Issa claims Grand Prix title Aleina captures crown

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BAHRAIN SPORT
Gulf Daily News Sunday, 18th January 2015
Email: sport@gdn.com.bh
Aleina captures crown
ALEINA Alex won the 16 years
and under girls singles title in
style yesterday in the Third EK
Kanoo Juniors Open Tennis
Championship at the Bahrain Tennis Club
in Juffair.
Aleina of India proved too good for
Maria Taleb of Bahrain and sealed the
title 6-0, 6-0.
In the 16 years and under boys, Rahul
Jaideep and Qassim Obaidan claimed the
title beating Mohammed Dhaif and Yousif
Dhaif in an intense final which went the
distance.
Rahul and Qassim rallied from a set
down and had to dig deep into their reserves of energy before clinching the title
3-6, 7-6, 13-11.
Other results:
Unisex 8 and under: Ansh Lalwani bt Sahil
Uberio w-o; Rohan Mukherjee bt Sanjana Kayam
4-0; Altair Marat bt Idhani Kastwar 4-2; Vyom
Gupta bt Seeya Uberio w-o; Ashwin Aryan bt
Mohammed Al Huda 4-0; Gabriel Giraud bt Ansh
Lalwani 4-0; Shadi Kallel bt Rohan Mukherjee
4-2; Altair Marat bt Rout Siddhart 4-3; Margo
Ugarkovic bt Ahmed Shanaishen 4-1; Rakan
Kawash bt Dhey Shah 4-0; Vyom Gupta bt
Jacob Joshua w-o; Tristan Manners bt Arya
Bhandary 4-0.
Unisex 10 and under: Zubair Khan bt Saba
Abdulwahab 10-2; Mariam Aleesa bt Anushree
Kotwal 10-3; Kazuma Miyawaki bt Sharif Malak
10-0; Hiroki Wakamastu bt Yara Tayim w-o.
DOUBLE TREAT!
n BTC president Khamis Muqla with the winners and runners-up of yesterday’s finals
l Shaikh Hamad and Al Kooheji race to victories
n The winners with officials
SHAIKH Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
and Hussain Al Kooheji kept their
perfect records intact yesterday when
they claimed yet another double victories in their respective championships at Bahrain International Circuit
(BIC).
Shaikh Hamad won both races in the
BIC 2,000cc Challenge to extend his
winning streak to a flawless eight in a
row. Al Kooheji, meanwhile, followed
suit with his own double in the BMR
600 Championship, stretching his unbeaten run to four races.
Both series were held in Sakhir as
part of BIC’s National Racing Festival.
It was organised by BIC in cooperation
with Bahrain Motor Federation and Circuit Racing Club.
Shaikh Hamad had a slow start to
the day in the BIC 2,000cc Challenge,
which was holding the fourth round of
the 2014-2015 season.
Abdulaziz Ashkanani, driving a Honda S2000, topped free practice with a
best lap of one minute 18.877seconds.
Hussain Karimi then steered his Honda
CRX to winning pole position with a
best lap of 1min 18.841secs,
But Shaikh Hamad was not going to
be outdone, and he quickly raised his
level as the field headed to the pair of
15-lap sprints.
Power
After starting from third on the grid,
the former champion managed to power
to the front a few laps into the race and
held on strong to take the chequered flag
in a winning time of 19mins 58.574secs.
Raed Himmo in a Honda CRX was
third, 27.120secs off the pace.
Alex Longden driving a BMW 3 Series finished fourth (+40.664secs), Abdulrahman Ghuloom in a Honda CIVIC
was fifth (+59.684secs) and Tim Birkin
rounded out the final classification in his
Honda Integra in sixth (+2 laps).
Ashkanani was not classified having only completed seven laps. Karimi
clocked Race One’s fastest lap of 1min
18.805secs.
In Race Two, Shaikh Hamad once
again started from the middle of the
field but it did not take him too long
before moving up to the front. Shaikh
Hamad won in 20mins 02.970secs for a
much narrow gap of 0.136secs ahead of
Karimi.
Longden was third, 29.692s behind
the winner. Birkin (+56.223secs), Ghuloom (+58.156secs), Ashkanani (+1 lap)
and Himmo (4 laps) completed the finishing order.
Meanwhile, there was just as much
exciting action in the BMR 600 – the
newly launched one-make series featuring Honda Hornet 600cc motorbikes.
Hussain Al Aswad began the day on
top after registering a best lap of 1min
16.067secs during free practice. He improved on his time to gain pole position
in qualifying with a fastest lap of 1min
15.995secs. Al Kooheji started alongside Al Aswad.
Issa claims Grand Prix title
ALI Issa claimed the Grand Prix title in the Khalid bin Hamad Showjumping Championship, held under
the patronage of Supreme Council
for Youth and Sports first deputy chairman and
Bahrain Athletics Association president Shaikh
Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the Military
Sports Association Field in Al Raffah.
Chairman of Showjumping Committee at
Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation Shaikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
and Platinum Stables manager Adnan Al Alawi
crowned the winners of all categories.
Issa claimed the Grand Prix title on Bascal in
a time of 89.01 seconds. Sami Ghazwan was second on Fairuz in 79.19 seconds with four faults
while Eyad Ahmed on Barilo was third in 83.34
seconds with four faults.
Tawfiq Al Qattan on Ted was fourth in 84.83
seconds and four faults.
In the juniors ‘A’ category, Mayoof Al Rumaihi finished first on Granis in 30.48 seconds.
Hussain Mohammed Dadallah was second on
Al Kooheji won Race One in
15mins 18.058secs. Alaswad finished
8.064secs back, while Saleh Alkandari was third, 8.170secs from first.
Faisal Ali (+8.547secs), Chris Rabie
(+25.209secs) and Abdulghaffar Albastaki (+39.108s) completed the top six of
the 12 finishers.
Ali had the race’s best lap time of
1min 15.661secs.
Al Kooheji secured his double in
13mins 54.724secs. Al Aswad was
second with a 2.094secs gap, and Alkandari third, 6.234secs behind. Ali
(+10.055secs), Rabie (+35.934secs) and
John Beddall (+36.392secs) finished
fourth through sixth, respectively.
Al Kooheji registered the best lap of
1min 15.145secs, which is the fastest of
the season thus far.
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My Baby in 32.94 seconds and Nedhal Abdulnabi third on Loshito in 34.90 seconds. Emmy
Kaneon DJ was fourth in 37.45 seconds.
In the juniors ‘B’ category, Ahmed Isa on
Osina finished first in 34.81 seconds. Katie Edison on West was second in 37.50 seconds and
Mayoof Al Rumaihi on Grensee third in 29.12
seconds and four faults.
Category
Issa also won the Adults ‘A’ category on Collin in 25.58 seconds. He was followed by Jassim
Mohammed on Al Yabis in 26.07 seconds while
Basil Al Dosari on Doori was third in 27.60 and
Abbas Yousif fourth on Argentina in 28.60 seconds.
In the Adults ‘B’ category, Sami Ghazwan on
Fayrooz claimed first place prize in 40.14 seconds.
Basil Al Dosari on Doori was second in 44.71
seconds and Mohammed Jassim on Al Yabis
third in 47.74 seconds. Abbas Al Ghuraifi on
Champion was fourth in 49.38 seconds.
n The winners with officials
n The Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA) president Shaikh
Ali bin Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Khalifa and general secretary Feras Al Halwachi visited
former General Organisation
for Youth and Sports president
Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and Bahrain
Tennis Association president
and chairman of Women’s
Committee at Bahrain Olympic Committee Shaikha Hayat
bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa and
presented them with invitations to attend BVA’s 40th
anniversary ceremony to be
held on January 20 at the BVA
Sports Hall in Isa Town. Above,
Shaikh Ali with Shaikh Fawaz.
BBSA league set
THE Bahrain Billiards and
Snooker Association (BBSA)
League will start today. The
event is organised by BBSA,
sponsored by Bapco and will
be held at Al Najma Club in
Juffair.
More than 60 players are
taking part in the league which
concludes on February 8.
The organising committee
said 38 players will take part in
snooker and 30 in billiards.
Bapco have earmarked
$8,000 as prize money.