Lawyers’ Billiards Tournament in Sudak runs for the 6th time

The 6th Sergei Lavitsky Open Billiards Tournament for Lawyers ran on 20-21 September 2008 at Sudak, Crimea.

The event was organised under the auspices of the Ukrainian Lawyers’ Association.

Since the time it first took place three years ago the tournament in Sudak has turned into one of the most prominent amateur billiards contests running by professional rules. 

Partners of the tournament included Legal Alliance Law Firm, Southern Legal Group, Kiev’s Argomed Real Estate Agency, and Magisters Law Firm.

Billiards lounge of the Sudak Recreation Complex’s business centre welcomed lawyers from across the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as from Kiev, Vinnitsa, and Lipetsk (the Russian Federation).

By tradition, the tournament was opened by its guest of honour, member of the Ukrainian parliament Boris Deich.  The participants were also welcomed by Sudak’s mayor Andrei Dementiev who has been a repeated participant in the tournament in the past three years.

Segrei Solovyov, changeless referee of the open billiards tournaments for lawyers, noted that the participants continually multiplied their own performance.  It is the high individual skill and warm friendly atmosphere that make the tournament entirely free from any issue points at billiard tables. 

The hottest part of the tournament was the quarter-finals with Denis Syshchenko versus Yevgeniy Drachevsky and Konstantin Skorubsky versus Viacheslav Shchepansky.  With a winner required to make 4 victories both pairs got to 3:3 by games, with the Skorubsky – Shchepansky pair having 7:7 by balls in the last game.  Fortune was more favourable to Konstantin Skorubsky, a tournament beginner, who became number four by games. 

The third place was won by Vladimir Dementiev, chief of administration department from Lipetsk oblast and the first Russian national to participate in the tournament. 

Associate prosecutor for the town of Vinnitsa Yevgeniy Drachevsky reached the finals after five consecutive victories wrestled at great pains. However, he only came with silver in the finals. 
The gold of the 6th Sergei Lavitsky Open Billiards Tournament for Lawyers was earned by Igor Dvorny, judge of the Crimean Economic Court. 

Igor Dvorny - tournament winner

To recall, Igor Dvorny already made it to the finals at the last tournament however, although many had no doubt of his victory, he lost to Vitaliy Chesnokov, consultant to a member of the Ukrainian parliament, while originally being two games ahead.

This year Mr Dvorny was one of the tournament favourites from the outset.  Having demonstrated confident and spectacular game he secured the well-deserved 4:0 victory in the final duel.

As usual, the winner received the tournament cup and a personalised handcrafted luxurious mahogany cue.

Tournament winners

At the end the participants marked the environment of sound competition created at the tournament drove up the aspiration for a better result.  Perhaps this was why those who played at the open billiards tournament for lawyers for the first time three years ago still remain its regular attendees. 

In the meantime, having yet another time tested their luck and will to success, the participants of the 6th Sergei Lavitsky Open Billiards Tournament for Lawyers took leave until the new season the next spring.

Natalia Dokuchaeva
Development Manager
Legal Alliance Law Firm

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