City Briefs; Asian cycling in Delhi

FIDE rating tourney in Dec

The city is all set to host Delhi Open Fide Rating chess tournament under the All India Chess Federation (AICF) from December 7. The five-day long event will see participants across different age groups vying for a total prize purse of Rs 1.5 lakhs. A maximum of Rs 2,000 will be charged as entry fees from the unrated players,while the rated ones will have to spare 25 per cent lesser amount. The last date for the receipt of entries is December 5th.

Nandrajog loses

Third seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi lost in a thrilling semifinal of the 36th Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championship to world junior number 3 Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-4 11-2 5-11 11-5,according to information reaching here. Mahesh will next meet Sidharth Suchde in the final. However,Delhi racqueteer Uttkarsh Kumar,who is seeded third,had better luck as he upset second seed Shashi Pandey in a five-game semifinal to win 4-11 11-8 11-6 10-12 11-7 in the U-19 category.

Kulachi Hansraj Model win

Kulachi Hansraj Model School bowlers did a fine job to all out Hansraj Model School for 48 runs while they were chasing a target of 108. Tushar Sharma (3/6) and Vishvash Malik (3/12) helped Kulachi beat the Punjabi Bagh side by 59 runs. While batting first,Sidharth Sehwag (27) and Nitin (30 n.o) helped Kulachi put up a defendable total. The win has got Kulachi a semifinal spot in the 1st Mahatma Hansraj U-19 Cricket Tournament at Bharat Nagar Ground.

Brief Scores: Kulachi Hansraj Model School 107 for 5 in 15 overs Sidharth Sehwag 27,Nitin 30 n.o) Hansraj Model School 48 all out in 11 overs (Tushar Sharma 3/6 Vishvash Malik 3/12)

LB Shastri win by 5 wickets

Fine batting by Man of the match Nitin Tanwar (50) and bowling contributions from Himanshu Bansal (3/19),Sachin (2/11) and Jasmer (2/7) helped LB Shastri Club beat Telefunken Club by 5 wickets and get four points in the 1st Amit Gupta Cricket Tournament at Hamdard Nagar Ground.

Brief Scores: Telefunken Club 133 all out in 42 overs (Kaif Ahmad 28,Rajat 25; Himanshu Bansal 3/19) LB Shastri 136 for 5 in 24 overs (Nitin Tanwar 50; Ayush 2/39 Ankush Tyagi 2/51

Wadhawan Open this month

1st Wadhawan Memorial Open Prize Money cricket tournament will start on 30th October at D Force Ground in Najafgarh. First prize is Rs 71,000 and the runners-up prize is at Rs 41,000. For more details contact Shammi Wadhwa: 9910520524.