BILLIARDS & SNOOKER -- 6:

WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPION MOTIVATES NILGIRI PLAYERS

P S SUNDAR 

Billiards and snooker lovers in The Nilgiris had a pleasant surprise with the visit of World under 21 Champion S Shrikrishna from Chennai.  He played many friendly frames with the lovers of these cue games from Nilgiris as also summer tourists. 

Mariam Agnish, India’s No: 2 and Tamil Nadu state title holder, added colour to the events with her games.

“Shrikrishna (16) is present title holder in World Billiards championship conducted by International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) at Russia.  He is the first Indian player to hold this title.  Likewise, Mariam Agnish (15) is the first player from the Nilgiris to participate in an official international tourney when she was selected to play for IBSF under-18 snooker championship.  We, therefore, organised friendly plays to encourage youngsters from Nilgiris and summer visitors.   The interaction with them has motivated even seniors to take the game seriously”, R Muralidharan, Member of Executive Committee of Nilgiris Billiards and Snooker Association, told me.

Shrikrishna’s father and coach N Suryanarayanan gave many useful tips to excel in international cue games.   “These have helped Srikrishna emerge as the first Indian to have won all six titles – sub-junior, junior and senior in both Billiards and Snooker”, he said.

“My target for 2016 is to win World Snooker Championships in Under 18 and Under 21 as also Billiards Championship in under 21”, Shrikrishna added.  

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