SPORTS Sunday, February 4, 2018 23 Sports Day: Second preparatory meet today DT News Network Manama he second preparatory Hanekom meeting for the 2018 BahrainT Sports Day, scheduled for February 13, will take place today at Elite Grand Hotel in Seef. Today’s meeting, to be chaired by organsing committee featured in chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, will bring up a number of topics. Subjects on the agenda include the programmes and activities of the ministries, in addition to The Clinch TV other government authorities Manama Simon Stephens who began among the top five mixed and the private sector. had Hanekom who Sports Broadcasting 30 years martial arts promotions in The 2018 Bahrain Sports has signed with Brave ago for ITV Sports in the the world prompted him to Day is organised by the Bahrain CombatC Federation was United Kingdom for Touring join and commented about Olympic Committee for the featured in The Clinch TV Cars, English Premier League, the impressive growth of the second consecutive time, and hosted by Simon Stephens. Horse Racing and Speedway. promotion. targets both citizens and the The Clinch TV is the eNCA, is one of the top Chad will face Ikram expat community of all ages. flagship MMA show in the television news networks that Aliskerov from Dagestan at It will be brought up by a largest Television News covers Mixed Martial Arts in Brave 10” The Kingdom Rises, number of ministries, other Network in Africa. Africa. hosted in Amman, Jordan on government authorities, the eNCA is launched by Chad Hanekom 2nd March at King Hussien private sector in an attempt award winning journalist commented that Brave being Sports City. to promote sports as a healthy Chad Hanekom lifestyle. Chaves poised Supasundae beats Leopardstown miles in his last race. been a feature of Faugheen’s upasundae (8-1) got the But he showed plenty of speed performance in the build-up to Sbetter of former Cheltenham over two miles, challenging the 2015 Cheltenham Champion to win Herald Festival winner Faugheen in a Faugheen and overhauling the Hurdle win, was not as evident thrilling 9-10 favourite. as before. Although Faugheen at Leopardstown. Faugheen, with Paul Townend jumped the last two hurdles The -trained on board in place of the injured solidly, Supasundae started to Sun Tour Faugheen had come into the race , had gone out pull away and won by two and a Lake Mountain, Australia with plenty to prove after being into the lead from the start but quarter lengths. steban Chaves (Mitchelton- pulled up last time out. Supasundae kept tabs on his rival. “Coming here we wanted Scott) looks set for overall The victor, ridden by Robbie Turning for home, the this to be a nice prep run for victoryE at the Herald Sun Tour Power and trained by Jessica pair seemed set to fight it out. Cheltenham,” said Harrington after a brilliant solo attack Harrington, ran over three However, the pace, which had afterwards. (BBC) delivered him to the win on the summit finish to Lake Mountain. The only rider in the race with a Grand Tour podium to his name, Chaves was the favourite for the stage, but his form remained uncertain after a disappointing 2017 season disrupted by a knee injury. However Chaves has clearly enjoyed a good off-season, as he displayed scintillating early-season form by attacking at the base of the finishing climb to Lake Mountain, crossing the line 42 seconds ahead of the impressive Alexander Evans (Modius- BridgeLane) with the main group of chasers including defending champion Damien Howson (Mitchelton-Scott) at 1-09. With the race starting from the Mitchelton Winery a Mitchelton- Scott victory always seemed in the stars but the WorldTour team didn’t have any riders represented in the 10-rider breakaway which got away soon after the start. In the move were Matt Ross (KordaMentha-Australia), Etienne Van Empel (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Edmund Bradbury (JLT Condor), Brad Evans (Mobius BridgeLane), Steele von Hoff (Bennelong SwissWellness), Nicholas Reddish (Oliver’s Real Food Racing), Ashley Mackay (Australian Cycling Academy), Esteban Chaves Jonathan Noble (Brisbane Continental), Kane Richards and Alexander Ray (McDonalds-Down Under). The long 218km stage saw the break allowed a maximum lead of more than seven minutes. However with Mitchelton-Scott and Trek-Segafredo controlling the front of the bunch, that was quickly brought down as the race neared its conclusion, with the front group eventually caught on the approach to the finishing climb. (Cyclingweekly) Highlight from the race