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India, Aussies have
score to settle
35 of 36 Indian athletes failed to equal their best performances Rafter knocks out
top seed Kuerten Serena powers past Dokic BCCI not to
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Kafelnikov had little hope of doing well Australian Open
to have new scoring system Wembley ready for last match Amritinder shares lead in Hero Golf Irina Brar to lead challenge
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India, Aussies have score to settle NAIROBI, Oct 6 (PTI) — India and Australia meet in a crucial ICC knockout cricket tournament here tomorrow with a score to
settle. Australia white-washed India during their tour Down Under earlier this year, and have generally dominated their duels in the last one
year. But the Indians had sent Australia packing within 24 hours of the their arrival in the inaugural edition of the tournament in Dhaka in 1998 when batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar almost single-handedly led his team to a memorable
victory. That defeat still rankles the Australians who will pull out all stops tomorrow to avenge that humiliating first round exit. And Saurav Ganguly and his men would just as much like to repeat that
performance. From India’s point of view, the important question is whether Ganguly and Tendulkar - arguably the best opening pair in recent times - should expose themselves to the formidable pace attack of Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie, especially since the middle-order, largely consisting of newcomers and comeback men, does not look to have the depth to cope with an early
collapse. But the Indian think-tank comprising coach Anshuman Gaekwad, captain, vice-captain and some senior players seem to have decided in favour of continuing with the Ganguly-Sachin pair at the top thus ruling out any intention of going on the defensive against the world champions. The Indians also seem to have decided to continue with three-man pace attack of newcomer Zaheer Khan, Venkatesh Prasad and Ajit Agarkar, which performed quite well against Kenya in the opening match on
Tuesday. And with the pitch not offering much help to spinners, left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi will once again have to be left out. “The pitch is not spinning much, so there is no point in looking to strengthen the bowling attack,” Ganguly
said. “We discussed Sunil but these are short boundaries and we are afraid to experiment with spinners because they could be hit to good effect,” he added. For the slot of fifth bowler, there is a toss-up between the trusted Robin Singh and Tamil Nadu batsman S. Sriram, who can also roll over his wrists as a left-arm
spinner. Ganguly also hinted that he may opt to bat first if he wins the toss tomorrow. “As evident in the first three games, the help to fast bowlers in the initial stages is not that great. So we can’t be closed to the idea of batting first on winning the toss,” he
said. The Indian captain hoped the team will carry on the good work in the field. “Unlike in Australia, where the grounds are big and the fielding is demanding, here we can choose our men well. We have identified the sharp fielders in the side, and youngsters like Zaheer and Yuvraj have a good arm.” Ganguly wondered whether the Australians were in as crakling a form as they were last
year. “They could not beat South Africa either at home or in an away series, so the pressure is on them,” he said. |
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Microscopic view CHANDIGARH, Oct 6 — Only six of the 39 individual participants and two of the eight teams from India crossed the first round barrier in the first Olympic Games of the new millennium. The remaining 33 participants and six teams were eliminated either in the first round or in the
preliminaries. Thirtyfive of the 36 Indian athletes on view during track and field competitions, failed to equal or surpass their individual best performances either at home or in competitions abroad. The same was true for majority of weightlifters, rowers and
swimmers. In the team events, except for hockey, where India finished seventh — a slot higher than the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games — and tennis (men’s doubles) where India lost in the pre-quarter-finals, all other teams, including all the three relay squads in track events, also licked the dust in the heats or preliminary elimination
rounds. It has been perhaps the worst-ever performance by India in Olympic Games in recent years. The Indian national anthem has never been played at any medal presentation ceremony at the Olympics since 1980 Moscow Games where India won last of its eight Olympic gold medals in field
hockey. India has yet to equal or surpass its best ever Olympic medal tally of two — one gold and one bronze — which it had at Helsinki in
1952. The brightest spot for India was a good performance by weightlifter Karnam Malleshwari who snatched a bronze with a total lift of 240 kg. This was the only medal with which this 76-member squad returned
home. A critical look at the performance of Indian athletes reveals that more than 90 per cent of our athletes even failed to equal or better their own individual best during the fortnight long Sydney Olympic
Games. Among the notable failures were tennis star Leander Paes, quarter-miler Paramjit Singh, throwers Neelam Jaswant Singh, Gurmeet Kaur, Vijay Bahadur and Shakti Singh, jumper Suresh K. Rai, boxer Dingko Singh and swimmer Nisha Millet.
Some of Indian athletes, who were reasonably close to the medals at the Games, included shooters Anjali Vedpathak and Abhinav Bindra and boxer Gurcharan
Singh. In track and field, where India sent its largest contingent ever, the sole performer was quarter-miler K.M. Beenamol who made it to the semi-finals. She was the only one from the entire track and field squad of the country to clear
preliminaries. All throwers, jumpers and relay runners finished at the bottom of their respective preliminary round competitions. For example, women heptathletes — Pramila Gudandda and Soma Biswas — finished 24th and 25th in a field of 27. Jumper Sanjay K. Rai had one foul jump before walking out of the
competition. None of our throwers had “all three fine” throws. Ace runner and quarter-miler Paramjit Singh was far below his individual best, both in 400 metres flat and the 4x400m
relay. Performance of Indians at Sydney Athletics: KM Beenamol — finished last in the semi-final in 400 m; Pramila Gudandda — placed in the bottom half in heptathlon (24/27); Soma Biswas — placed in the bottom half in heptathlon (25/27); Paramjit Singh — eliminated in the first heat; Neelam Jaswant Singh — finished 26th in a field of 32; Sanjay K Rai — scratched after a foul jump; Gurmeet Kaur —eliminated in the preliminaries Vijay Bahadur — eliminated in the preliminaries; Shakti Singh — eliminated n the preliminaries; 4x100 m relay women — eliminated in the heats; 4x100 m relay men — eliminated in the heats; 4x400 m relay men — eliminated in the
heats. Badminton: Aparna Popat — lost in Ist round; Pullela Gopichand — lost in third
round. Weightlifting: T.M. Muthu — 17th in 56 kg category; Sanamcha Chanu — sixth; Karnam Maleswari — third (Bronze
medal). Table Tennis: C Baboor & Raman Subramanayam — eliminated in preliminaries; Chetan Baboor — eliminated in preliminaries; Poulumi Ghatak — eliminated in
preliminaries. Shooting: Anjali Vedpathak — finished last in the final round (10m air rifle); Anwar Sultan — eliminated in preliminaries; Abhinav Bindra — joint 11th; Anjali Vedpathak — 33rd in a field of 42 in 50 m rifle
3-position. Boxing: Jatinder Kumar — lost in the second round; Gurcharan Singh — lost in a tie-breaker in q-finals; Dingko Singh — lost in the second round after a bye; S. Suresh Singh — lost in the first
round. Swimming: Nisha Millet — 37th out of 39 competitors; Hakimuddin — eliminated in
heats. Rowing: Kasam Khan and Inderpal Singh — finished last in the
preliminaries. Tennis: Leander Paes — lost in the first round; Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi — lost in the pre-quarter-finals; Nirupma Vaidyanathan and Manisha — eliminated in the first
round. Equestrian: Imtiaz Anees — finished last in the three-day
event. Wrestling: Gurbinder Singh — eliminated in the first round. Judo: Lourembam Brojeshori — eliminated in the third
round. Hockey: India — seventh. |
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Rafter knocks out top seed Kuerten HONG KONG, Oct 6 (DPA) — Patrick Rafter kept his mood light and shirts freshly changed in the heat and humidity to knock top seed Gustavo Kuerten out of the quarterfinals of the $ 375,000 Salem Open, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4,
today. The seventh seed from Australia got the only break of serve - for 5-4 in the second set - in a contest lasting one hour, 26 minutes and saved all four break points he faced against the Brazilian. The battle of two-time Grand Slam winners - Rafter owns a pair of US Open crowns while “Guga” claimed his second Roland Garros trophy in June - was a good-natured affair despite a few swipes of the racket at the court by Kuerten in moments of
frustration. “We both had a good attitude. It’s much nicer to play that way,’’ said Rafter, a losing finalist at Victoria Park in 1994 and 1997 to Michael Chang. “You enjoy yourself much
more. “That’s hard to do under Grand Slam tournament conditions, but it’s the kind of match that I
enjoy.’’ Rafter changed shirts four times in the draining conditions, the same number he went through in his second-round match
yesterday. “I brought five out there and I had four more in the laundry that I could use,’’ he said. “I still found it humid, but maybe I sweated a little less.’’
Kuerten, who now heads to next week’s ATP Tour event as top seed while Rafter carries on in Hong Kong, said his loss was a story of missed
opportunities. “I missed my chances, the match was close. I didn’t make the points I needed to make, but I was into the
game. “I enjoyed the match, it was the best I’ve played during the tournament. I tried to relax and play the best match that I could,’’ Kuerten
said. Third seed Nicolas Kiefer moved ahead, 6-2, 6-4, as he eliminated fifth seed Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador. The German Kiefer plays tomorrow against either three-time winner Michael Chang of the USA or British second seed Tim Henman. |
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TOKYO, Oct 6 (AFP) — Serena Williams did not serve her best but the American second seed unleashed an array of unstoppable winners to beat Jelena Dokic at the Princess Cup tennis tournament
today. Williams, showing no ill-effect of a cold she picked up on her way to winning the Sydney Olympic doubles gold with her sister Venus, powered her way through to a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal victory over the Australian. In the semifinals tomorrow, Williams will take on Czech qualifier Daja Bedanova, who continued her excellent seed-killing run by beating fifth seed Amy Frazier of the USA 5-7, 7-6 (7/0),
6-2. Five-time champion Monica Seles kept on course for a probable final showdown against her Sydney Olympic team-mate Williams by elimiating the last local hope, Shinobu Asagoe, 6-3, 6-4. Seles will meet fourth seed Julie Halard-Decugis of France, the winner over American sixth seed Kristina Brandi 1-6, 6-1,
6-4. Williams faced no break point against her in winning the first set but was disappointed to have let Dokic break her twice in the
second. “I don’t have the biggest serve, I have the second biggest serve besides Lindsay (Davenport). I was very disappointed that I gave those two games away,” Williams
said. For Bedanova, ranked 87th this week, it was a second straight day to shock a seeded player following her three-set victory over 1999 Australian Open finalist and third seed Amelie Mauresmo of France.
FILDERSTADT (Germany): Conchita Martinez of Spain needed two hours and 31 minutes to overcome Bulgaria’s Magdalena Maleeva and reach the quarterfinals of the porsche Grand Prix here on
Thursday. The second-seeded Spaniard edged through 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and will now face Belgian teenager Kim Clijsters.
In two more close battles, Nathalie Tauziat of France struggled past Germany’s Barbara Rittner, her 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory setting up an all-French clash with
Anne-Gaelle Sidot. |
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BCCI not to
allow PCA to hold matches MUMBAI, Oct 6 (UNI) — The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided not to allow the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) to stage any international cricket matches at their cricket ground in Mohali and is set to issue a show cause notice to former board president IS Bindra, who also happens to be the President of PCA. Mr Jaywant Lele, Secretary of the BCCI when contacted today however, denied having knowledge about the show cause notice or whether the reply to the show cause notice has been received. “The President (AC Muttiah) is the right person to know since the reply would be addressed to
him.” The BCCI has also decided to withhold the grant which was to have been given to the PCA. The BCCI has taken this decision seeking explanation on the outburst of Mr Bindra against the board’s senior members. |
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Kafelnikov had little hope of doing well The Olympics are finally over and the greatest sports event on earth once again
focused on the track and field events and rightly so. As expected the Americans, Maurice Green and Marion Jones ran the fastest beating their competition handily while helping the USA to lead the medal count for this year’s Olympics. Tennis, which became a medal sport in 1988 at the Seoul games where I had the honour of carrying the Olympic flames into the city, had several upsets in the men’s
division. The Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov who started the year well winning the Australian Open felt that he came into the Olympics with very little hope of doing well. He was certainly not in form and had not performed well in any of the other three Grand Slam events. His fellow Russian, the young Marat Safin, the recent winner of the US Open was the clear favourite especially as he backed up the US Open win by winning at ATP tour event in Tashkent the following week. The good news for Kafelnikov though, was having lost early in the US Open, he got to Sydney early and was able to both get used to the conditions, atmosphere and get over the jet lag before a lot of the favourites got
there. The Australians Pat Rafter, Mark Phillippouses and Lleyton Hewitt were certainly a major threat and gave Australia high hopes for more than one medal just in the single with the Woodies, Woodforde and Woodbridge favoured to win the doubles, the Aussies were easily the country to win the most medals. But men’s tennis has always been very even. Kafelnikov came through in five sets in the final against an inspired Tommy Haas of Germany. The Woodies dashed India’s hope of a medal beating Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in straight sets and just when it looked like the team would end their amazing partnership with an Olympic gold medal, the Canadians, Daniel Nestor and Sebastian Larean beat them in the final in four close sets in front of a partisan home
crowd. The surprise came in the women’s singles as Australia had the young Jelena Dokic make the final and gave them a much awaited silver medal. The Williams sisters completely dominated the women’s events. Venus Williams, who had not lost since the French Open in May went on to win the gold in the singles and then teamed with sister Serena to win the doubles as well in easy fashion. It is amazing how much better the sisters are in comparison to most of the other players on the tour. It was great to watch as Venus became the first player since Helen Willims in 1924 to win the singles and doubles in an
Olympics. Sydney was a far away place to go to for the tennis players, especially as most of the events are in Europe and Asia as the year heads into the home stretch. The race of Lisbon, Portugal in the singles and Bangalore for the doubles heats up even more to see who will round out the final eight for both World Championships.
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Australian Open
to have new scoring system MELBOURNE, (Australia), Oct 6 (Reuters) — Australian Open Tennis officials announced a new scoring system today, with mixed doubles as the guinea
pig. For the January Grand Slam mixed doubles matches will be played over two sets with a tie-break game added if the match is split one set
apiece. Tennis Australia spokeswoman Lysette Shaw said the new rule, dropping a third decisive set, would speed up the game which would help television coverage at the elite level but also benefit social club players, because the length of matches would become more
predictable. “Timing is difficult with tennis. You never know how long it’s going to go,” Ms Shaw said. |
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HAMBURG, Oct 6 (DPA) — Germany and England’s showdown on Saturday at Wembley Stadium has all the makings of being legendary: a repeat of 1966 World Cup final, The last match ever to be played at Wembley, and a World Cup 2002 qualifier to boot. England will be wearing their red shirts for first time against Germany at Wembley since the 1966 final while the Germans will be playing in white
tops. Germany, in their second World Cup 2000 qualifier — last month they beat Greece by 2-0 — have some injuries to worry about, with midfielder Mehmet Scholl nursing a knee injury and striker Carsten Jancker hampered by a bruised
toe. The injuries could mean that Oliver Bierhoff will find a spot in the starting lineup as the returns to the scene of his greatest triumph. As a substitute at the 1996 European Championships final against the Czech Republic at Wembley, he scored the 1-1 equaliser and then the extra-time “golden goal” to give Germany the title.
Bierhoff now seems to have regained full fitness after a torn muscle at Euro 2000 and has already scored four goals in four matches for AC Milan this
season. “I know it is up to me to show that I can still produce top-class performances,” he said. “I am pleased that I have been able to turn up with the squad with something to show from Italy. I feel fit and the trainer can count on me.” England Manager Kevin Keegan said he will rely on Liverpool’s Michael Owen and Manchester United’s Andy Cole to lead England’s attack in their first World Cup 2002
qualifier. “Owen and Cole are the two best strikers in the country. They excite me,” Keegan said. “I do not see any reason why they can’t be a fantastic combination. They have a lot of pace, that’s for
sure.” But the battle between the arch-rivals is merely the marquee event ahead of this weekend’s busy 22-match schedule of World Cup qualifiers throughout
Europe. Giovanni trapattoni is still looking for his first win as Italian coach as the Azzurri hope to right themselves in group 8 as they welcome group leaders Ronamia to
Milan. The Euro 2000 runners-up, who drew 2-2 in their group opener with Hungary, have added two new players to their squad, young AC Milan midfielder Francesco Coco and udinese captain Valerio Bertotto. Romania are now getting their act together after the retirement of footballing legend Gheorghe Hagi, and have defeated Lithuania 1-0.
Spain return to Madrid to play Israel, surprise group 7 leaders on goal difference, in the first national match in the Spanish capital since 1988. The Spaniards have a loaded attack with Rual Gonzalez apparently over his muscle problems to play along side Athletico Bilbao striker Ismael Urzaiz and Brazil-born Catanha of Celta Vigo on the bench. Real captain Fernando Hierro has suffered from injuries but coach Jose Antonio Camacho can line up the veteran defender in front of 19-year-old wonderboy keeper Iker Casillas. Israel for their part know Spain are the favourites but just want to “try to play our own game and impose our own style on the match”, as former Celta midfielder Haim Revivo
said. Yogoslavia’s home encounter with Russia — a battle of group 1 unbeatens — has been postponed indefinitely by the international football ruling body FIFA because of the political crisis following the Yugoslavian presidential
elections. Switzerland will host Faroe Islands in group 1 while Slovenia travel to
Luxembourg. In group 2, leaders Portugal will be missing three suspended starters — Xavier Abel, Paulo Bento and Nuno Gomes — from their Euro 2000 semifinal team when they host Ireland in
Lisbon. The Dutch, who came back to draw Ireland 2-2 last month in Amsterdam, look to right themselves against Cyprus before facing Portugal in Wednesday’s top group 2
battle. Group 3 favourites Denmark and the Czech Republic look to continue their strong play, travelling to Northern Ireland and hosting Iceland, respectively. |
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Amritinder shares lead in Hero Golf CHANDIGARH, Oct 6 — Amritinder Singh played aggressive golf to join Mukesh Kumar atop the leader-board, with the two tied at seven-under 209 after the penultimate day of the Rs 10-lakh Hero Golf 2000 Chandigarh Open, the sixth leg of the Wills Sport Golf Tour, being played at the Chandigarh Golf Club.
Gaurav Ghei, Uttam Singh Mundy and Vijay Kumar were jointly placed third two strokes behind the leaders at four-under 212, while SSP Chowrasia was the lone occupant of the sixth spot at three-under 213. Feroz Ali, at level-par 216, occupied the joint-seventh spot with Jeev Milkha Singh, Shiv Prakash, Rafiq Ali and Indrajit Bhalotia. Feroz brought in a day-three card of four-over 76 to relinquish his overnight joint second position.
Amritinder Singh is hell bent on winning his third straight Hero Golf title. The 28-year old golfer, today returned a card of three-under 69 to place himself in a comfortable position to go for the kill on the final day. Amritinder started with a hat trick of pared holes before birdying the 4th to go one-under at that stage. His only dropped shot of the day came on the 8th with the defending champion placed at level-par after nine-holes. On his back-nine, a birdie on the 13th was followed by a superbly sunk 50 feet uphill birdie putt on the 14th. His fourth birdie of the day on the 16th propelled the local lad into the joint-lead. “I played very consistently today, but could have done better,” said Amritinder, who missed birdie putts under 10 feet in length on the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Overnight leader Mukesh Kumar was not too uncomfortable sharing the lead with Amritinder. “I will definitely win tomorrow, said the top-ranked golfer on last season’s Mahindra rankings. Mukesh returned a one-under 71 card today, despite a double-bogey start to his round. “I hit my first shot of the day out-of-bounds but luckily did not let that affect me too much, said the Mhow-based golfer of his inauspicious start to the day. Mukesh’s birdies came on the 5th, a chip-in from 30 feet, 8th and 17th, where he sank a fine 20 feet putt.
Gaurav Ghei carded the best round of the day with his day’s score of four-under 68 placing him three strokes behind the leaders. Ghei started the day with a dropped shot but quickly made amends with back-to-back birdies on the 2nd and 3rd. He graciously accepted 30 feet birdie putts on the 7th and 11th with yet another birdie on the 13th. “Everything clicked for me today and I am happy with my game,” was what Ghei had to
say. Uttam Singh Mundy had a decent front-nine with a solitary bogey on the 7th, sandwiched between birdies on the 6th and 8th. Going into his return journey at one-under Mundy carded two more birdies on the 13th and 17th to end the day at three-under 69. “I am satisfied with my game, though I scrambled a bit at times today,” said the two-time winner of the biggest event on the Wils Sport Golf Tour, the Honda-Siel PGA Golf Championship. “Very bright,” was his response when queried about his chances of holding aloft the winner’s cheque on the
morrow. Leading prize money winner for the past three seasons on the Wills Sport Golf Tour, Vijay Kumar is well placed to eye optimistically, what could be yet another winner’s cheque in his glorious career. Vijay, one of the many golfers to start the day with a bogey, dropped only one more shot in his entire round, this coming on the 9th. Birdies on the 12th, 13th, 16th and 18th, placed him at two-under 70 for the day. “If you want to know about my chances, meet me after nine holes tomorrow” said the stocky Lucknow-based golfer.
SSP Chowrasia with birdies on the 5th, 12th and 16th and an equal number of dropped shots on the 3rd, 7th and 15th finished the day at level-par
72. Jeev Milkha Singh who too carded a level-par 72 today, bogeyed the 1st, 8th and 10th with birdies on the 14th, 16th and 17th. “I am still playing patchy golf. I need a month to get back to normal,” said the European PGA Tour
regular. Patwardhan takes over from Virk to lead amateurs: Jaideep Patwardhan of Pune brought in an impressive three-under 69 card to displace overnight leader Girish Virk from the top spot among the competing amateurs. Patwardhan tallied five-over 221 for the tournament while Virk was one stroke behind the leader at
222. Scores: 209 — Amritinder Singh (71,69,69), Mukesh Kumar (69,69,71); 212 — Gaurav Ghei (69, 75, 68), Uttam Singh Mundy (73,70,69), Vijay Kumar (69,73,70); 213 — Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (73,68,72); 216 — Jeev Milkha Singh (73,71,72), Rafiq Ali (71,73,72), Shiv Prakash (71,73,72), Indrajit Bhalotia (73,69,74), Feroz Ali (69,71,76); 218 — Ali Sher (71,74,73), Basad Ali (74,70,74); 219 Pappan (72,74,73). Bhoop Singh
(72,72,75), Amateurs: 271 — Jaideep Patwardhan (75,77,69); 222 — Girish Virk (73,75,74); 229 — IIS Kang (79,73,77). |
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Irina Brar to lead challenge NEW DELHI, Oct 6 — Defending champion Irina Brar of Chandigarh will lead a strong field in the 33rd Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship to be played at the Delhi Golf Club course here from October 10 to 13. For the 13th consecutive year, the championship will be sponsored by Siel Limited and the player who hits the first hole-in-one at the fifth hole, will be awarded a Honda City
car. The Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Championship is one of the four main regional championships held under the aegis of the Indian Golf Union, and is the second in the Ladies Circuit
programme. According to Sidharth Shriram, all the top women golfers in the country will be vying for the top six positions in the championship, which is a 72-hole open stroke play event open to handicaps of -18 and
below. According to the sponsors, the championship is also one of the eight “categorised” tournaments in the ladies calendar, and the performance here would play an important part in the selection of national teams and would form the basis of the Indian Golf Union Ladies Section Order of
Merit. There will be a Honda lawn mower up for grabs for a hole-in-one at the 12th hole, and an Usha Janome sewing machine for a hole-in-one at the 17th hole. Besides this, captain of the Delhi Golf Club Manmohan Singh has announced a special prize of Delhi-London-Delhi flight ticket/tickets for those who better or equal Irina Brar’s last year’s winning score of six over
par. The field for the championship will be led by 16-year-old Irina Brar, who expressed the confidence to retain her crown, while Shruti Khanna, the 1988 winner, is determined to give her best shot to regain her title. Parnita Grewal, the 1997 winner from Chandigarh, Anjali Chopra, the 1996 winner, Vandana Aggarwal from Calcutta, Shalini Malik, Ayesha Kapur, Lalitha Balasubramaniam, Guneet Raikhey and Priyanka Dey are the other major challengers to the
throne. The Siel Junior Girls Trophy, played over 72 holes, and open to all players under 18 years, will focus on many promising juniors, including Irina Brar, Mayali Talwar and Neha Majithia, among others. The Siel Inter-Club Trophy will also be played simultaneously, and four players from clubs from Chandigarh, Noida, Calcutta, Chennai and Bangalore will be taking part in the event. |
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