All the title favourites advanced without many hiccups in snooker, squash and tennis events of the Armed Forces Officers Club's ninth Ramadan Games here on Monday night.
Defending champion Mohammad Mustafa Shehab opened his campaign in the snooker event with an easy 4-0 win over F. Andrea. While most of the matches were one-sided in the opening round, only Adil Mohammad laboured for a 4-3 win over Rashid Al Shikkaly.
In squash, Adil Maqbool and Ben Rickaby, the two main contenders for the title, advanced with identical 3-0 wins.
Maqbool beat Thagib Raafi while Rickaby outplayed Ahmad Barakat. Favourite for the tennis title, Omar Behroozian, made short work of Adil Thuwai's challenge with a 2-0 win while Mahmoud Khalifa defeated Mohammad Al Nuaimi 2-0.
In football action, Anas Mohammad netted the match-winner for Zayed Bin Sultan Team over ADNOC.
In two drawn encounters, Polaris drew 2-2 with Al Ain. Nabeel Mohammad and Husam Sulaiman scored for Polaris while Abdul Hafiz and Ebrahim Al Sharqi were Al Ain's marksmen. Hat-tricks by Thefar Faoudal and Bendidha Abid were the highlight of Algerian Community's 12-1 rout of Feraz Dental Centre.
In yet another big-scoring match, Wael Abdul Mowla and Hani Saeed scored six and five goals respectively in Awafi's 12-0 win over Heiberger.
In another closely-contested match Sami Mohammad scored twice to earn Monaco Café a 2-2 draw with Air Defence. Abdul Karim Hassan and Hamad Khalid scored for Air defence.
The ninth AFOC Ramadan Games are being held under the patronage of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs.
Results
Football: Al Fursan bt Saeed Bin Delawi Team 4-2; Baynunah bt Emiri Guards A 2-1; Awafi bt Heiberger 12-0; Algerian Community bt Feraz Dental Centre 12-1; Land Army bt Al Quitat 3-0; AD Educational Zone bt Consultants Group 3-1; Monaco Café drew with Air Defence 2-2; Zayed Bin Sultan Team bt ADNOC 1-0; Transport and Supplies bt Al Ittihad 2-0; Polaris drew with Al Ain.
Shooting (Men, amateur): 1. Khalid Omar Salem (255); 2. Rashed Al Oriyani (247); 3. Mubarak Saleh (244); 4. Yousuf Koyah (244); 5. Rashed Saeed A; Shamsi (239).
Bowling (top five): Sultan Dorani (858); Naif Oqab (848); Hulaiman Al Hamly (826); Sultan Al Ka'abi (823); Naser Al Shamsi (816).
Snooker: Mohammad Shehab bt Andrea F. 4-0; Khalid Al Khalfan bt Ali Bufroosha 4-0; Ahmad Al Aseeri bt Yahya Abu Layla 4-1; Eissa Al Hindi bt Yahya Mohammad Al Suwaidi 4-0; Adil Mohammad bt Rashid Al Shikkaly 4-3; Ahmad Al Thirkat bt Ahmad Shehab 4-0; Humaid Al Darmaki bt Hani Hosani 4-0; Obaid Khalifa bt Ahmad Abdul Ghader 4-0; Mubarak Al Junaibi bt Saleh Shehab 3-0; Salem Abdullah bt Mohammad Yousuf 3-0.
Tennis: Khalid Al Zawdi bt Mohammad Jalal 2-0; Omar Behroozian bt Adil Thuwaia 2-0; Mahmoud Khalifa bt Mohammad Al Nuaimi 2-0.
Squash: Adil Maqbool bt Thagib Raafi 3-0; Tareq Hussain bt Fahim Khan 3-2; Darren Brad bt Thasowar Hussain 3-0; Ben Rickaby bt Ahmad Barakat 3-0; Waad Al Hashmy bt Mohammad Fareed 3-0; Bilal Mohammad bt Husam Khan 3-2 and Malek Mohammad bt Masood Jamal 3-0.
