BILLIARDS & SNOOKER -- 5:

MARIAM AGNISH EMERGES NATIONAL NO:2 IN BILLIARDS

BY P S SUNDAR

Mariam Agnish (14), class IX student of St Joseph’s Girls’ Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, has added another feather to her cue games cap. 

She has returned from Indore with the claim as India’s No: 2 in Billiards Sub-Junior National championship. 

Sports Minister of Madhya Pradesh Yashoda Rajan had honoured her with ‘Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship 2016 runner up’ title.

“Mariam Agnish is presently Tamil Nadu state championship title holder in Billiards sub junior.  Four girls from the state participated in her category of National Billiards but she was the only one who could claim a title vying with contestants from all over India”, Mariam’s father AJS Kumar who is also her coach, told me.

She has also received Fourth Place in the same Nationals at Indore in Snooker Sub Junior Girls championship. 

“Last year, I contested at World Under 18 Snooker Championship conducted by International Billiards and Snooker Federation in Russia.  Consequently, I emerged as the first cue sportsperson from Nilgiris to participate in an official international tourney.  This has encouraged me to fine-tune my cue skills”, Mariam added.

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