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.