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Wednesday, Feb 08, 2006

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Indian pairs in joint lead

MUMBAI: Gagan Verma and Joseph Chakola (India B) produced a cumulative score of par 140 to tie with Simarjeet Singh/Chirag Kumar (India A) the Royal Challenge 105th All-India Amateur Golf's international strokeplay event.

Verma's four-under 66 was the day's best performance. while Chirag managed three-under 67 at the par-70 Bombay Presidency Golf Club course on Tuesday.

Singapore (144) was in third position, followed by England (145), Bangladesh (149), Sri Lanka A and Pakistan (both 151).

Sri Lanka B (160) occupies the rock bottom of this tournament featuring teams from five nations. General J.J. Singh, Chief of Army Staff and president of Indian Golf Union, spoke to a gathering of players and officials on the occasion.

Strokeplay scores (1st day): India A (Chirag Kumar 67, Simarjeet Singh 73) 140; India B (Gagan Verma 66, Joseph Chakola 74) 140; Singapore (Choo Tze Huang 72, Jonathan Leong 72) 144; England (Thomas Haylock 72, Tom Sherreared 73) 145; Bangladesh (Mohd. Shahid 74, Mohd Siddikur Rahman 75) 149; Sri Lanka A (Mithun Perera 75, K Prabhagaran 76) 151; Pakistan (Muhammad Safdar Khan 75, Tariq Mehmood 76) 151; Sri Lanka B (J.M.D. Indika 73, Vijitha Bandara 87) 160. — Special Correspondent