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Club Golf from Oct 5
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 1
The McDowell’s Signature Championship for Golf Clubs will be held from October 5 to 12 at 12 of India’s premier golf club courses for the “Champion Golf Club of India” crown. Over 1796 golfers will participate in the championship.

The championship will offer an opportunity to both the golf clubs and golfers of the participating clubs to compete and showcase their talent through a three-tiered format. The club-level format will constitute the team selection, followed by inter-club regional finals. The third tier will be the inter-regional finals for determining the national club champion of India. The clubs participating in the tournament include Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Willingdon Gymkhana, US Club, Karnataka Golf Association, Bangalore Golf Club, Eagleton Golf Resorts, Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Tollygunge Club, Chandigarh Golf Club, Noida Golf Club and Classic Golf Resorts. The club and zonal legs will be played over two successive days on October 5 and 6 in South Zone, October 11 at Chandigarh, 12th at Noida and 13th at Classic Resort, Gurgaon (North Zone), October 19 and 20 at East Zone and October 26 and 27 at West Zone. The all-India finals are scheduled to be held at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club course on November 9. Woman golfer Nonita Lal, a member of the tournament technical committee, said “The novel format of McDowell Signature Championship will help institutionalise the pursuit of excellence from the initial club levels right upto the national level.”

Rajeev emerges karting champ 
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 1
Rajeev Patel of Baroda emerged the champion in the National Karting Championship, the second leg of the MRF-MAI Formule Mondiale, at the Pole Position Karting track in Coimbatore.

The event started off with the National Karting finals. Rajeev Patel took off from the start and never looked back as he held on to his lead till the end. But it was not easy, as Jagdish Patel kept at his heel, and threatened to overtake Rajeev at the slightest opportunity.

Rajeev, however, very skilfully kept his head and ensured that not an inch was given to Jagdish as he valiantly fought to squeeze through. They fought neck and neck throughout the 48-lap race, which had the crowd continuously on their feet. Rajeev’s advantage was the speed he generated on the straight while Jagdish made good use of the turns. Eventually, it was Rajeev’s perfectly-run race that saw him through, not giving even the slightest opportunity for Jagdish to capitalise on any error.

S Prasanna Krishna won the senior’s event of the second round of the Indian Karting Cup while Chennai’s Ashwin Sunder pipped Saravanen Tmars to score his second straight championship victory.

Facile victory for Shastri Club

New Delhi, October 1
Deadly bowling by Kamaldeep (3 for 21) and Maninder Singh (3 for 13) helped Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat S P Cricket Academy by 74 runs in a Group D League match of the second Shahdeed Smriti Under-19 Cricket Tournament for the Rameshwar Trophy, organised by the North Delhi Cricketers’ Association, at the Bharat Nagar Sports Complex. The winners have collected eight points from three matches with two wins and one defeat.

Bhagat Singh Cricket: Enter Face Club beat Subhash Chander Bose Vichar Kendra by 26 runs and entered the quarter-final of the 12th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Cricket Tournament for the Utkarsh Trophy at the Hamdard ground.

Scores: Enter Face Club: 236 for 9 in 25 overs . Subhash Chander Bose Vichar Kendra: 210 all out for 23.5 overs.

N N Mohan tourney: Top teams will participate in the Padamshree N N Mohan Memorial Cricket Tournament, organised by the Mohan Meakin Ltd, at the Mohan Meakin stadium in Ghaziabad from October 3 to 14.

Former India cricketer and organising secretary of the tournament Madan Lal said defending champions Sonnet, runners-up Steel Authority of India Ltd., Chand Khanna, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Indian Airlines, K N Colts, Goswami Ganesh Dutt and hosts Mohan Meakins are some of the prominent teams scheduled to participate in the tournament. The tournament will carry a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. OSR

Indian squash squad for Busan

New Delhi, October 1
The Indian squash team, represented by Joshna Chinappa, Vaidhei Reddy, Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal, will participate in the 14th Asian Games at Busan. The team will be accompanied by consultant coach Maj. S Maniam (retd), national coach Cyrus Poncha and manager Com. Randhawa. Secretary-general of the Squash Racquet Federation of India (SRFI) N Ramachandran, joint secretary Srivatsan Subramaniam and Muneer Sait will also be present at the Asiad Squash Tournament. OSR