There is something magic and attractive in the billiard, the game, which is popular all over the world. The sound of the balls hitting each other and flying around the green table after the shot, which announce the start of new game, involves the intrigue and tension of the players. I saw all of these in “Elemgoshar” club in the capital, where I was invited by the head coach of national team and chairman of Billiard federation Batyr Ashirov.
- We do the training for the main event of 2017, the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Our federation was established on June 12, 2005 and we started it with familiarization tournament where everybody were invited.
The year of 2016 was very fruitful for us. We held Turkmenistan Russian Pyramid championship where 70 players took part. Ibabekir Bekdurdiyev was the winner of the competition, I took the second place and Eziz Durdiyev and Begench Jumaklychev shared the bronze.
Our team participated in large international combined pyramid tournament in Almaty where our people entered the best twenty.
Our billiard players successfully performed in the World Free pyramid championship in Rostov-on-Don. There were four teams from Turkmenistan with two players in each and this allowed us to select the candidates for national team. Begench Jumaklychev and Eziz Durdiyev took over the world’s champions Erzat Radbekov and Kanybek Sagynbayev from Kyrgyzstan.
We also participated in Asian Championship in Fujeirah (UAE) in December 2016 where Annamamed Annamamedov made his best performance. There was a conference during the tournament about the issues in Asian billiard where representative of our country took part. Another important event was the award of the title of the International Referee to our Gurban Abasov.
There is no doubt that participation of Turkmenistan in international billiard competitions will promote this beautiful sport in our country. Very soon, we plan to open Billiard School in Ashgabat for talented kids from 12 – 13 years old.
The tournaments in Russia, UAE and Kazakhstan demonstrated that despite good technique of Turkmen players, they lack experience in competitions. That is why our players actively participate in international tournaments.
The billiard in V Asian Games will be represented in four categories – English snooker, American pool. French cannon and Russian pyramid, free and combined versions. We are planning to invite snooker coach from UK Michael Russel and Russian pyramid specialist Ernar Chilibayev from Kazakhstan to train our sportsmen. By the September of this year, the composition of national team will be completely formed.
- We do the training for the main event of 2017, the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Our federation was established on June 12, 2005 and we started it with familiarization tournament where everybody were invited.
The year of 2016 was very fruitful for us. We held Turkmenistan Russian Pyramid championship where 70 players took part. Ibabekir Bekdurdiyev was the winner of the competition, I took the second place and Eziz Durdiyev and Begench Jumaklychev shared the bronze.
Our team participated in large international combined pyramid tournament in Almaty where our people entered the best twenty.
Our billiard players successfully performed in the World Free pyramid championship in Rostov-on-Don. There were four teams from Turkmenistan with two players in each and this allowed us to select the candidates for national team. Begench Jumaklychev and Eziz Durdiyev took over the world’s champions Erzat Radbekov and Kanybek Sagynbayev from Kyrgyzstan.
We also participated in Asian Championship in Fujeirah (UAE) in December 2016 where Annamamed Annamamedov made his best performance. There was a conference during the tournament about the issues in Asian billiard where representative of our country took part. Another important event was the award of the title of the International Referee to our Gurban Abasov.
There is no doubt that participation of Turkmenistan in international billiard competitions will promote this beautiful sport in our country. Very soon, we plan to open Billiard School in Ashgabat for talented kids from 12 – 13 years old.
The tournaments in Russia, UAE and Kazakhstan demonstrated that despite good technique of Turkmen players, they lack experience in competitions. That is why our players actively participate in international tournaments.
The billiard in V Asian Games will be represented in four categories – English snooker, American pool. French cannon and Russian pyramid, free and combined versions. We are planning to invite snooker coach from UK Michael Russel and Russian pyramid specialist Ernar Chilibayev from Kazakhstan to train our sportsmen. By the September of this year, the composition of national team will be completely formed.