Four senior and junior cueists in battle for Asian Billiard titles

BILLIARDS: The reigning National Billiard Champion K.H. Sirisoma and a former champion Henry Boteju left for Iran to compete at the Asian Billiard Championships. The two junior cueists Ryan Somaratne (OAC) and Rasika Perera (Black Pool Parlour) too joined their senior partners to compete in the junior section for the Asian championship.

The team will be managed by Ameer Mukhthar while G.S. Daluwatte will officiate as a referee. A total of sixteen countries from Asia are engaged in the battle for Asian supremacy.

The championship will also be a tough one for Lankans as top ranked players in the world scene and the Asian region are competing. The highly rated cueists are from India, Pakistan and Thailand. It is expected that Geeth Sethi and Panraj Advaani from India to dominate the tourney.

Sri Lankans Sirisoma and Boteju who has represented the country at Asian and world level should prove their class when they confront these cueists. Earlier too they have battled alongside them and they should make good use of their experiences to the maximum to bring glory to Sri Lanka. BP