Is there anything more exciting than Kolkata hosting snooker championship? Fourth edition of Open international Doubles snooker tournament 2018 commences in Kolkata only and guess who the chief guest was?
On 3rd January 2018, Hindustan Club, Kolkata witnessed a majestic inauguration ceremony of the fourth edition of Open international doubles snooker tournament in the graceful presence of Shri Subrata Mukherjee, minister in charge, Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal. National and international players from all over were elated to be present over there this evening. This was an initiative taken 3 years back and the effort continues.
Mr. Pradeep Saraogi, the president, West Bengal Billiards Association (WBBA), Mr. N.K. Tulsian, secretary, Hindustan Club, Mr. Shiv Kumar Lohia, President, Hindustan Club and Mr. Abhay Kumar Surana, Games and Sports chairman, Hindustan Club has added allure to the entire essence of the show. The players were encouraged and invigorated by their valuable experiences. The prize distribution ceremony was a token of gratitude to all the players wishing them stroke of luck for the next few days.
The fourth edition of Open international doubles snooker championship will be featuring the proficient players from every crook. Alfie Burden from England was the appeal of the championship because he continued being quarter finalist in two major events last year that is Gibraltar Open and European Masters. Aditya Mehta was another gem of the cast who was a former Asian Snooker Champion and a gold medalist of World games 2011. Likewise, Kolkata’s very own former Asian Billiards champion Sourav Kothari, two times Asian champion Yasin Merchant, multiple times Asian champion and current world Masters bronze medalist Alok Kumar, former world Bronze medalist Brijesh Damani, 2016 world Masters chamion Dharminder Lilly are the nuggets of the fourth edition of Open international doubles snooker tournament.
The inauguration ceremony ended with the master stroke of Shri Subrata Mukherjee who was well valued for the hit taken. He promised due help to the team and this ingenuity so that Kolkata turns out to be the exemplary of another historical occurrence pretty soon.