SPORT Email: [email protected] Gulf Daily News Friday, 30th January 2015 Top bodybuilder seeks sponsors n Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) president Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery honoured plants operations department production engineer Farah Al Majid for her initiative in providing specialised yoga training to the company’s women employees. Dr Jawahery thanked Al Majid for the initiative and said it reflected the keenness of the company’s employees to share their knowledge and experience and to contribute to the awareness of others. The three-month course being offered by Al Majid to GPIC employees has attracted a large number of participants and those who have already trained say they have greatly benefited. Above, Dr Jawahery honours Al Majid. AJESH Sadanadan became the first Indian to win a major bodybuilding contest in Bahrain when he won the gold medal in the 90kg section of the National Day Bodybuilding Championship held on December 4, 2014. The 32-year-old trained for six months for this major event and shed 25 kgs in this period. Without any sponsors backing him, Sadanadan spend more than BD3,000 from his own pocket to prepare himself for this event. “I don’t have any sponsors even after winning this event. I have spend all my savings and have nothing left. If I can’t find any sponsors soon, I may not be able to defend my title this year,” said Sadanadan. Interested sponsors can contact Sadanadan on 33922734. n Bahrain youth go down battling BAHRAIN players bowed out of the GCC Juniors Tennis Championship (under-18 and under-14) being held in Kuwait. Bahrain’s Ali Nabeel Dewani lost to Saudi Arabia’s Faisal Al Reedi 0-2 (7-5, 6-4) in the quarter-finals of the singles competition while Ali Dewani and Hamad Essam were beaten by UAE’s Fares Janahi and Fahad Janahi 7-5, 6-0 in the doubles. n Tennis registration open Cape Summit best bet for feature race feature events are on the cards in today’s horse racing to be held in Sakhir. SEVEN Six of the races are for the Al Sharif Group Cups while the other is for the Late Hassan bin Saleh Alrouwai Cup. Cape Summit, owned by Al Nasseriyeh, trained by Alan Smith and to be ridden by Brett Doyle, is the favourite to win the Al Sharif Group Cup for imported horses which carries a cash prize of BD2,000 and to be run over 1,600 metres, starting at 4.20pm. Tally Ho and Equivalent are the second and third favourites respectively. Farange, owned by Al Nasseriyeh, trained by Alan Smith and to be ridden by Brett Doyle, is the best bet to win the Al Sharif Group Cup for locally bred horses which also carries a cash prize of BD2,000 and to be run over 1,600 metres, starting at 3.55pm. Zayyir and Kentucky Wildcat are the second and third favourites respectively. Beakers N Num Nums, owned by Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al BASKETBALL NBA matches on Wednesday: Phoenix 106 Washington 98 Atlanta 113 Brooklyn 102 New York 100 Oklahoma City 92 San Antonio 95 Charlotte 86 Toronto 119 Sacramento 102 Utah 89 LA Clippers 94 Houston 99 Dallas 94 Minnesota 110 Boston 98 New Orleans 85 Denver 93 Cleveland 99 Portland 94 Philadelphia 89 Detroit 69 GOLF First round of the Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai (par 72): 64 - Bernd Wiesberger (AUT); 65 - Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Andy Sullivan (ENG), Lee Westwood (ENG), Peter Uihlein (US); 66 - Seve Benson (ENG), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Marc Warren (SCO), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Anders Hansen (DEN), Maximilian Kieffer (GER), Hennie Otto (RSA); 67 - Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Yang Y.E. 27 n Sadanadan shows off his gold medal Khalifa, trained by Alan Smith and to be ridden by Brett Doyle, is tipped to win the Al Sharif Group Cup for imported horses which carries a cash prize of BD1,500 and to be run over 2,000 metres, staring at 4.45pm. Musaafer and Chequers are the second and third favourites respectively. Milyar, owned by Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, trained den by Alberto Sanna, is tipped to beat his closest challengers Mlolshan 1627 and Al Ma’anagy 1555 and win the Late Hassan bin Saleh Alrouwai Cup for Arabian horses which carries a cash prize of BD1,500 and to be run over 1,200 metres, starting at 2.40pm. Mayfair Lad, owned by Yunis Abdulhameed Ahmed, trained by Abdulla Kuwaiti and to be ridden by Gerald Avranche, is the favourite to win the Al Sharif Group Cup for imported horses which carries cash prize of BD1,500 and to be run over 1,200 metres, starting at 3.05pm. Goodwood Storm and Taffe are expected to give the favourite n Action from a previous race a run for its money. La Faisan Blanche, owned by by James Naylor and to be ridden by Ali Ahmed Al Anzoor, trained by AbdulGerald Avranche, looks in best shape to la Kuwaiti and to be ridden by Hassan win the Al Sharif Group Cup for locally Al Saffar, looks in best shape to win the bred horses which carries a cash prize of Al Sharif Group Cup for imported horsBD1,500 and to be run over 1,200 me- es which carries a cash prize of BD1,500 tres, starting at 2.15pm. and to be run over 1,400 metres, starting The Tin Man and Fardiya are expected at 3.30pm. to give the favourite a run for its money. Wye Valley and Pastoral Witness are Al Saqlawy 1578, owned by Al Jasra, the second and third favourites respectrained by Yousif Taher and to be rid- tively. (KOR), Martin Kaymer (GER), Jorge Campillo (ESP), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Graeme McDowell (NIR), Danny Willett (ENG); 68 - Robert Rock (ENG), Andrew Johnston (ENG), Tom Lewis (ENG), David Lipsky (US), Joost Luiten (NED), Renato Paratore (ITA), Grégory Havret (FRA), Jake Roos (RSA), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Alexander Noren (SWE); 69 - Kristoffer Broberg (SWE), Garth Mulroy (RSA), Dawie Van der Walt (RSA), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Wade Ormsby (AUS), Pablo Larrazábal (ESP), Gary Stal (FRA), Grégory Bourdy (FRA), Anthony Wall (ENG), Simon Khan (ENG), Paul Waring (ENG), Daniel Brooks (ENG), Paul Lawrie (SCO); 70 Jordi García Pinto (ESP), Felipe Aguilar (CHI), Richard Green (AUS), Rafael Cabrera (ESP), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Edouard Espana (FRA), Michaël Lorenzo-Vera (FRA), Jeev Milkha Singh (IND), Edoardo Molinari (ITA), Ahmed Marjan (MOR), An Byeong-Hun (KOR); 71 Damien McGrane (IRL), Marco Crespi (ITA), Shiv Kapur (IND), Niclas Fasth (SWE), Robert Karlsson (SWE), Magnus Carlsson (SWE), Johan Carlsson (SWE), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN), Morten Madsen (DEN), Scott Hend (AUS), Raphaël Jacquelin (FRA), Dominic Foos (GER), Moritz Lampert (GER), Richie Ramsay (SCO), Craig Lee (SCO), Simon Dyson (ENG), Bradley Dredge (WAL), Matthew Baldwin (ENG), Tyrrell Hatton (ENG), Zane Scotland (ENG), Richard Bland (ENG), David Howell (ENG), Oliver Wilson (ENG), Ross Fisher (ENG), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR), Thongchai Jaidee (THA); 72 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Matthew Nixon (ENG), James Morrison (ENG), David Horsey (ENG), Steve Webster (ENG), Ross McGowan (ENG), David Drysdale (SCO), Chris Doak (SCO), Michael Hoey (NIR), Jerome Lando-Casanova (FRA), Alexander Levy (FRA), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), José María Olazábal (ESP), Alejandro Cañizares (ESP), Ernie Els (RSA); 73 - Branden Grace (RSA), Jbe Kruger (RSA), Peter Lawrie (IRL), Álvaro Quirós (ESP), Brett Rumford (AUS), Mark Tullo (CHI), Darren Clarke (NIR), Scott Jamieson (SCO), Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG), Oliver Fisher (ENG), Mark Foster (ENG), Oliver Farr (WAL); 74 - Sam Hutsby (ENG), Richard Finch (ENG), Prom Meesawat (THA), Jason Palmer (ENG), Eddie Pepperell (ENG), Benjamin Hébert (FRA), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Mikael Lundberg (SWE) 75 - Marcel Siem (GER), Romain Wattel (FRA), Julien Quesne (FRA), Sergio García (ESP), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Graeme Storm (ENG), Joshua White (ENG), Michael Harradine (SUI); 76 - George Coetzee (RSA); 77 - Jeong Jin (KOR), Luke Joy (ENG); 78 - James Allan (ENG); 79 - Matteo Manassero (ITA); 82 Faycal Serghini (MAR); 83 - Javier Ballesteros (ESP). ICE HOCKEY National Hockey League matches on Wednesday: Washington 4 Pittsburgh Los Angeles 4 Chicago New Jersey 2 Toronto (Shootout) 0 3 1 BAHRAIN Tennis Club (BTC) have started the registration process for the 20th BBK Junior Tennis Championship to be held at the club premises in Juffair from February 7 to 18. The event is sponsored by Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait for the 20th successive year. The last date to receive entries is Sunday. For more details contact BTC on 17729561 or Bahrain. [email protected] or www. bahraintennisclub.com n Triathlon trials set THE Bahrain Triathlon Association (@triathlonbh) will be holding its first talent identification trials tomorrow to select Bahraini athletes who will be part of the high performance programme for the 2015 season. Registration starts at 8am and the swim trials begin at 9.30am at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium. The run trial starts at 3pm. Trials will be held under the following categories: Youth under-16; Juniors between 16 to 19; under 20 to 23 and elite over 23 years old. For further details contact vicent. [email protected] n The French School of Bahrain is taking part in a Gulf Tournament in Dubai for the first time. Twelve French schools with 32 teams are participating in this four-day event where competitions will be held in basketball, handball, volleyball and badminton. Above, the Bahrain students on their way to Dubai. n Al Beladi wins JABER Al Beladi defeated Mohammed Abbas 3-0 in a Group ‘A’ snooker clash of the ound of the Bahrain Billiard and Snooker League 2014-2015 being organized by the Bahrain Billiard and Snooker Federation and sponsored by Bapco. In Group ‘C’ of the same round, Hussain Al Aradi defeated Abdulla Khalid 3-0, Hassan Raouf defeated Ishaq Abdulkhaliq 3-0 during Group ‘D’ match. In Group ‘E’ match, Hisham Al Sager defeated Majid Dhaif 3-2, while Younis Sager defeated Jaffar Al Rayyes 3-0 in Group ‘F’ and Nader Al Dossary defeated Adel Al Ansari 3-2 in Group ‘G’. In the billiard competition Sayed Ahmed Al Alawi defeated Mohammed Sanad 13-10, Sayed Ali Sayed Yousif defeated Mohammed Abdulla Khalil 13-11, Hassan Sabah defeated Sayed Ali Sayed Yousif 13-11, Ali Abdulkarim defeated Ali Hassan Salman 13-12, Fares Abdulkarim defeated Hussain Al Sisi 13-9, Fahad Khalaf defeated Ahmed Khalaf 13-6, Ahmed Yousif defeated Hussain Al Khayyat.
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