$7,000 Mr Billiards final tonight

CHINESE Association cueist Johnson Young Sing take on Regan Low Chew Tung in the final of the Mr Billiards-Pepsi/Stag Open Snooker Championship tonight. The duo will tangle at The Triangle, Aranguez Road, San Juan, with a $7,000 prize at the end of the line.  Beaten finalist will collect $3,500. But before this, from 5.30 pm, beaten semi-finalists Anand Ramroop and Adrian Don Mora will meet in the third-place play-off with each player getting $1,500 each.

Stephen Beepat who had the highest break of 36 at the tournament, will pocket $1,000. More than 90 cueists campaigned in the tournament whieh began in July including Ciprian Castro, Herman Araujo and Mervyn Aqui. Shyam Gosine, “Mr Billiards”,  who organised the championship promised to get some top pool professionals from the United States to give exhibitions at The Triangle in November this year. Gosine was very pleased with the response to the current championship, both the number of players and the spectator turnout.