Sport - Golf

Sharmila beats defending champ

KOLKATA, JAN. 20. Sharmila Nicollet of Bangalore played a consistent game to enter the gold division match-play semifinals of the 88th all-India ladies amateur golf championship here at the Tollygunge Club course on Thursday. Nicollet beat the defending champion Vandana Agarwal in the 19th hole play-off.

In the semifinals Nicollet will meet another teenager, Vaishavi Sinha of Noida, who beat her senior state-mate, Shalini Mallick, on the 17th hole.

Top seeded Irina Brar of Chandigarh was in her usual form as she disposed of her Karnataka opponent Bhavna Shetty on the 15th hole to easily move into the last four stage. Brar meets Neha Majithia of Delhi in the other semifinal.

The results (quarterfinals): Gold division (0-12 handicap): Irina Brar (Chd) bt Bhavna Shetty (Kar) 4 & 3; Neha Majithia (Del) w/o Saanya Sharma (Chd); Sharmila Nicollet (Kar) bt Vandana Agarwal (Ben) 19th hole; Vaishavi Sinha (NOIDA) bt Shalini Mallick (NOIDA) 2 & 1.

Silver division (13-24): Saroj Saran (Ben) bt Anita Bhatia 4 & 3; Rita Punwani (Ben) bt Soma Ray (Ben) 1 up; Sonia Burman (Ben) bt Anu Bindra (Ben) 4 & 3; Tara Halwasiya (Ben) w/o Rohini Majithia (Del).

Bronze division (25 onwards): Meghna Majithia (Del) bt Anu Tripathi (Ben) 6 & 4; Rashmi Singh (Ben) bt Bharati Ghosh Dastidar (Ben) 7 & 6; Shruti Goenka (Ben) bt Aruna Sharma (Del) 3 & 2; Rita Dogra (Ben) bt S.C. Mahtab (Ben) 3 & 2. — Our Sports Reporter

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