The Sharg Tournament is now over for November 2009. A total of  67 players registered for the tournament. Towards the end only 58 players remained til the end of the tournament. This tournament started on November 12 til November 21st. It started everyday at 6:30pm and on the last day, we even had a nice buffet provided to the players by the kind people of Sharg Mall.

As for the top ten players and Ms. Nadia Al Qabban, they will be invited to a special ceremony in A 5 star Hotel sometime after eid. They will receive thier rewards for thier achievements and have a lavious dinner with the accompanyship of Shiekh Dawoud Salman Al Sabah, the Sponsor of the Sharg Tournament.

Anways, without further adew, here is the final standings for the tournament.

1. Bader Al Hajeri – 8
2. Ahmad Jad Al Rab – 7.5
3. Taher Al Khateeb – 7
4. Ahmad Husni – 6.5
5. Ferdinand Laming – 6.5
6. Mohammed Jabr – 6
7. Ferdinand Bugay – 6
8. Veerappan Aiyappan – 6
9. Roberto Carandang – 6
10. Fayeq Nezar kanan – 6
11. Faizur Rahman – 6
12. Basir Cosain – 6
13. Ahmad Emad Taha – 5.5
14. Samuel Santos – 5.5
15. Labeeb Badi Obaid – 5.5
16. Waleed Al Awadhi – 5.5
17. Herculano Zakarias – 5.5
18. Nezar F. Kanaan – 5.5
19. Florintino Silao – 5
20. Hamdi M. AlOqdah – 5
21. Oliver John – 5
22. Talal Naif Sallam – 5
23. Sajan Jacob Varughese – 5
24. Naser Maqseed – 5
25. Basem Zaki – 5
26. Mohamed Rasheedalalam – 5
27. Khaled Khan Anwar – 4.5
28. Nanda Kumar – 4.5
29. Nooraldeen Abdulkhaleq – 4.5
30. Dennis Polquit – 4.5
31. Khaled Abdullah Hashem – 4.5
32. Nadia Al Qabban – 4.5    MS. NADIA CAME IN FIRST AMONGST THE WOMEN!
33. Hamada A AlWakeel – 4
34. Bader AlKhaldi – 4
35. Hussain Shalabi – 4
36. Mina Jad – 4
37. Sara Ahmed A. – 4
38. Nathanel Tinsay – 4
39. Gregorio M. Blanco – 4
40. Omran AlMoussawi – 4
41. Maha AlSoudi – 4
42. Mohammed Abdulmohsen – 4
43. Reda Ahmad Mohamed – 3.5
44. Asfand Yar Khan – 3.5
45. Abdullah Salah Motwali – 3
46. Hani Sabri – 3
47. Raed AlAhmadeih – 3
48. Abdulmohsen Almeshari – 3
49. Nasser Bader AlDehani – 3
50. Ehab Hamza – 3
51. Fahed Ahmad Saleh – 3
52. Jaser A. AlJaser – 2
53. Mohamed Fahed AlSaqer – 2
54. Ali Hassan Allaldin – 2
55. Eid Mohamed Eid – 2
56. Hashem Ali Hussain – 1.5
57. Rama Krishna Santos – 1
58. John Nimrod Belmonte – 1
59. Mohamed Y. AlAnsari – 1
60. Saleh Fawas  AlAbdaly
61. Nasser Khan Bahmany
62. Dr. Mosleh B. AlOtaibi
63. Essam Aldeen Mohamed
64. Sharbal Samaan
65. Hani Mohamed Sameih
66. Dr. Khaled Abdulbari
67. Faisal AlHamlan

More pictures and videos will be available for the tournament very soon.

Best Regards – Khaled A. Hashem

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Many Thanks and Best Wishes