| Fadhil Yunus |
AHMAD Taufiq Murni will be setting his sights on a second major title in a space of a month in the upcoming Brunei Snooker Championship 2017 at the Billiards & Snooker Hall of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex which begins this Sunday.
The top-ranked national cueist, who further cemented his status as the nation’s best after clinching the BCSA National 9-Ball Ranking Challenge Grand Final just a week ago, will be switching to a different discipline in snooker and will be joined by SEA Games compatriot Lee Wei Kok, Alias Rashid and Teo Chee Soon.
Taufiq will be hoping to achieve a rare feat by winning a national pool and snooker title in a single calendar year.
The Brunei number one has been drawn with Mezi Shahnom, Abdullah Halim and Md Anis Azura in Group E while Lim Wei Kok, the Grand Final finalist, has been grouped alongside Redzwan Hasim, Haji Md Hairil and Pengiran Md Basheer in Group G.
Ahmad Taufiq Murni. – FILE PHOTO
Notable snooker players Haji Kamarulzaman and Lim Young Wee will also be in action with a familiar face in the pool circuit Md Airwan Zakaria also vying for supremacy.
The match will be played in a group stage format with the winner awarded two points while a loss equates to a point. However, a player will be awarded no points in a walkover.
The top two players from each group will advance to the pre-quarterfinal stage which will then be a knockout format.
As it is a group of four, two wins of a possible three all but seal the player into the next passage.
The rules of the competition are in accordance with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).
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