BAHRAIN SPORT Email: [email protected] Gulf Daily News Wednesday, 24th December 2014 29 Deepak and Joby star in Strikers win n Bahrain’s billiards and snooker teams returned yesterday after the 10th GCC Billiards and 17th Snooker Championships in Doha, where they claimed three silver and four bronze medals. The event, which began on December 13, concluded yesterday. Bahrain Billiards and Snooker Association President Khalid Abdulrahman Janahi and association director Ahmed Mubarak were present at Bahrain International Airport to receive the delegation. Above, players with officials at the airport. Bahrain team kick off Malaysia camp n Coach Eid watches as Bahrain team members take part in a training session in Kuala Lumpur BAHRAIN National Football team arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday for their first training camp ahead of the Asian Cup Championship in Australia from January 9 to 31. The team members, who will be staying at Golden Horses Palace Hotel, were received by Bahrain Football Association (BFA) board member Hafeth Al Dossary, administrator Fahad Jalal and accountant Adel Abbas Marzoog. The team is coached by national coach Marjan Eid and assisted by Isa Al Sadoon. The support staff include goalkeeping coach Abdulla Belal and physical fitness trainer Jose Carlos of Brazil. The team held their first training session at the Malaysia Football Federation football pitch, where coach Eid and his technical staff concentrated on warm-up exercises. Meanwhile, national team captain Mohammed Hussain, who plays for top Saudi Arabia club Al Nasr, will join the team today after playing for his club against Al Shoala in the Crown Prince Cup quarter-final match. The team’s general supervisor Hafeth Al Dossary pointed out that the team aim to benefit from this training camp before travelling to Ballarat City in Australia on Saturday. They will play two friendly games – against Saudi Arabia on December 31 and against Jordan on January 4. Two training sessions are scheduled for today. Coach Eid will concentrate on the fitness of the players in the morning session, while he will have a major training session in the evening. BAHRAIN SQUAD: Sayed Mohammed Jaffar, Waleed Al Hayyam, Abdulwahab Ali, Abdulla Abdo, Ismael Abdullatif, Hussain Baba (Muharraq), Hamad Al Dossary, Rashid Al Hooti, Mohammed Daej, Sayed Deya Saeed, Sayed Ahmed Jaffar, Abdulla Shelal, Mohammed Al Tayyeb (Riffa), Abdulla Hazza, Faisal Bu Dahoom, Abdulla Yousif (East Riffa), Abdulwahab Al Malood (Al Hidd), Sami Al Hussaini (Busaiteen), Ashraf Waheed (Manama), Mohammed Hussain (Al Nasr of Saudi), Fawzi Ayesh (Al Seleya of Qatar), Jessi John (Msaimer of Qatar), Abdulla Omar. Hamed emerges winner HAMED Salem emerged Flight One winner in the traditional December Christmas Hamper strokeplay competition. In Flight Two, Yong Back Kim topped the list. The competition, sponsored by BMMI-alosra, was held in perfect golfing conditions at Awali Golf Club. BMMI representatives Micheal Goodger and Paul Terblanche were on hand while Club Captain Abdul Elah Fakhroo was master of ceremonies and presented the prizes on behalf of BMMI. Results (no overall winner): Flight-1: 1st Hamed Salem nett-66 (gross-69), 2nd Ali Musbah (68/71), 3rd Mohammed Al Fudhala (68/78), losing on countback Diab Sagar Al Noaimi (68/72). Flight-2: 1st Yong Back Kim (66/80), 2nd Essa Al Kaabi (67/81), 3rd Gerry McDermott (68/84), losing on countback Ahmed Majid (68/82) and Paul Beaumont (68/83). Flight-3: 1st Sang Oak Nam (65/101), 2nd Ariette Paul (67/96), 3rd Nicky Park (67/100). n Players with officials after the awarding DEEPAK fired a fine half century and Joby claimed six wickets to lead Strikers CC to a 56-run victory over Awali Gents in the BFC-sponsored Cricket Bahrain (BCLCBA Division) Premier League T20 Tournament. Strikers, who batted first, were in fine form as Deepak led the assault with 67 runs. He was well supported by Asif, who scored 32. For Awali, Nomi took three wickets while Ajith claimed two. Awali batsmen, barring Felix and Khurram, failed to put up a fight as Joby kept them in check with a fiery spell that saw six batsmen perish. Felix made 40 runs while Khurram contributed 39 to the team’ total. Awali were n Deepak bowled out for 134 runs. RESULTS STRIKERS CC 190/8 (Deepak 67, Asif 32, Nomi 3/24, Ajith 2/18) beat Awali Gents 134/10 (Felix 40, Khurram39, Joby 6/19) by 56 runs. ENOC Karnataka n Joby Royals 135/8 in 19.4 overs ( Raguram 29, Ashok 29, Badar 2/9, Sourav 2/26) beat AJM Kooheji 131/5 in 20 overs ( Shoaib 42, Paul 32, Rajesh 2/15) by 2 wickets. NIAZI CC 101/3 in 13.1 overs ( Junaid 50, Ihtesham 2/20) beat Pak CC 99/10 (Sohail 17, Tausef 3/8, Kamal 2/5) by 7 wickets. BOC U 25 165/6 (Arsalan 45, Awad 34, Najaf 3/20) beat Asma CC 156/10 (Irfan 45, Ashiq 38, Awad 4/39, Jamal 3/28) by 9 runs. TORNADO 168/6 (Rizwan 44, Rasheed 39, Ajay 2/22) beat Lanterns 126/9 (Asif 43, Shiji 4/17, Anto 3/23) by 42 runs. ESOQ 177/7 (Shahzad 42, Karamat 31, Waheed 3/31) beat Indian School Parents 100/10 (Talvinder 19, Riyaz 3/12, Adnan 2/8) by 77 runs. PAK LIONS 135/7 (Ahsan 76, Uamair 22, Jaseer 2/19) beat Bahrain Indians 134/8 (Jaseer 32, Ameer 22, Ziya 2/31) by 3 wickets. Under-14 team ready for Asian championship BAHRAIN’S under-14 national tennis team will participate in the Asian Tennis Cup U-14 Championship to be held in Doha from today until next Tuesday. The championship, to be held at Khalifa Olympic Tennis and Squash Complex, is being organised under the umbrella of Asian Tennis Federation. A total of 11 teams will compete in the championship. The participating teams are Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar A-B, Iran, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. The Bahrain team members are Ali Nabeel Dawani, Yousif Ghassan Dhaif and Hassan Salah El Deen. The participants will be divided into two groups and they will play two singles and one doubles matches.
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