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saturday, April 27, 2019 MERC leader Attiyah dominates with fastest time in Jordan Rally Abdulaziz al Kuwari and hold second and third overall; Kuwait’s Thefiri comfortably ahead in MERC 2

Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al Attiyah was in rampant form in Jordan for Dead Sea and Jordan Valley Rallies.

Tribune News Network lieved at the same time. I am pain barrier with steering issues DEAD SEA (J2ORDAN) result glad we made it to the service at after a puncture. He and expe- 2019 Jordan Rally – positions after SS11 (unofficial 14.8sec the end. I have a problem with rienced Italian co-driver Nicola Nasser Saleh al Attiyah and @17.30hrs): 7. Zakariya Al-Aufi (OMN)/Ammar Al-Balushi (OMN) the throttle sensor. At the end Arena held sixth overall in a Matthieu Baumel were in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1hr 48min of the day, I enjoyed it and the Motortune Ford Fiesta R5 until 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel 56.5sec class of their own after 11 spe- (FRA) Volkswagen Pole GTI R5 1hr 26min 21.1sec 8. Henry Kahy (LEB)/Musa Djiyerian (JOR) Škoda Fabia gap is not that much between they retired after eight stages. cial stages of the 2019 Jordan 2. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QAT)/Marshall Clarke (GBR) 1hr 56min 57.6sec us,” Abu Samra said. Oman’s Zakariya al Aufi Rally in the Dead Sea and Jor- Škoda Fabia R5 1hr 30min Meshari al Thefiri found was classified in seventh and 42.3sec 2019 Jordan National Rally – positions after SS11 dan Valley areas on Friday. 3. Marouf Abu Samra (JOR)/Malek Hariri (JOR) Ford (unofficial @17.30hrs): himself out alone with a mas- Lebanon’s Henry Kahy guided The Qatari is bidding for a Fiesta R5 1hr 31min 1. Tareq Al-Taher (JOR)/Samer Issa (JOR) Mitsubishi sive MERC 2 advantage of his Škoda Fabia to eighth and record-breaking 13th victory 30.8sec Lancer Evo VI 1hr 50min 5min 13.9sec after fellow Ku- the MERC 3 advantage. at the second round of the FIA 4. Meshari Al-Thefiri (KWT)/Nasser Al-Kuwari (QAT) 28.3sec waiti Saleh Bin Eidan fell by the The Jordanian trio of Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1hr 35min 2. Salameh Al-Gammaz (JOR)/Ghaith Wreikat (JOR) Middle East Rally Champion- 28.8sec Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1hr 51min wayside with mechanical issues Khaled Juma, Ihab al Shorafa ship (MERC) and guided his 5. Said Al-Mouri (SAU)/Amr Refai (SAU) Mitsubishi 20.4sec after the fifth stage. and Shadi Shaban retired on Autotek-run Volkswagen Polo Lancer Evo X 1hr 40min 3. Ziad Miqdad (JOR)/Husam Jamzawi (JOR) Mitsubishi ’s Said al Mouri the first loop of stages with GTI R5 to the fastest time on 42.7sec Lancer Evo VII 1hr 58min returned to Jordan for the first turbo, engine and clutch-relat- 6. Alex Feghali (LEB)/Joseph Matar (LEB) Mitsubishi 08.2sec each of the day’s gravel stag- Lancer Evo VIII 1hr 47min time in six years with navigator ed issues. They were joined by es until an alarm ruined his Amr Refai and held fifth over- MERC 3 entrant Asem Aref af- chance of completing a clean all and second in MERC 2 after ter the water splash on the Bap- sweep on the final super special quite happy. It is fantastic to He held second place, 48.5 sec- finding a competitive pace on tism Site stage. HRH Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan and Marouf Abu Samra. stage of the day. win all the stages except for the onds in front of the Jordanian the second loop of five stages. Jordanian drivers Salameh The outcome was a massive super special. We are learning a crew of Marouf Abu Samra and Lebanese rookie Alex al Gammaz, Tareq al Taher, reached the night halt 52.1 the Mahes (19.00km), Rawda lead of 4min 21.2sec for the 14- lot with this car,” Attiyah said. Malek Hariri in a Motortune Feghali gained in confidence as Ziad Miqdad, Amjad Anasweh seconds behind leader Taher. (12.68km), Amar (8.56km) and time regional champion and 21 Fellow countryman Ab- Ford Fiesta R5, after both driv- the day progressed, benefiting and Sami Fleifel and Oman’s Amri lost fifth place after stop- Nebo (9.52km) stages before consecutive stage wins in this dulaziz al Kuwari made a slow ers had lost time with flat tyres from navigator Joseph Matar’s Zakariya al Amri were entered ping in SS9. the midday regroup and service year’s rally series for the Polo. start on his return to the Hash- on the second loop. Kuwari also experience, to reach the night in the National Rally. Gham- On Saturday, teams will at the Dead Sea. “Last stage I saw a small emite Kingdom for the first sustained some car damage to- halt in a fine sixth place and mez led from the start before tackle two loops of five spe- All five specials are repeat- alarm. I saw fuel pressure, so time in three years at the wheel wards the end and his rival had third in MERC 2. dropping two minutes on the cial stages, starting with the ed from 1337hrs before the cer- I decide to just go easily. I am of a Škoda Fabia R5 with Brit- throttle issues. ’s Nasser Khalifa al super special stage in the un- 11.74km of the Suwayma stage emonial finish at the Dead Sea happy we are here now. I am ish co-driver Marshall Clarke. “I am feeling good and re- Atya battled on through the official results. The local driver at 09.36hrs. Crews then tackle from 1800hrs. bag Asian Club volleyball bronze medal

Tribune News Network Results & standings Results Final standings Al Rayyan Club added the Final Rank Panasonic Panthers (Japan) lost to Shahrdari Varamin 1. Shahrdari Varamin (Iran) Asian Men’s Club Volleyball (Iran) 25–20 25–16 22–25 20–25 14–16 2. Panasonic Panthers (Japan) Championship bronze medal to 3rd place 3. Al Rayyan Club (Qatar) their cupboards as they handed Al Rayyan (Qatar) beat Chennai Spartans (India) 25–23 4. Chennai Spartans (India) a 3-0 blowout to Chennai Spar- 25–19 25–16 5. Sri Lanka Ports Authority (Sri Lanka) 5th place 6. Taichung Bank (Chinese Taipei) tans of India in the third place Taichung Bank (Chinese Taipei) lost to Sri Lanka Ports 7. TP.HCM (Vietnam) playoff on Friday. Authority (Sri Lanka) 16–25 25–20 24–26 8. Queensland Pirates (Australia) At the University of Taipei 25–19 9–15 9. Polri Samator (Indonesia) (Tianmu) Gymnasium, the Qa- 7th place 10. Est Cola (Thailand) Queensland Pirates (Australia) lost to TP.HCM (Vietnam) 11. TNC Kazchrome (Kazakhstan) tari team faced a tricky situa- 25–22 22–25 24–26 25–21 11–15 12. Galkan (Turkmenistan) tion. They were a bit downcast 13. Dragon (Hong Kong) after having come so close to their third final but lost the five- and Raja Naveen. clinched the set 25-19 to forge set thriller to Japan’s Panasonic Both sides got off to a thrill- 2-0 ahead. Panthers. And their opponents ing start and were on the heels The third set turned out to in the hardline match were the of each other. GS Akhin and Je- be one-way traffic as Rychlicki same outfit who had stunned rome produced solid blocks to and Costa joined forces in pen- them in a pool round-robin help Chennai level 19-19, but af- etrating the Indian defence with match earlier. ter that the Qataris roared back their spectacular smashes for However, Al Rayyan Club, with sharp hits and powerful the team’s 23-14 lead. Al Rayy- the reigning double Arab club jump serves by Rychlicki to win an allowed the rivals two more winners and twice runners- Al Rayyan spikers in action against Chennai Spartans of India in the bronze medal match of the Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship. the hard-fought set 25-23. points before capturing the set up in successive appearances Chennai Spartans still 25-16, the match and the bronze (2013 & 2014), lifted both their 13th overall title and a fourth fifth set we needed to attack a mission - we try to do our best bronze medals. found the rivals a tough nut to medal. game and spirit and vented out consecutive final for an Iranian little more against the Japan every time. So, the best today is Al Rayyan remained of- crack in the second set. The Qa- Kamil Rychlicki led Al their anger with a 25–23 25–19 club. team. we took the victory and got the fensively strong with the likes taris took a narrow 17-15 lead Rayyan with 20 points, includ- 25–16 triumph. After the sweet revenge, “I think we need some more third place,” the Brazilian tacti- of the 206-cm tall and power- and stretched it to 24-19, cour- ing 17 kills and team-leading Shahrdari Varamin contin- Al Rayyan Club coach Carlos experience. We need these kind cian added. ful hitter Kamil Rychlicki from tesy of their consistent play and two blocks, while Vinith Jerome ued Iran’s domination, though Schwanke commented, “Every of championships to gain more For a Qatari club, this was Luxembourg, Brazilian Marcus exceptional tactics including was the lone Indian player who they staged a dramatic come- time we are on the court, we experience. I think the third the 10th medal in the champi- Costa and Birama Faye, while terrific jump serves and attacks scored in double digits - 10 back from 0-2 down to pull off want more, but in our loss to position in one big tournament onship. Earlier, Al Arabi Club the Indians were strengthened from Rychlicki. With scintillat- points - for Chennai Spartans. a gritty 20-25 16-25 25-22 25- Panthers in the semi-finals, we like this is not that bad. Actu- won the title in 2012, besides se- by Latvian Sorokins Ruslans, ing blocks by Youssef Oughlaf It included eight spikes from 18 20 16-14 triumph. This was the fought to the last points. In the ally, we came here with just one curing three silver and as many hard-attacking Vinith Jerome and Birama Faye, Al Rayyan attempts.