UAE and Saudi Arabia crowned champions

BAHRAIN SPORT
Safriya set pace
on second day
Email: sport@gdn.com.bh
Gulf Daily News Saturday, 22nd November 2014
n Members of AMH 3 and Safriya 1, right, teams
SAFRIYA notched the best
score of 53.8 yesterday in the
Championship category of
the 17th AHM Island Classic
Charity Golf Tournament.
The tournament is being held under
the patronage of His Majesty at his private golf course in Safriya.
More than 80 golfers enjoyed superb
conditions on the premium nine-hole
grass golf course yesterday.
Avis 2 were second best with 57 while
JP Morgan finished third on 57.4. Al Hawaj 3 (58.3) and HSBC (61.2) took the
next two positions.
In the Premiership, Lexus 1 finished
on top with 56.2 points and they were
followed in second and third places
by RSCI (57.4) and AMH 3 (57.9) re-
spectively.
Lexus 2 (60.7), RGC (60.8), Al Osra
2 (60.9), Independent 5 (62.3), AER
Rianta 2 (62.4), Al Osra 1 (63.2), AER
Rianta 1 (63.4), Diplomat (64) and Independent 4 (69.5) finished in that order.
Independent Ministry of Interior 3
and Contax Partners, however, stay on
top in the championship and premiership leaderboards with 51.3 and 55.3
points respectively.
Overall leaderboard at the end of the
second day is as follows:
Championship: 1 Independent Ministry of Interior 3 (51.3); Safriya 1 (53.8),
3 Bahrain Confidential (54.6).
Premiership: 1 Contax Partners
(55.3), Lexus 1 (56.2) 3 RSCI (57.4).
“We are pleased with the response
from the sponsors and community this
year. Many of our sponsors have been
loyal supporters since the first year,”
said Senior Manager Fundraising Marketing and Community-Island Classic
Organiser Bahnaz Abbas.
Smoothly
“Our volunteers, many of who have
become regulars over the years, help
to keep things running smoothly. The
weather has been very enjoyable, and
there continues to be an atmosphere of
fun and excitement both with the actual
game and the various side contests that
are taking place.
“Ten more teams will be teeing off today, so the tournament can still be won
by anyone and the car a JAC J5 – Lux-
ury 1.81 Sedan is still waiting for the
golfer who hits a hole-in-one.”
This year’s sponsors include:
Platinum: Credimax. Emerald: Al Hawaj,
Avis, EK Kanoo. Gold: Al Osra Supermarket,
Bahrain Confidential, Royal Golf Club, Xerox.
Silver: HSBC Bank, RCSI, Bahrain.
Hole sponsors: AerRianta Int’l (Middle
East), African & Eastern, Awal Sports International, Burger King, Cemena Holding Company, Contax, Chilis, Dairy Queen, Diplomat
Radissonblu Hotel, Deeko Bahrain, Gulf Translations, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Mazen Computers, National Photo Services, Papa Johns,
Swiss Food Specialties, Standard Chartered
Bank, Sketches, United Gulf Bank.
In Kind Supporters: Crown Worldwide
Movers, Hole In One, Jalal Ionics, King’s Golf
Course, Radio Bahrain.
UAE and Saudi Arabia crowned champions
THE UAE and Saudi Arabia were last
night crowned champions of their respective categories in the GCC
Youth Tennis Championship,
which concluded at the Bahrain
Tennis Federation (BTF) courts
in Isa Town following the final
evening of matches.
The Emiratis won the title in
the under-16 division, while the
Saudis claimed the crown in the
under-12 competition.
Five of the six GCC countries took part in the event –
UAE, Saudi, Oman, Kuwait
and hosts Bahrain.
The competition was held at
the BTF all this past week.t
In the under-16 competition, the UAE claimed first
place overall after finishing the
league-type event with eight
points from an unbeaten record. They won all four of their
match-ups against their Gulf
rivals and were the class of the
age-group.
Amongst the top players for
the Emiratis were Fahad Al
Janahi, Faris Al Janahi and Abdulla Ali, among others.
Finishing in second place
and taking the silver medals
were Oman with seven points.
Their only loss of the competition came against the Emiratis.
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Danube too
strong for
Warriors
DANUBE Home
defeated Lankan
Warriors by 20 runs
in the BFC Corporate Professional League organised by Cricket Bahrain
Association and supported
by Cebarco.
Batting first, Danube posted 135 runs with Atif Khan
contributing 64. For Lankan
Warriors, Manju claimed
four wickets.
In reply, Lankan Warriors
were all out for 115 runs.
Aslam claimed four wickets
for Danube.
BCC defeated ABM
Climax by 25 runs in the
Professional League Cup.
Batting first, BCC posted
229 runs. Ashraf Baig top
scored with 50
and Anasim
Khan made
38. For ABM
Climax,
Yousuf Butt
claimed three
wickets.
In reply,
ABM Climax
n Iqbal
could only
manage 204 runs. Abdul
Jabbar top socred with 46
runs and Usman Izzat made
44. For BCC Rashid Hussain
claimed two wickets.
Other results:
BCC ‘A’ 205 (Wasif Iqbal 101,
Sarfraz Ali 35, Fahad Sadeq 25;
Alauddin 4 wkts) bt Avis Young
Challengers 64 (Mohd Ashraf 4
wkts) bt 141 runs.
Public Security Yellow 104
(Mani 3 wkts) bt Super Kings 85
(Usman Akbar, Khurram Shahzad
and Umar Abbass 2 wkts) by 19
runs.
Srilanka Club 142 (Pushpa 35;
Masood, Huzaifa and Shahid 1
wkt each) lost to Imperial Cricket
Club 143-6 in 24 overs (Shahid
Khan 79*) by four wickets.
BOC U19 105 (Shahzad
Akhtar 4 wkts) lost to Public
Security Blue 106-2 (Wajahat
25, Shahzad Akhtar 24) by eight
wickets.
Cebarco 121 (Rafaqat and
Obaid 2 wkts each) lost to Hajweri CC 122 in 15 overs (Yousuf
32).
Indian Club 170 (Irfan Shaikh
35; Shahi Khan 4 wkts) lost to
Khan CC 171-3 (Abdul Wahab 60)
by seven wickets.
Public Security Red 150 (Shahbaz 34, Zubair 22) bt Asian Lions
120 (Kaiss 40; Zulfiqar Ali 4 wkts)
by 30 runs.
n Arabco to take
on Indian Club
n Action from the tournament. Right, members of the GCC committee at their meeting yesterday
Kuwait claimed third and the
bronze medals with six points,
Saudi were fourth with five
points, and Bahrain finished in
fifth and last place with four
points.
In the under-12 class, the
Saudis were the team to beat
and they too finished their campaign unscathed.
They finished with a maximum of six points from their
three match-ups. They relied on
their talented young line-up that
included Hussain Al Maraj, Saud
Agbani, Abdulla Abdulla and
Qassim Al Obaidan, to name a
few of their team members.
Kuwait were the silver medallists with five points, and the
UAE the bronze winners with
four points.
Home team Bahrain were
once again last in the group,
which did not feature a team
from Oman.
The under-16 Bahrainis
were coached by former national team star Essam Abdula’al, while taking charge for
the under-12 nationals was
Antonio Catito.
The winners of each division
were presented their respective
trophies last night in an awarding ceremony that followed all
the action.
BTF president Shaikh Ahmed
bin Mohammed Al Khalifa was
among those on hand to present
the accolades, along with other
BTF and GCC tennis officials.
Meanwhile, a meeting of
members of the GCC tennis
committee was held yesterday
morning and a number of important issues were discussed.
Among them included the
under-10 GCC championship to be held in Qatar at a
to-be-determined date.
Also on the cards was the organisation of the Under-18 and
Undre-14 Doubles and Singles
Championship to be held in
Kuwait in January next year,
plus the Under-18 and Under-14 Teams Championship
to take place in Saudi Arabia in
March.
ARABCO booked a berth in
the final of the KCA-Zayani
Motors International Volleyball
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Arabco beat Ruby KCA in a five
set thriller 20-25, 22-25, 25-22,
25-20, 15-11.
Arabco take on Indian Club in the
final.
n Bahrain beat Oman
BAHRAIN secured a Gulf Top
Six place yesterday with a fine
33-12 win over Oman in Muscat.
First-half tries for Adam Wallace
and Rich Muncaster and further
scores for Shane Stapleton, Dave
Howie and Tom Ham after the
break,along with Wallace’s four
conversions, gave Bahrain a
deserving victory.