KARACHI, April 17: The Red and White Style National Ranking Snooker Championship will be held at the Karachi Gymkhana Billiards Hall from May 23 to 30, Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) announced on Thursday.

The country’s 40 leading cueists will be battling for the spoils of Rs 187,000 prize money championship, PBSA Joint Secretary Arif Taherbhoy said. He said the winner of the event will grabbing Rs 60,000 and runner pocketing Rs 35,000.

The losing semifinalists will receive Rs 15,000 each and the losing quarterfinalists get Rs 8000 each. The losing pre- quarterfinalists will each receive Rs 4000.

The player chalking the highest break will receive an additional amount of Rs 6000.

The 2002 World championship losing quarterfinalist Khurram Agha has been top seeded for the tournament. Khurram is yet to win a major national ranking event despite holding the number spot for over a year.

Reigning National Champion and former World Amateur Champion Muhammad Yousuf is seeded No.2. Defending champion Saleh Muhammad is seeded No.3 and Naveen Perwani is seeded at No.4 —APP