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Lewis Smith excel in Rotax Challenge TDT | BIC launches Early ewis Smith of Bahrain Air- Lport Services (BAS) Mot- orsport Team won the Junior Max category in the second round of the Bahrain Rotax Mojo Max Challenge, held as Bird tickets for F1 part of the 2019/2020 Bahrain Karting Sprint Championship (BKSC) at Bahrain International Karting Circuit. The BAS team Ambassador, who is also a member of the Praga Middle East internation- al karting team, was in sensa- tional form all throughout the event. He started the qualifying ses- sion strong and posted the fast- Lewis (kart no. 210) on track against the other karters in the Junior Max class est lap to claim pole position for the Pre-Final. Lewis had a great start in two meetings. At the beginning of that ses- the 15-lap finale. He enjoyed a The BAS Motorsport fam- sion, he lost one position but well-deserved pole-to-flag vic- ily wish Lewis the best Drivers in action during Bahrain GP earlier this year fought back throughout the 11 tory, which helped him move of luck for the remain - laps to retain first place and to the top of the Junior Max ing five rounds of the BKSC online at BIC’s official website of BD150. A four-day ticket to secure pole for the Final. championship standings after season. Up to 20 per cent www.bahraingp.com or by call- the Turn One Grandstand costs • ing the BIC Hotline on +973- BD85 under the reduced price, discount on Early Bird 17450000. down from BD100, while four- tickets are available The much-anticipated launch day tickets to both the Univer- for a limited period of ticket sales comes with a fab- sity and Victory Grandstands ulous limited-time offer, as BIC are now BD51 apiece with the Tickets to F1 is giving discounts of up to 20% Early Bird offer, reduced from • under the first phase of its Early the original price of BD60 each. spectacle available now Bird promotion. There are three available op- This 20% price reduction tions for Batelco Grandstand 2020 ticket prices is available for tickets to BIC’s Tickets. They can be purchased unchanged:• one of the Main Grandstand, while a 15% for the full four-day race week- most affordable in F1 discount is applied for tickets end for BD108, reduced from to all other grandstands includ- BD120. They can also be bought ing the Turn One Grandstand, for just the Friday of the event TDT | Manama Batelco Grandstand, Univer- for BD51 instead of BD60, or for sity Grandstands and Victory just the Saturday and Sunday ahrain International Grandstands. for BD85, reduced from BD100. Circuit (BIC) announced These Early Bird discounts The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Byesterday the launch of are available for a limited time Prix is set to mark the second of ticket sales for the Formula 1 only, so fans are advised to act a record 22 rounds on the 2020 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix quickly and purchase their tick- FIA Formula 1 World Champi- 2020. ets at the earliest opportunity onship. The race weekend is set The region’s biggest annu- to get the best value for money. to include not only Formula 1 al event is scheduled to take Ticket prices for the mas - racing, but also plenty of other place March 19 to 22 next year, sive event remain the same for action on the track. and race fans need not wait any the seventh year in a row, and There will also be plenty of longer to secure their seats for they are once again amongst the off-track fun and family enter- Students of New Millennium School –DPS Bahrain who were part of National U-16 Cricket Team pose with school the racing and entertainment most competitive in Formula 1. tainment, all of which will be Principal Arun Kuumar Sharma. The students received accolades in the school on returning from Oman after spectacle at “The Home of Mo- Under the Early Bird offer, headlined by the unforgettable participating in a tournament. The selected students were Aryan Koul, Shashank Shukla, Ansh Katyayan, Jayshhav torsport in the Middle East” in four-day tickets to the Main live concerts featuring some Ravishankar and Ethan Sequera. The team represented Bahrain in the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) U-16 Western Sakhir. Grandstand are now BD120, re- of the music industry’s biggest Region Competition held in Oman from 18th October. They displayed a stupendous performance in all the matches and Tickets can be purchased duced from the original price international artists. defeated Iran and Saudi Arabia

Riffa advance into King’s Cup quarters Manama rally past over in BBA Cup TDT | Manama Meanwhile, East TDT | Manama Mohammed Nabeel had 18 punched their tickets to the while Sayed Mohammed Habib iffa marched into the quar- quarters after a 4-1 win against arnataka Royals defeated finished with 11. Rter-finals of the King’s Isa Town in another match KRiffa Stars by 105 runs in Meanwhile, battled Cup of football last night yesterday. The result gave the CBA Division C T-20 League. back from a nine-point deficit to following a 2-0 victory over East Riffa a comfortable 7-2 Samaheej were also victorious begin the fourth quarter in their Al Ahli in their second-leg win on aggregate. in a come-from-behind 77-73 hard-earned win over Bahrain match. Other teams to have already thriller over Bahrain Club. Club. Kumail Al Aswad and Ali made it through to the last Both contests were in Group A Hussain Busafwan bas - Haram were on target for the eight were Galali, B of the tournament. ket tied the proceedings at victors. and Manama. Christopher McKnight scored 66-apiece with just over two Their goals gave Riffa a 4-0 The other match-ups in the a game-high 30 points and took minutes remaining. American win on aggregate following Round of 16 were fac- down 12 rebounds to spearhead professional Antwan Wilkerson their 2-0 triumph in the open- ing Al Malkiya and taking Manama in their game. He was then gave Samaheej the lead ing leg. on Al Shabab. one of six players from their for good at 70-68 with a pair of team to finish in double figures. baskets from the charity stripe. Skipper Mohammed Hus- They did well from there to sain added 18 including three close the game out and get the Royals edge Riffa Stars in T20 league three-pointers, while court all-important victory. general Hussain Shaker scored Wilkerson finished with 28 TDT | Manama In second innings Royals’ 15 while dishing out 10 assists. points and 15 rebounds while bowlers’ narrow spell helped Hassan Nowrooz chipped in playing the full 40 minutes. arnataka Royals defeated to woundup Stars for just 95 with 13 and Yusuf Almurbati Busafwan added 21 and six as- KRiffa Stars by 105 runs in runs and won the match by had 10, both coming off the sists. Fadhel Abbas scored 19 to CBA Division C T-20 League. 105 runs. Naveen and Gajen- bench, while Mohammed Jas- pace Bahrain Club in the loss. Royals won the toss and dra took two wickets each for sim also finished with 10 mark- Hussain Lulu contributed 12 elected to bat first. Puneeth Royals. ers. Manama’s McKnight with a one-handed slam dunk in their win against Isa Town. points and 12 assists. (58) scored a brilliant half cen- Karnataka Royals 200/4 Picture from the Bahrain Basketball Association Manama built a big lead early Cup action continues tomor- tury and was supported by Nu- (Puneeth 58, Numair 37, and never looked back. They at the half. They continued to many as their winning margin of row with Sitra facing Al Najma mair (37) who helped Royals to Nabil 2/48) beat Riffa Star went ahead 33-17 at the end of build to their lead in the third, 57 points. at 5.30pm and play- reach 200 runs at the end of 20 95/10 (Nabeel 26, Naveen the first quarter and then ex- and in the final canto outscored Only two players scored in ing Al Ettihad at 7.15pm, both overs. Nabil took two wickets 2/2, Gajendra 2/16) by 105 tended their advantage to 59-31 Isa Town 34-8 to go ahead by as double figures for Isa Town. in Group A. for Stars. runs