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November 1, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Bhandari will be a tough nut to crack New Delhi, October 31 In his last eight starts – three on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour and five on the Asian PGA Tour – Bhandari has wielded his clubs to amazing effect. He won two titles – the Hero Honda Open in Bangalore and the Noida Open last week – and finished runner-up thrice – in the Cotton City Open at Coimbatore, the Mercuries Masters in Taiwan and the Shin Han Don Hae Open in Korea. Awaiting Bhandari on Sunday would be the biggest prize money cheque on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour worth Rs 4.86 lakh, a chance to go on top of the Order of Merit and the prestige of being called “twice Honda-Siel PGA Champion”, having won the event way back in 1997. If the smart money would be on Bhandari, it would be prudent to save something for defending champion Jyoti Randhawa, Mukesh Kumar and Daniel Chopra of Sweden.
Randhawa, who narrowly missed winning in 1996 and 1998 when he lost in playoffs to David Carter and Uttam Singh Mundy, was in supreme form last year when he won the title. However, he is not in the best of forms after making certain changes in his swing. The changes seem like setting in as Randhawa set a course record in the opening round of US PGA Tour Q-School last week and comfortably made it to the second stage. The eight-under 64 at Martin Downs Country Club could just be the boost he required. Mukesh, who has won the Mahindra Player of the Year award for the last two seasons, won twice this season, including the first ‘major’, Sher-e-Kashmir Open, and finished runner-up in his last two outings. Given the brilliant form he is enjoying and the consistency he has shown over the past two seasons, Mukesh might just avenge his one-stroke loss to Bhandari last week. On the other hand, Chopra, who honed his skills as a junior on this very course, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent times. The short-game maestro lost his form completely in 2000 and also lost his playing privileges in the European Tour. However, Chopra, who won the inaugural Honda-Siel PGA Championship in 1994, rediscovered his magical touch this year and won the Mercuries Masters on the Asian PGA Tour before finishing second in Austrian Masters, a European Challenge Tour event. The three-member Malaysian contingent and Wallie Coatsee, a South African PGA Tour player, have already arrived for the tournament. The Honda-Siel PGA Championship began with a pro-am on Wednesday. The pro-am saw some of the finest pros team up with amateurs. |
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Ali Sher
determined to end
three-year-long drought New Delhi, October 31 Ali's team aggregated 121 points of which the Delhi Golf Club pro contributed 38. The Pro-Am was played at the par-72 course, where the four-day main event, the tenth leg of the Hero Honda Golf Tour, begins
tomorrow. Mohd. Maqbool and team, also of Delhi, finished as runners-up with a tally of 120 points, after they beat Mukesh Kumar's team to the ropes on a back-nine count back. Ali Sher's team constituted Ajay Seth, G S Khera and Brokemder Singh while
Mohd. Maqbool teamed up with Vidhur Chopra, Ashok Sharma and Amit
Luthra. Mukesh Kumar's team included Surjeet Diuggal, Capt. GPS Choudhary and Haride Bansi. Ali Sher earned Rs 4,000 while Maqbool and Mukesh earned Rs 2,500 and Rs 1500 respectively. The highlight of the day was a hole-in-one by Kolkata's Indrajit
Bhalotia. The 29-year-old Bhalotia achieved the feat when his six-iron tee shot on the pr-3, 172-yard first hole guided the ball directly into the pin without as much as bouncing on the green once. The hole-in-question attracts a hole-in-one prize of a Honda Accord car in the main
event. Keshav Mishra won the 'longest drive' prize with a 306-yard effort on the 18th. The Pro-Am was played on a Stableford format where the pro score was compulsory and the two best out of three amateur cards totalled with the professional's score over 18 holes formed the team total. The pro-arm was inaugurated by Dr Bharat Ram of Sri Ram Foods Ltd. The carpet-like greens of the Delhi Golf Club, most of which was relaid with tiffdwarf grass, and lush green fairways, are a virtual treat for the golfers when they polish their skills in the
Honda-Siel main event, starting tomorrow. And with complete absence of wind in the last two days, it was the golfers who were planning to raise a storm. |
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Pushpender Kundu to
lead Delhi soccer team New Delhi, October 31 Goal-keeper Vinay Singh of Mughals Club has been named as vice-captain of the squad. Delhi Soccer Association joint-secretary Narinder Kumar Bhatia announced here today that the team was selected from among 45 probables who had attended a 20-day selection-cum-coaching camp at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The team: Goal-keepers: Vinay Singh (Mughals), Vijay Singh (City) and Vikas Saxena (Indian Nationals). Defenders: Mohd. Mobin (City), Gurjender Singh, Ran Vijay Singh (Indian Nationals), Joginder Rawat, Ravinder Singh, Pushpender Kundu (captain-Hindustan), Manish Kumar and Manjeev Kumar (Mughals). Mid-fielders: Deepak Gurang, Ishwar Singh, Devash Kaushik, Parveen Arora (Hindustan), Bhupender Negi (Youngmen). Forwards: Karan Singh (Hindustan), Pushpender Dondyal (Indian Nationals), Sanjeev Sharma (City), Neeraj Bisht (ND Heroes) and Ashish Santara (Moonlight). Officials: Syed Nazir Ali (manager) and Harish Chander (coach). Delhi play their first match against Orissa on November 2, followed by a match against Arunachal Pradesh on November 4 and against Chandigarh on November 6. The All-India Football Federation has appointed Mr Nazir Ali as the match commissioner. |
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Royal Sporting
join hands with Shoppers Stop New Delhi, October 31 The alliance is another major step to consolidate the retailing of sports and active lifestyle brands. With this alliance, the Sports and Active Lifestyle products at all Shoppers Stop locations will be under the banner of Royal Sporting House. Royal Sporting House is amongst the leading players in providing the best international brands in the field of sports and active lifestyle products. Amongst the brands made available from the Royal Sporting House are Reebok Adidas, Nike, New Balance, Umbro, Catter-Pillar, Merrell, LA Gear, Speedo, Dunlop, Rider, Mizuno, US Kids and Union Bay. Shopper Stop, a speciality chain of garment and assessory retail stores, has been a pioneer and the largest retail chain. It's outlets are located in all the major cities of the country. Royal Sporting House has been franchised to SSS Sports. It has spread its wings to eight cities, having 13 outlets operational across the country. With 52 product categories under one roof, Shoppers Stop has a line up of 350 brands. The first Shoppers Stop shop was setup at Andheri in Mumbai in 1991. Royal Sporting House opened its first retail store in India at Ansal Plaza in Delhi in Nov. 200 |
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Top players for Inter-Unit Bridge New Delhi, October 31 Ten member-organisations of the PSCB--EIL, IOC, HPCL, ONGC,
OIL, NRL, IBPBL, IOC, AOD BRPL along with hosts BPCL–have confirmed
their participation. Over 100 players and officials will be
participating in this mega bridge event. The Team of Four Duplicate
Championships will be held on the first two days, and on the remaining
three days, the Individual Pairs and Team of Four Progressive events
will be held. The matches will be played from 10 a m to 6 p m. The
tournament will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis. For the main
team event, the eight quarter-finalists will be drawn into two A and B
groups, comprising four teams each who will play each other on a
league format. The first two teams from each group will then contest
in the cross semi-final for a place in the final. The third and fourth
positions will also be decided between the losing semi-finalists. |
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Swimmers
felicitated New Delhi, October 31 CRPF won the team championship, securing 211 points. They also won the titles in the Cross Country Races (4kms and 12 kms). CRPF swimmers garnered a rich tally of 34 medals, including 18 gold, 12 silver and four bronze medals. Inspector Elvis Hazarika of CRPF was
declared the best swimmer of the meet. CRPF swimmers also created eight meet records. In water polo, CRPF took the second place. |
Temple razed Faridabad The site is located near Hanuman Temple on National Highway 2 (Mathura Road) adjoining Sector 11. About 2000 sq yards of HUDA land had been encroached upon by some persons, the HUDA Administrator, Mr Vijayender Kumar, claimed. Stating that several such encroachments on HUDA land had been removed in the recent past, he declared no one would be allowed to encroach on government land.
Driver assaulted A tractor driver was assaulted and deprived of Rs 25,000 and a gold chain by a group of armed persons near Hodal town in the district on Tuesday. The injured youth has been admitted to the civil hospital here. According to the complainant, at least five persons armed with a gun and sharp- edged weapons attacked him near Deeghot village while he was going to deposit a pending power bill. A case has been registered. |
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MC notifies
areas for cracker sale Faridabad, October 31 The administration has also appealed to the residents to burst crackers between 6 pm and 10 pm only. The areas notified for sale of crackers are as follows: for markets no 1 and 2 – Dasehra ground; markets 3,4 and 5 - Shivaji Park, NH-5, Dabua, Saran and Jawahar colony ground near Hitkari Potteries. Residents of Sectors 22, 23 and 24 can buy from the special market to be set up in the open ground in Sector 22. For old Faridabad and Sector 37, crackers can be sold at the Sector 16 ground and the bypass road ,respectively. For Ballabgarh the Sector 3 open ground on Tigaon Road and Sector 12 ground will be available. |
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