Date:17/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/17/stories/2007101756502200.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

Franky Joe in last four

KOCHI: Thrissur’s Franky Joe defeated Ernakulam’s former State star Atit B. Shah 320-311 and entered the semifinals of the 48th Kerala State senior billiards championship at the Regional Sports Centre here on Tuesday.

In snooker, Idukki’s S.A.K. Jailany beat Ernakulam’s V.M.Mohammed Arshad 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

The results: Billiards: Quarterfinals: Franky Joe (Banerji, Tsr) bt Atit B. Shah (Coronation, Fort Kochi 320-311. Pre- quarterfinals: Mohan George (RSC, Kochi) bt Tomy Correya (KDH, Munnar) 402-192; S.A.K. Jailany (KDH, Munnar) bt Nimish Sampat (RSC) 194-73; Franky Joe bt V.M. Mohammed Arshad (Rama Varma, Kochi) 383-141; A.R. Azeem (RVC, Kochi) bt M. Pratap (Lotus, Kochi) 394-167.

Snooker: Pre-quarterfinals: S.A.K. Jailany (KDH, Munnar) bt V.M.Mohammed Arshad (Rama Varma, Kochi) 62-28, 48-38, 64-63. First round: Tomy Correya bt Joseph Mathew (Lotus, Kochi) 66-15, 47-35, 45-28, 44-56, 62-53. — Principal Correspondent