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Khaled claims medal contest

January 8 - 14, 2014
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Gulf Weekly Khaled claims medal contest

More than 75 players ventured out in the first competitionof 2014 at Awali Golf Club (AGC), in the 33rd Airmech Cup medal competition.

The overall winner of the event is the player carding thelowest gross score over 18 holes and this encouraged lower handicappers to participate in the competition.

Khalid Salem demonstrated a quality better than all others to claim the trophy as the over all winner with a gross 71 score.

Dave Bailey, general manager of Mohammed Jalal Contracting,gave away the prizes.

Results – Flight 1: 1 Ahmed Al Noaimi (nett 67, gross 75), 2Abdulrahman Amin (68/73), 3 Hamed Salem (68/72). Flight 2: 1 Adnan Al Sowaidi(66/77), 2 Salah Al Shaer (69/80), 3 Vidhu Mittal (69/86). Flight 3: 1 PaulAnderson (71/96), 2 Joan Martin (72/103), 3 Tracy Samson (74/103).

Flighted competitions, such as this, enable the prize tableto be better shared amongst those of all handicaps. Taking the field were 35Flight-1 players, 31 Flight-2 players and 10 Flight-3 players and a side prizefor nearest the pin on a par-3 hole was also available for each Flight.

None of the 31 Flight-2 players landed their ball onthe green for their nearest-the-pin contest and four of them were disqualifiedfor breaking the rules.







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