The two days NNS Annual Golf Tournament concluded over the past weekend.
First day of the tournament was played on Saturday while the final round was
played on Sunday. The event with about 20 participants taking part this time and
marking its fourth straight year was a huge success! Everyone playing had good rounds
of golf. Thanks to everyone for taking part in this event. The final day victory goes to
Bhuwan Karki claiming the first place with 44 strokes over par 36. Ajay Rai
claimed second with 47 strokes over par 36 and Santosh Nepal claimed third
place with 49 strokes over par 36. Congratulations to the winners!
NNS is pleased to host this event and have an opportunity to introduce a
beautiful game of Golf to our Nepali Community. The revenue
generated from this event will be added to NNS fund. We hope to continue
this tradition and host the event every year.
The NNS organized annual Ping Pong tournament was held at the Student Center of Bellevue University today. Of the
14 participants, Sudin Shrestha was able to overcome all competition and claim his second consecutive title. Sudin who
was earlier defeated by Sushant Kandel, 2 sets to none, during the first round was able to claim the eighth spot by
securing the top spot in the loser's bracket. As luck would have it, it was Sushant who was waiting for the winner
from the loser's bracket and it was a first round rematch in which Sudin came atop (2-0). He then went on to defeat
Binaya Regmi (3-0) in the semi-finals and Sunil Dhungel (3-1) in the finals. Sunil Dhungel had advanced to the final
beating Santosh Nepal (2-0) in the first round, Rupesh Dhakal (2-1) in the 2nd round, and Biken Thapa (3-1)in the Semi-finals.
The tournament was conducted as a best of 3 sets in the first and second round and best of 5 sets for the semis and finals.
Sangina will be competing against CHEN Shih Hsin of Chinese Taipei in Women's Under 49kg Preliminary Round of 16.
The game will be on MSNBC at 2:00 AM CST Thursday, August 26th.
Sangina Vaidya is the first Nepali to formally qualify for Olympics. She
is heading to Olympics 2004, Athens to compete for Taekwondo title. She is
also the first South Asian to qualify for taekwondo event in Olympics.
When: Labor Day Weekend Where: Omaha, Nebraska Game Plan:
1st round on saturday 09/04/04
Top 12 players advances to 2nd round on sunday 09/05/04 Last date of registration:
August 21, 2004 Contact: Bhuwan Karki(402)214-1083, Ajay Rai(402)445-4182, Prakash Gyawali(402)960-6659
Manchester United Vs Bayern Munich
The Champions World Series promised to "deliver the best of the best -
great teams with great tradition and exciting players with unbelievable
skills." The Manchester United vs Bayern Munich match held at Soldier
Field, Chicago fell a little short of that. Attended by more than 58,000
eager fans, the teams failed to deliver as only a handful of starters
stepped on to the field.
The match ended a 0-0 draw, marked with poor passing and mere five shots
at goal among the contestants. Even though the announcer initially announced
a 5 min overtime to be followed by a second 5 min overtime in case the
match remained drawn, the teams went straight to penalty which ended 4-2
in favor of Bayern Munich. Oliver Kahn, the German International who saved
two of ManU's penalties was named the man of the match. As always the
35 year old Kahn proved why he is the best of the best- the only truth
to the claim put by the Champions World promotion.
Sangina will be competing against CHEN Shih Hsin of Chinese Taipei in Women's Under 49kg Preliminary Round of 16.
When: Labor Day Weekend