Pakistani potters all set to take part in 2012 NBP National Ranking Snooker Championship
Top guns of Pakistani snooker will be battling once again at the baize along with some rookies of the game in the 2012 NBP National Ranking Snooker Championship this month at the DHA Creek Club Billiards Hall in Karachi.
The tournament will gather 41 cuemen from around the country who will play for the ultimate national glory. The players’ list includes potters from both junior and senior circuits which is definitely a good gesture.
The championship will feature all top dogs of Pakistan snooker which include names like the current National Snooker Champion, Muhammad Asif, former National Champ Imran Shehzad, former Asian Snooker Championship finalist Muhammad Sajjad, internationally
recognised Shahram Changezi, who earned a wild card entry in the championship.
PBSA president spoke to the national media, “We have awarded a wild-card entry to Shehram Changezi for the event. Prize money of Rs.174,000 will be distributed among top performers. The winner will getting Rs.60,000 while the runner-up will pocket Rs.35,000.”
The snooker governing body in Pakistan, Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) is hoping for a good event at the heart of Pakistan. The competition will be played on the basis of round-robin format of fixtures where the players have been placed
in eight different groups.
Group A: Muhammad Asif (Punjab), Asjad Iqbal (Punjab), Farhan Khan (KPK), Ali Raza (Punjab) and Shahram Changezi (IBD).
Group B: Sultan Muhammad (Sindh), Farhan Noor (Punjab), Shafiullah (KPK), Muhammad Akmal (Sindh) and Yasir Shahzad (KPK).
Group C: Muhammad Sajjad (Punjab), Shah Khan (KPK), Muhammad Nazeer (Punjab), Rambail Gul (KPK) and Mohammad Naeem Jaffer (Balochistan).
Group D: Naveen Perwani (Sindh), Imran Shehzad (Punjab), Shahid Aftab (Punjab), Muhammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) and Hunain Aamir (Punjab).
Group E: Abdul Sattar (Sindh), Abu Saim (Punjab), Muhammad Javed (Punjab), Muhammad Bilal (Punjab) and Abdul Raziq (Balochistan).
Group F: Sohail Shehzad (Sindh), Muhammad Imrann (Punjab), Muhammad Majid (Punjab), Javed Ansari (Sindh) and Muhammad Yousuf (Punjab).
Group G: Vishan Gir (Sindh), Muhammad Afzal (Punjab), Bilawal Agha (Sindh), Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) and Abdul Rauf Kurd (Balochistan).
Group H: Sharjeel Mehmood (KPK), Khurram Hussain Agha (Sindh), Umair Alam (Sindh), Farrukh Usman (Sindh), Muhammad Asif Toba (Punjab), Yasir Nadeem (IBD).
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