69th National Billiards Championship

Defending champion Mohamed Thaha (MSC) and last year’s runner up Susantha Wickrama (Army BC) are among the cueists to reach the knockout stage of the 69th National Billiards Championship conducted by the Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by Automobile Association Ceylon.

At the end of the round robin matches Mohamed Thaha, Susantha Wickrama, H.A.M. Rimzan (Shooters BC), Priyantha Samarakoon of Army BC, Abdul Sattar, S.H.M. Aslam and M.J.A. Thasleem all three of MSC have remained unbeaten, while G.H. Madusanka of Air Force BC suffered a defeat.

The eight cueists will be joined by S.S. Dinuruwan (Army BC), A.S.M. Bilal (MSC), M.M. Rikaz (Air Force BC), W.D. Madusanka (Army BC), S.L. Gamage (Army BC), Muzammil Deen (Mawanella RC), K.A. Kelum (Army BC) and Muzammil Deen (Mawanella RC) and they will clash in the knockout (Pre-Quarter) stage of the championship set to commence today at the AAC billiards table in Colombo.

Results:

G.H. Madusanka (Air Force BC) beat S.L. Gamage (Army BC) 269/234. S.H.M. Aslam (MSC) beat P.G. Dulanjana (Air Force BC) 279/278. M.J.M. Thasleem (MSC) beat Jayaratne Silva (YMBA Colombo) 297/198. Susantha Wickrama (Army BC) beat Infiyas Farook (MICH) 365/151. W.D. Madusanka (Army BC) beat Riyas Noor (MSC) 323/273. H.A.M. Rimzan (Shooters BC) beat W.M.K.Wijekoon (Army BC) 295/190. K.A. Kelum (Army BC) beat Jayaratne Silva (YMBA Kandy) 285/270. M.J.M. Thasleem (MSC) beat K.A. Kelum (Army BC) 330/197. Susantha Wickrama (Army BC) beat A.S.M. Bilal (MSC) 255/238. Abdul Sattar (MSC) beat W.D. Madusanka Army BC) 311/261. S.S. Dinuruwan (Army BC) beat A.F. Haniffa )MSC) 367/171. M.M. RIkas (Air Force BC) beat Prasanna Pushpakumara (ICSC) 315/168. G.H. Madusanka (Air Force BC) beat M.P.P.Amaratunga (ArmyBC) 257/209. P.G. Dulanjana (Air Force BC) beat A.A.C. Edirisinghe (Army BC) 232/182, S.H.M. Aslam (MSC) beat Muzammil Deen (Mawanella RC) 321/301. W.M.J. Wijekoon (Army BC) beat M.M. Rikaz (Air Force BC) 243/194. M. Thaha (MSC) beat S.S. Dinuruwan (Army BC) 507/212. H.M.K. Banda (Army BC) beat K.A.L. Fahim (Shooters BC) 336/232. H.A.M. Rimzan (Shooters BC) beat M.M. Rikaz (Air Force BC) 343/211. Muzammil Deen (Mawanella RC) beat P.G. Dulanjana (Air Force BC) 254/211. S.L. Gamage (Army BC) beat M. Mohamed (Blue Water BC) 293/233. A.S.M. Bilal (MSC) beat Infiyaz Farook (MICH) 273/170. Priyantha Samarakoon (Army BC) beat K.A.L. Fahim (Shooters BC) 326/226. S.H.M. Aslam (MSC) beat A.A.C. Edirisinghe (Army BC) 469/163. Abdul Sattar (MSC) beat Riyaz Noor (MSC) 365/309.