The district round of the National Snooker Championship will commence today with the Colombo district contest beginning at the Moors Sports Club snooker tables.
Sri Lanka Billiards and Snooker Association is conducting the 65th National Snooker Championship for the U.W Sumathipala Challenging Trophy. The district level tournament will have over 123 new players taking part from around the island seeking promotions to all island level and to the national level.
The district matches will be held until December 2 and 16 players from the district rounds will qualify to play in the all island competition along with last year’s 16 qualifiers and vie for the national title.
The district level matches will be worked off on a round robin format.
The National Snooker title is currently held by Mohammad Fazil. The 19-year-old won the title for the first time when he beat Mohammad Mubeen in the 2016 national finals.
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