KARACHI, Dec 19 Karachi Club `A` and Area Snooker Club fought their way into the final of the 2nd KC Inter-club Snooker Team Event with emphatic victories over their opponent`s in the semi-finals on Friday.

Led by Naveen Perwani, Karachi Club `A` chalked up 4-2 victory over Snooker Zone while Area Snooker Club inflicted 5-1 defeat on Time Snooker Club at the KC premises.

Earlier, the Karachi Club `A` suffered a shock 2-4 defeat at the hands of Time Snooker Club in their last group `A` clash the other day to determine group leaders. The upset results brought the two teams on even kneel with 16 points apiece.

However, Vishan Gir beat Umair Alam 65-56 in the one deciding frame to top group `A`.

The other finalist, Area Snooker Club, had also suffered a shock 2-4 defeat at the hands of Snooker Zone in the group `B` opener.

Results

Area Snooker Club bt Karachi Club `B` 5-1 (Mohammad Sultan and Farukh Usman lost to Farhan Idrees and Ali Majeed ST 26-58; Khurram H. Agha and Farukh Usman bt Ahmed Saleem and Azeem Yousuf 82-35; Khurram H. Agha bt Baqar Kamani 52-34; Mohammad Sultan bt Ali Majeed ST 67-37; Kamran Razzak bt Ahmed Saleem 77-21; Farukh Usman bt bt Farhan Idrees 60-25).

Time Snooker Club bt Karachi Club `A` 4-2 (Sohail Shehzad and Abdul Sattar bt Naveen Perwani and Asim Ghani 74-38; Kashif Khan and Jawed Ansari bt Vishan Gir and Qasim Kamani 69-9; Sohail Shehzad bt Naveen Perwani 56-40; Jawed Ansari bt Asim Ghani 56-47; Kashif Khan bt Qasim Kamani 34-61; Abdul Sattar bt Vishan Gir 42-65).

Agha Khan Gymkhana bt Karachi Club `C` 4-2 (Rahim Khemani and Salim Sohani bt Asad Kamani and Dileep Perwani 61-27; Moiz Ambwani and Salim Khakwani w/o Imran Meghani and Kamran Suriya; Salim Sohani bt Dileep Perwani 65-26; Salim Ambwani w/o Kamran Suriya; Rahim Khemani lost to Imran Meghani 26-54; Salim Khakwani lost to Asad Kamani 24-47).

Semi-finals

Karachi Club `A` bt Snooker Zone 4-2 (Vishan Gir and Qasim Kamani bt Sunny Shahani and Najam Rehman 65-63; Naveen Perwani and Asim Ghani bt Naseem Paracha and Habib Ahmed 53-31; Qasim Kamani bt Naseem Paracha 56-13; Naveen Perwani bt Najam Rehman 64-52; Asim Ghani lost to Habib Ahmed 42-48; Vishan Gir lost to Sunny Shahani 33-64).

Area Snooker Club bt Time Snooker Club 5-1 (Mohammad Sultan and Farukh Usman lost to Qasim Khan and Jawed Ansari 52-65; Khurram Agha and Kamran Razzak bt Sohail Shehzad and Abdul Sattar 79-30; Mohammad Sultan bt Qasim Khan 77-51; Khurram Agha bt Jawed Ansari 81-03; Farukh Usman bt Sohail Shehzad 67-27; Kamran Razzak bt Abdul Sattar 53-37).

Saturday`s fixtures

Karachi Club `A` v Area Snooker Club (final) at 6.00pm.