Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan snooker circuit for 2020 begins with the hosting of three juniors championships and a master’s championship at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Sports Complex here from Saturday (tomorrow). The details of the annual calendar were announced by a Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF) spokesman on Thursday. According to details, the back to back events that will be held from Jan 4-23 include 2nd National Under-16, 5th National Under-18, 12th National Under-21 and 4th National Master’s (40+). The prize money of the three junior events is Rs.130,000 apiece while Rs.100,000 will be at offer in the master’s event. These events will be followed by the 45th National Snooker Championship which takes place at Karachi Gymkhana from Jan 31 to Feb 12.
It carries a total purse of Rs. 272,000 with winner getting Rs 100,000 and runner-upRs 50,000. Top 12 cueists of the last year`s third national ranking championship have been directly placed into the country’s premier snooker event. They are 1-Mohammad Asif, 2-Mohammad Bilal, 3-Asjad Iqbal, 4-Mohammad Sajjad, 5-Sohail Shahzad, 6-Mohammad Ijaz,7-Babar Masih, 8-Mohammad Naseem Akhtar, 9-Mubashir Raza, 10-Zulfiqar A. Qadir, 11-Abdul Sattar, 12-Haris Tahir. They will be joined by qualifiers from the four provinces and Islamabad, two wildcards and eight juniors that make the number of participants 61.