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- Teen Ramdan sets high target in Zhuhai
- CIMB Asia Pacific Classic to boast formidable field
- Rise of rookie Khairul augurs well for archery
| Teen Ramdan sets high target in Zhuhai Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:36 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Teenage Malaysian Underbone 115cc rider Mohd Ramdan Mohd Rosli has high expectations ahead of the fifth leg of the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) at the Zhuhai International Circuit in China this weekend. The 15-year-old Ramdan is all fired up following third and second placings in Round 3 (India) and Round 4 (Japan) respectively. The Petronas Syntium Moto Yamaha AHM Racing rider is in eighth spot in the championship standings with 49 points. And he is hoping to maintain his good form as he sets his sights on finishing third this season. Indonesian youngster Rafid Topan of Yamaha CKJ TJM Racing tops the standings with 161 points, followed by defending champion and compatriot Hadi Wijaya (Kawasaki NHK Rextor MTR Manual Tech) with 146 points. Ramdan's team-mate – Shahril Izzuwan Mohd Noor (76pts) – is third. "The championship has reached a critical stage, with two more rounds and four more races to go. Every rider will become more aggressive in order to pick up maximum points," said Ramdan. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| CIMB Asia Pacific Classic to boast formidable field Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:36 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: The CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia, to be staged at The Mines Resort and Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur from Oct 27-30, will boast a formidable field – with a combined 114 US PGA Tour victories between them, including five major championship winners. Making his debut in the US$6.1mil PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament and a welcome return to Malaysia is World Golf Hall of Famer and former world No. 1 Vijay Singh of Fiji. A three-time major champion (1998, 2003 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters), Vijay will be joined by two-time major winner Angel Cabrera of Argentina (2007 US Open and 2009 Masters), and Americans Stewart Cink (2009 British Open), Lucas Glover (2009 US Open) and David Duval (2001 British Open). Duval, also a former world No. 1 and one of only five PGA Tour players to shoot a 59 in an official round – en route to the 1999 Humana Challenge title in La Quinta, California – has shown resurgent form that has taken him on the up this season. Australian Stuart Appleby, who shot a 59 in the final round of the 2010 Greenbrier Classic and went on to win it, is the most recent PGA Tour player to have registered a sub-60 score. He too will be in Kuala Lumpur for the showdown. But these champions are not the only ones who will be eager to get their hands on the US$1.3mil winner's cheque – the biggest in South-East Asia. There are 11 players in the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia field who have won 12 PGA Tour titles this season. As such, any one of these players – Brendan Steele, Brandt Snedeker, Jonathan Byrd, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson (2), Fredrik Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini, Glover, Chris Kirk, Scott Stallings and D. A. Points – could leave Kuala Lumpur with the trophy in tow. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Rise of rookie Khairul augurs well for archery Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:35 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: A new archery star has emerged in Khairul Anuar Mohd and it augurs well for the Malaysian team as they eye breakthrough outings in the Asian Championships and SEA Games. National team rookie archer Khairul proved that his surprise World Cup final appearance in Shanghai last month was no fluke when he snatched a bronze medal in the individual recurve event at the London Archery Classic Olympic test event on Monday. The 20-year-old Khairul defeated Ukrainian Dmytro Hrachov in the playoff for the bronze medal to cement his reputation as one of the emerging talents with less than a year to go before the London Olympics begin. The Ukrainian, who won a team bronze medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004, had been in top form and even won a bronze medal at the World Cup Final in Istanbul before flying to London. In the bronze medal match, Khairul was 4-0 ahead before his Ukrainian rival made an effort to come back. Although Hrachov fought back to 3-5, Khairul eventualy prevailed 6-4. American hot-shot Brady Ellison had earlier stopped Khairul's gallant run with a 6-2 win in the semi-finals. In the other semi-final, former world champion Im Dong-hyun of South Korea, who suffers from poor eyesight, romped to a 7-1 win over Hrachov. Ellison, with two World Cup victories in his bag, underlined his intention to stop South Korean Olympic dominance in archery by beating Dong-hyun 6-2 in the final. Khairul reached the last four after beating Japan's Furukawa Takaharu 6-2 while another Malaysian youngster Haziq Kamaruddin's campaign was halted by Ellison (2-6). Khairul and Haziq had advanced to the quarter-finals with wins over Mexicans Luis Eduardo Sanchez (7-1) and Pedro Vivas Alcala (7-3). National No. 1 Cheng Chu Sian was unlucky to be pitted against Dong-hyun in the last 16, losing 2-6 to the South Korean. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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