Riyaz Noor of Moors Sports Club won the All Island snooker title when he defeated Hazan Nimeshka Tilakaratne of YMBA 5-2 in the best of nine-frame final at the Automobile Association (AA) table yesterday.
The two former national players warmed up for the 67th National Snooker Championships for the U.W. Sumathipala Memorial Trophy sponsored by Sumathi Group of Companies which begins today at the AA and Cue Club tables in Slave Island.
Twenty seven players will cue in the Round Robin stage having been drawn into eight groups. The top two from each group will advance to the final knock out round. The round robin matches will continue until August 19 followed by the knock out stage with the final scheduled to be played on August 25.
All Island champion Riyaz Noor will face S.M. Thaha of MICH in the first session at the AA table commencing at 9.00 a.m. while Thaha will meet Hazan Nimeshka Tilakaratne in the second session set for a 2.30 p.m. start.
The district winners are as follows:-
Colombo – M.R.M. Rifkan (Army), M.G.C. Chandrasekera (Army), A. Zulfy (MSC), S.G.Susantha Wickrema (Army); Kandy – Pratap Murugadas (Pyramid), Hamjad Sally (Pyramid), Akram Gazally (Pyramid), Danish Mohamed (Pyramid); Galle - Prasanna Guruge (GCC), Saminda de Silva (GCC), F. Janab (GCC), Ziham Hussain (YMBA Galle); Nuwara Eliya – D. Lesley (Trout), Chaminda Sampath (Trout).
Results (All Island):
Final - Riyaz Noor (Moors SC) bt Hazan Nimeshka Tilakaratne (YMBA) 5-2 (79-72, 23-59, 63-41, 76-42, 36-52, 72-47, 51-28), 3rd Place - Losaka Perera (SSC) bt Susantha Wickrama (Army) 2-1 (37-44, 54-31, 69-35); Semifinals - Hazan Nimeshka Tilakaratne (YMBA) bt Susantha Wickrama (Army) 4-2, Riyaz Noor (Moors SC) bt Losaka Perera (SSC) 4-1; Quarter-finals - Losaka Perera (SSC) bt Rohitha de Silva (YMBA) 3-0, Riyaz Noor (Moors SC) bt M. Absal (Pop) 3-2, Hasan Thilakaratne (YMBA) bt Ahamed Zulfi (Moors SC) 3-2, Susantha Wickrama (Army) bt M.I. Farook (MICH) 3-0
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