3-2 (26/62, 17/58, 69/56, 53/32, 56/48). M.M.M. Fazil (POP) beat M. Razeen (POP) 3-2 (10/50, 80/76, 42/53, 73/0, 72/38). M. Arfan (POP) beat P.K.M. Iroshaka (ICSC) 3/1 (39/53, 46/35, 49/39, 41/29)

Semi Finals: M.R.M. Musharaff (MSC) beat S.L. Gamage (Army BC) 3-0 (71/15, 47/23, 60/28). M.M.M. Fazil (POP) beat M. Arfan (POP) 3/2 (57/29, 49/38, 3/45, 40/60, 60/31).

Final: M.M.M. Fazil (POP) beat M.R.M. Musharaff (MSC) 4/3 (55/43, 63/20, 57/19, 15/51, 44/55, 20/64, 65/45).