Meher, Sneha share lead with newbie Mannat in eleventh leg of WPGT
Seher Atwal produced two late birdies to card two-over 69 and get right into a share of the first-round lead with Sneha Singh and newbie Mannat Brar within the eleventh leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour right here on Wednesday.
Flying in straight from Singapore the place she performed in Singapore Ladies Masters, Seher appeared to wrestle with a string of six pars and a double bogey on the Par-4 seventh. She then dropped photographs on the tenth and eleventh and was four-over by way of 11 holes. Three extra pars adopted earlier than she birdied 15tth and the 18th.
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Sneha additionally had a tricky begin with bogeys on second and third. She had two extra bogeys, but in addition birdied sixth and ninth on the Par-67 Bangalore Golf Club.
With amateurs doing extraordinarily effectively in latest weeks on the Hero WPG Tour, Mannat ensured the pattern continued. She started bogey-birdie-bogey and added a bogey on seventh to show in two-over. A bogey on eleventh and a birdie on 18th meant she shot 69 on the Par-67 course.
Tvesa Malik dropped three birdies in a row in the midst of the spherical between the tenth and twelfth, however managed to hold in with three-over 70 and a share of the fourth place alongside Durga Nittur and Ananya Datar.
Gaurika Bishnoi, making a return after lacking the final two legs, had only one birdie in her spherical of four-over 71 to lie tied seventh with Gauri Karhade.
Six gamers -- Oviya Reddi, Jasmine Shekar, Hitaashee Bakshi, Saaniya Sharma, Shweta Mansingh and newbie Prakruthi Sastry -- shot five-over 72 and had been tied ninth.
Last week’s winner, Neha Tripathi had a tough begin with six-over 73, which included double bogeys and two different bogeys. She was tied fifteenth.
- PTI
12 SSCB boxers stormed into the quarterfinals at fifth Junior Boys National Boxing Championships
12 younger boxers from the providers sports activities management board progressed into the quarterfinals on the third day of the fifth Junior Boys National Boxing Championships in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
SSCB’s Aakash Badhwar started the day’s proceedings within the 46kg class. Continuing his prime notch type, he delivered one other 5-0 win, this time towards Rishi Singh of Manipur.
In the 66kg class, SSCB’s Prashant exhibited a dominant show of velocity and sharpness as he comfortably defeated Delhi’s Ronit Tokas in an unanimous determination win. Jasandeep (57kg) then again bought the higher of Chhattisgarh’s Ansh Kumar Yadav in a tough fought 4-1 win.
As many as six SSCB boxers gained their matches with an referee stopping the competition (RSC) determination. They embrace Hemant Sangwan (80+kg), Sahil Baord (52kg), M Kabiraj Singh (63kg), Rahul Kundu (70kg), Sahil (75kg), Hardik Panwar (80kg).
Two pugilists from Chandigarh, Nikhil Nandal (50kg) and Arman (57kg) additionally made their means into the quarterfinals. While Nikhil scored a convincing 5-0 win over Samad Shaikh of Maharashtra , Arman hardly needed to break a sweat as he defeated Nagaland’s Bishal Singh by referee stopping the competition (RSC) verdict in spherical 1.
Sikander (48kg) of Haryana reigned supreme on day 3 as the results of the referee stopping the competition (RSC) in spherical 2 towards M Manikanda Vishal of Tamilnadu.
-Team Sportstar
Chennai to host HCL Cyclothon on October 8
HCL and the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) formally introduced the Chennai leg of the cycle racing occasion HCL Cyclothon on Wednesday.
The Chennai leg might be held on October 8 for which the registration is open from July 12 to September 20.
Four races might be held in three classes - skilled, newbie, and most of the people.
There might be a 55km street race for skilled Cycling Federation of India (CFI)-licensed cyclists (18-35 years age group), a 55km street race and a 24km MTB (Mountain Bike) race for amateurs (18-30, 30-45, and 45+ age teams), and a 15km race for most of the people and biking fanatics (14+ age group).
The Noida leg of the occasion in March had 1300 registering and 1000 taking part.
Speaking on the event, Tamil Nadu minister for youth welfare and sports activities improvement Udhayanidhi Stalin mentioned: “For the first time in the (sports) history of the State, the youth welfare and sports development department is organising the event in Chennai. Certainly, Chennai is earning the distinction of being the second host of HCL Cyclothon because of the government’s productive measures and commitment to promote sports.
“I invite each and everyone of you to take part in the event which will amplify your mental and physical strength besides raising awareness on reducing carbon footprint. We expect more than 5000 people to participate in the event.”
The races may have a complete prize cash of ₹30 lakh - ₹15 lakh every for the skilled and the newbie classes.
The race course (route) is: from Mayajaal Multiplex, to East Coast Road (ECR), to Kovalam.
Ultraman and Ironman triathlete, motivational speaker, and writer Abhishek Mishra is the occasion director.
Sundar Mahalingam, President of Strategy - HCL Corporation and Shiv Nadar Foundation, Atulya Misra, Additional Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Tamil Nadu - youth welfare and sports activities improvement, Meghanatha Reddy, SDAT Member Secretary had been additionally current on the announcement.
The dignitaries unveiled the occasion jersey too.
-S. Prasanna Venkatesan
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