Ryan wins six-ball snooker title
Young Ryan Somaratne won the Six-ball Snooker championship beating Mohamed Aslam by eight frames to six in the final. In the semi-final Ryan overcame Mohamed Rizwan by seven frames to four while Aslam out cued the much fancied Susantha Boteju by seven frames to six to reach the final. It was the first time that [...]
Botheju and Somaratne to play in world snooker championship
Ryan Somaratne and Susantha Botheju left Sri Lanka to participate in the world snooker championship organized by the International Snooker and Billiard Association at Bangalore, India from November 28th to December 3rd. This year tournament will feature more than 100 players from 25 countries and the tournament will be played in 18 different groups from [...]
Somaratna and Manorjan qualify to the quarters
National Snooker Championship National snooker runner up Ryan Somaratna of Otters AC (OAC) and M.R. Ismeth of Moors SC (MSC) qualified to the quarter finals of the National Snooker Championship when they recorded comfortable wins in the pre-quarter finals played at the billiards table of the Billiards and Snooker Association in Reid Avenue. Ryan who [...]
Pushpakumara and Boteju advance to the quarters
Prasanna Pushpakumara of YMBA Borella and reigning national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of YMCA Colombo advance to the quarter finals of the National Snooker Championship in their pre-quater final held at Snooker Association headquarters in Reid Avenue yesterday. The pre-quarter finals will be continued with two matches down for decision today. The first match is [...]
Rohana clinches Lanka Plate snooker title
By M. Shamil Amit Anil Rohana of Carlton BC clinched the All Island Lanka Plate snooker title when he defeated M.R. Ismath of Automobile AC (AAC) by four frames to two in the seven frame final played at the billiards table of the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters in Reid Avenue yesterday. Rohana who was [...]
Susantha clinches AAC Open snooker title
(By M. Shamil Amit) Reigning national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of the YMCA emerged the champion of the inaugural Automobile Association of Ceylon (AAC) Open Snooker tournament when he defeated Ryan Somaratne of Otters AC in the final played at AAC billiards table in Colombo yesterday. Susantha coasted to a comfortable five frames to two [...]
YMBA’s Tillekeratne is Colombo champion
Hashan Tillekeratne of YMBA Borella emerged the Colombo District snooker champion when he defeated MSC’ M.I.M. Ifham by four frames to one in the seven frame final of the Colombo District Snooker Championship played at the BASL headquarter’s billiards table at Reid Avenue recently. Tillekeratne had an easy passage giving his opponent little chance of [...]
Inaugural AAC snooker from today
By M. Shamil Amit The inaugural All Island Open Snooker Championship organized by the Billiards Section of the Automobile Association of Sri Lanka (AAC) will cue off at the billiards’ table of the AAC today.The tournament proper will get underway after a grand opening ceremony scheduled to be held at 5.30 p.m. with President of [...]
Over 100 to contest Open snooker
More than 100 entries have been received for the All Island Open Snooker Championships for the AAC President’s Challenge Trophy, from September 25. The tournament will be held at the Sri Lanka Automobile Association premises in two stages. The first will be the amateur Championships with over 75 players participating and subsequently a knockout tournament with [...]
