Kathmandu, June 1:

Rajendra Manandhar of Annapurna Post defeated Nil Bahadur Magar of Nabil Bank 51-13, 36-17 in the inaugural match of the Lowenbrau third Corporate Snooker Tournament here today.

Sangam Rupacha of Outreach Nepal, Devendra Gurung of Peregrine Adventure, Mohan Subedi of Sujal Foods, Raj Kamal Basnet of Standard Chartered Bank, Binay Kumar Regmi of Nabil Bank, Samir KC of Nepal SBI Bank, Shyam Khadki of Employment Development Multipurpose Company and Sandeep Wagle of Standard Chartered entered the third round.

Earlier, Siddhanta Thakuri of Nabil Bank, Bikash Shrestha of All Nepal Tea and Coffee Pvt Ltd, Vikash Chaudhary of Bank of kathmandu, Sunil tamrakar of Image Channel, Sandeep Wagle of Standard Chartered bank, Trishakti Rana of Surya Nepal and Tashi Gurung of Himalaya Kailash Travels won their first round encounters.

President of Billiards, Snooker and Pool Association Shyam Chitrakar, Nepal champion Saroj Mulmi, Assistant Editor of Annapurna Post Shashi Kant Adhikari, General manager of Hotel Shangri-La Raju Bikram Shah and Deputy General manager of Varun Beverages Nepal Pvt Ltd PK Singh inaugurated the tournament.

Varun Beverages is the main sponsor, while Dragon Air, Krishi Premura and Photo Concern are the sponsors of the of the event. Image Channel and Image FM are the media partners of the tournament, which has been organised jointly by Annapurna Post and Hotel Shangri-La.