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Davidsen-Al Sayed pair win Hawkins provides motivation
Camilla Davidsen and playing partner By toM HANrAttY
mohamed al Sayed have claimed victory
in the latest round of the Bmmi monday BahrainÕ s national snooker team
madness Night Golf Series at the Royal for next weekendÕ s arab Games in
Golf Club. Doha will enter the competition on
in testing weather conditions, their net score the back of a week-long training
of 32.8 was just enough to see off the challenge camp with one of the worldÕ s lead-
of John mcisaac and Ray Bruhn, who finished ing professionals.
on net 32.9. Englishman Barry hawkins is
Royal Golf Club ladies captain Debbie lane currently ranked 23rd in the official
and husband Rob came third with net 34. World Snooker rankings but for the
in the side contests of this weekÕ s round, the last few days he has been putting
low handicappers fared best, with Rob lane n From left, Flannery, Al Sayed and Davidsen BahrainÕ s top players through their
going nearest the pin on the 12th hole and al at the presentation paces in a bid to get them match-
Sayed claiming the same honour for the 16th. December 12, contact anna Payongayong on sharp ahead of the start of the arab
The prize presentations were carried out by the golfevents@theroyalgolfclub.com. Games tomorrow. n Hawkins ... timely tips
Royal Golf ClubÕ s newly appointed golf opera- Results: Speaking to the GDN, hawkins Picture by P JAYACHANDRAN
tions and events supervisor, Cormac Flannery. First: Camilla Davidsen and Mohamed Al Sayed (32.8 admitted that he had only taken up
The popular Bmmi monday madness Night net); second: John McIsaac and Ray Bruhn (32.9); third: the opportunity to come to Bahrain
Golf Series tees off every monday with a shotgun Debbie and Rob Lane (34); forth: Ray and Brendy Santiago after failing to qualify for the UK Championship in York last month but said he would be
6.30pm start. The nine-hole competition is open to (34.3); fifth: James Tepelides and Rick Buechel (34.5) very keen to make more regular visits.
non-members at a cost of BD20 per night. Nearest the pins: Rob Lane (hole 12); Mohamed Al ÒT he opportunity came about when Chris henry, who has done a bit of coaching with the
To register for the next competition on Bahrain team, got in touch and asked would i be interested in coming out.
Cavendish voted
Sayed (hole 16)
ÒS haikh abdulla (Bahrain
Billiards and Snooker
Federation president Shaikh
abdulla bin abdulrahman
al Khalifa) was keen for
the boys to get some decent
practice against a profes-
sional before the start of
such a big tournament as the
arab Games so Chris must
have just gone down through
‘top sportsman’
the ranking list and called
the first player on it who he
knew was not playing.
ÒU nfortunately for me, i
had been knocked out of the
UK Championship so i was
at something of a loose end.
Ò iÕ ve really enjoyed it so
far,Ó he said.
Ò itÕ s taken me a few days
to get to know the guysÕ
games and the way they play
but once iÕ ve understood
that itÕ s been easier to give
LONDON: World road race champi- them tips.
on and most successful British Tour n Cavendish ... dominant force in world cycling
Pointers
de France rider mark Cavendish
beat distance runner mo Farah ÒT hatÕ s what itÕ s all about
and golfer Rory mcilroy to win really; just the little things.
Ò if thereÕ s something i think
the Sportsman of the Year award they might be able to do dif-
from BritainÕ s Sports JournalistsÕ ferently then i can give them
association (SJa) yesterday. some pointers so i hope itÕ s at
Cavendish topped a poll of more than least of some help to them.
800 sports writers, who also named Ò itÕ s only a short time
Rebecca adlington, the 800 metres free- though so there wonÕ t be any
style world swimming champion, as performing miracles just yet
Sportswoman of the Year. but actually itÕ s been great
CavendishÕ s achievements on the to see them picking up and
road were recognised after he won the taking on board what youÕ re
green jersey for best sprinter at the Tour saying to them and they
de France in July, when he also won seem to be benefiting from
five stages to take his career tally in the that.
race to 20. Ò iÕ d definitely like to come
He also became BritainÕ s first male out here and do something
road world champion since 1965 like this again,Ó he went on.
when he triumphed in Copenhagen in Ò i think the more often
September. they can get professionals
Ò WeÕ ve established Britain as the out here the more beneficial
dominant force in world cycling,Ó it will be to the players here
Cavendish said after his victory in Ò i also think it would be
Denmark. better to have two profes-
Farah, who took the 5,000 world title sionals coming over at
after agonisingly missing out on the the same time because at
10,000 gold in Daegu, finished second, the moment i am trying
with U.S. Open winner mcilroy third to spread myself between
in the poll that has been in existence ished second and third in the womenÕ s ble at the Beijing Olympics. award shortlist which contained 10 men everyone and i probably
since 1949. poll behind adlington. adlingtonÕ s award will go some way and no women. havenÕ t had enough one-on-
World champion triathlete Helen The 22-year-old added the 800 metres to making up for her absence from the ironman triathlete Chrissie Wellington one time with any of them.
Jenkins and jockey Hayley Turner fin- world title to her 400/800 Olympic dou- BBC Sports Personality of the Year failed to make either short list, but ÒT he best way these guys
a year that included winning are going to get better is to
the Hawaii world title for the have them playing against
Brodeur helps Devils edge out Leafs
TORONTO: after one of the on Friday but the future Hall of Famer was
fourth time and also beating her
own iron distance world record
at Roth, Germany, earned her
the Pat Besford award for
themselves right back in the game. WeÕ re Outstanding Performance.
better players on a regular
basis.
Ò itÕ s all well and good for
them to come in here and
practise for hours on end but
shortest outings of his career, back in good form handling 31 shots. just happy to get it done.Ó Taekwondo world champion it has to be the right sort of
netminder martin Brodeur had The NHlÕ s all-time leader in wins (631) Brodeur faced only four shots in the Sarah Stevenson won the SJa practice.
to put in a little overtime as the and shutouts (116), BrodeurÕ s start against opening period put was called on to make Committee award Ò it would be great to see
New Jersey Devils snapped a four-game the Wild was the second shortest of a a couple of big saves, including a spec- EnglandÕ s cricketers, who them re-establishing a big
losing skid with a 3-2 win over the Toronto 20-year career that features a 1,146 games tacular sprawling pad save on the National rose to number one in the world tournament in Bahrain as
maple leafs on Tuesday. and the Devils 39-year-old netminder did Hockey leagueÕ s (NHl) leading scorer test rankings and retained the well because obviously, the
David Clarkson notched his second of not mind putting in a little extra against Phil Kessel. ashes by defeating australia, more exposure of the game
the game 2:40 into overtime and ilya the leafs. Ò He (Brodeur) was really solid and i were the runaway winners of there is the better.Ó
Kovalchuk chipped in with a goal as the Ò it was a bounce back game for me,Ó knew he would be,Ó said Devils coach the team-of-the year award. hawkins will conduct an
Devils held on for the win after squander- Brodeur said. Ò itÕ s a win, iÕ ve played a Peter Deboer. Ò You go through a season They beat EuropeÕ s Solheim autograph-signing session at
ing a 2-0 first period lead. couple of good games but it definitely youÕ re going to have all kinds of bumps Cup-winning women golfers the Virgin store in Bahrain
Brodeur was back in the net after giving came at a good time. We needed a good in the road and stretches where you donÕ t and world champion rowing City Centre from 7.30pm
up three goals on four shots in a little more performance; itÕ s been a ride for us lately. play well but never had doubt he would pair Katherine Grainger and this evening before departing
than eight minutes in a loss to minnesota Ò We played really well early on they got bounce back.Ó anna Watkins. Bahrain tomorrow night.