Suwal enters final

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, March 1:
Nabin Suwal won the final of the preliminary round Wednesday at Eshani Club to reach the final round under the All Nepal Carlsberg Snooker Championship, organised by Gorkha Brewery Ltd in association with Billiards, Snooker and Pool Association of Nepal.

Suwal had a poor final to begin with as he dropped the opening frame, 50-72 to Ramesh Bhattachan but he was a different player altogether going into the next frame.

Bhattachan apart from occasional flare otherwise failed to match the exemplary skills of Suwal, who put back the score at square one with 57-35 win the second frame. Suwal hardly looked back thereafter, taking the last four frames quite comfortably to join the final round remaining undefeated.

The score of the last four frames read 54-40, 80-26, 65-44, 63-56 in favour of Suwal. He received the winner’s certificate as well as a cheque of Rs. 5,000 while the cash reward of Rs. 2,000 for registering the highest break of the venue was collected by Bhuvan Shrestha, who scored a break of 37 points.

At Club de Pokhara, Pradeep Adhikari, ranked number one thee surprisingly fell to Milendra Gurung in the pre-quarterfinals.

Adhikari was leading by three frames to one and was well at the doorstep of next phase, but Gurung stunned him by taking the next three frames in succession. In the other exciting match, Laxman Gurung, despite taking a healthy 2-0 lead failed to sustain same level of game and ended up losing the match 2-4 to Suraj Shrestha.

Meanwhile, experienced Basanta Gauchan continued his winning form by defeating his novice rival Ashok Gurung by virtue of 4-2.

Chandra Prasad Gurung was another casualty, going down without any resistance to Deepak Bishwokarma by a score of 4-0.

Others to March into next round were number two seed Laxman Gurung who beat Sagar Sherchan by 4-2. Likewise, Nabin Pun beat Prakash Gurung by 4-0, Lokman Gurung put off the challenge of Khush Bahadur Gurung by same scoreline while Hom Bahadur Nepali had an easy 4-0 walk through against Jasram Gurung.

Pema hat-trick lift MPC

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu,  Mar 1:
As expected, one of the best drilled team seen in the ongoing   WFC-Mangladevi  soccer championship Mahendra Police Club (MPC) outgunned Pashupati Yuwa Club of Makwanpur 7-0 in a  fashionable manner  while  Youth Sports Club of Kailali defeated Tarun Club of Morang 3-1 at the National Dashrath Stadium, Wednesday.

MPC player Pema Tamang (Jersey no. 9) striking a sure sixth and her hat-trick shot to Makawanpur in ongoing Mangaladevi Soccer Championship at Dasarath Stadium, Wednesday.

MPC successively attacked the rival’s post from the outset of the game using both the flanks. The attacks made by MPC women were so fierce that Makwanpur defence    had to run for the money.

Seizing  the rival’s defence napping, Manju Shrestha put MPC on the lead in the 7th minute. As the game progressed, MPC girls totally took the game well under   their command .  Pema Lama leading the charge in the front and she was well supported by her colleagues in making the raids.

Seeing  the  MPC   girls putting the pressure on their citadel,  Makwanpur girls  went out all the level the score but due to the lack of poor game play and lack of depths among the strikers all went in vain.

On the other hand, MPC girls as the time flew by made more threatening calls and the attacks were so much fierce that the girls seemed to extend the lead in any time. Shukar Rai extended the lead in the 37th minute putting  Makwanpur in the deep trouble.

After the lemon break, the scenario did not turned much as the MPC launched more aggressive moves putting the rival’s defence to stand on their toes.

Finally Pema  Rai tore  apart the rival defence and slammed home extending the lead in the 48th. She latter went to scored the hat-trick in the 51 and 56th minutes and also had helped to score the  seventh goal of Kiran Bajaracharya in the dying minutes. Shukar Rai also had scored  her second goal in the 53rd minute.

Tarun Club of Morang went down fighting Youth Club of  Kailali.   Both the teams displayed  well organised game play. Though, Kailali girls were relatively better organised. Both the teams missed couple of given opportunities in both the ends.

Kailali girls  took the lead through Sita Thapa  in the 9th minute .  In the second half, playing relatively better  than the rival in all departments, Kailali took the game well under their command. Again in the 51st minute, Sita consolidated the lead .

    On the other hand, Morang determination to curtail the lead seemed to be on the offing as they also made series of raids on the rival’s post. In the 55th minute, Jamuna Gurung gave a much needed moral boost to fight back for Morang. However, things did not turned as expected for Morang girls as Chandra Bhandari extended the lead for Kailali in the 74th minute.

Jhapa, Parsa emerge

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT

Chitwan, Mar 1 :
In seesaw battle Jhapa  edged past Chitwan 2-1 while Parsa   stunned Jawalakahel Youth Club 2-1 in the ongoing Khukuri club,  Wednesday.

Narendra Limbu  gave Jhapa a lead in the 18th minute, stunning the Chitwan boys. Self shocked Chitwan tried their best to level the score but their efforts went all in vain. Ridding high  on the lead, Jhapa boys made more aggressive moves   attacking from all sides of the ground.

In the 45th minute,  skipper Parbat Pandey consolidated the lead putting Jhapa on the safe. But after the lemon break, Jhapa boys failed to  keep up the same spirti as they had shown earlier.

On the other hand, Chitwon boys displayed more fire  after the lemon break but due to the lack of cohesion among the strikers their game fizzled in the middle.   Though till the end, the Chitwan boys  tried hard to curtail the lead but their efforts failed to materialize.

In the group B,  Jawalakhel Youth failed to play as expected while the Parsa  much better than crowds expectation. Both teams were locked horned in a first. From the beginning of the word go, Parsa boys displaying better game play managed to launch moves into the Jawalakhel’s  well guarded citadel.

After the lemon break, Jawolakhel boys  took the lead through Megraj KC in the 4th minute. Though the joy in the Jawalakhel camp was short lived as Bishal Rana level the score  in the 15th minute pushing the  game either way.

Both teams tried hard to extend the lead on their sides but displaying better game, Parsa took hold of the game and also seemed to score in  any time. Finally, Santalal Choudhary consolidated the lead in the 44th minute which  turned to be a match  later.

In  Nepalgunj, Sankata Boys Sports Club of Kathmandu outplayed Banke 4-2. Star studded Sankata  outfit had to come with one goal deficit in the first half to beat  Banke in the second half.

Banke took the lead in the 4th minute through Dipendra Shahi. On the other hand going down in a early goal, Sankata boys   failed to play an original game.   Balgopal, Naresh Shrestha and Sunil Tuladhar with international experiences failed   to play as it expected. All these players failed to click  when needed most.

Though after the second half,  Sankata  boys displayed a vastly improved game. And  launched more aggressive moves with the strikers  working tandems in pressing the attacks. Sunil Tuladhar restored the parity in the 5oth minute while Kalyan Khadgi consolidated the lead within a minute whereas Balgopal extended the lead  again in the 54th minute. Self shocked, Banke  boys went all out . And their hard works caved in as  Shyam Thapa lowered the margin in the 76th minute giving a needed moral boost but Balgopal again extended the lead in the dying minutes giving no chances Banke to fight back.