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The Chess Championship was held
on December 13 th at Hawaii
University, with the participation of
16 teams. The NDU team took 3 rd
place. It was composed of Elias
Nassar, Charbel Saad, Elie Abou
Jaoudeh, Rabih Samara and Joseph
Daou.
The Table Tennis Championships, for
men and women, also were held on
the campus of Hawaii University on
December 13 th , with the participation
of 52 men players from different
universities. Mark Osta of NDU took
second place. In the women’s championship
26 players took part; Rana
Marsha of NDU came 3 rd .
NDU Table Tennis and Chess
Tournaments
Between January 16 th and 23 rd , the
Sports Office held a table tennis
tournament and a chess tournament
for students of NDU. 36 men and 12
young ladies took part in the table
tennis, the results of which were as
follows:
MEN
1 st . Charles Maalouf
2 nd . Patrick Rumeily
3 rd . Suheil Abou Rujeily
WOMEN
1st . Rana Marshy 2nd . Rana
Abou al-Hana 3rd . Hala
Lahd
The tournaments were supervised
by the NDU Director of Sports Mr.
George Nader with the help of the
Assistant Director of the Sports
Office Mr. Elias Boutros, the Table
Tennis Instructor Mr. Michel
Rizkallah and Chess Instructor Mr.
Hassan al-Jindi. Medals were distributed
to the winners by the
Director of the Student Affairs Office
General Elias Hanna, Assistant
Director Dr. Ziah Fahed, Sports
Office Director Mr. George Nader
and Assistant Director Mr. Elias
Boutros.
Chess instructor Mr. Hassan al-Jindi with the winners of the Chess Tournament.
22 players took part in the chess tournament, which followed Swiss regulations.
There were six sessions, each of which lasted one hour, allowing 30
minutes for each player’s moves. They took place on January 16th , 20th , 21st and 23rd . The points gained by the leading players were as follows:
1st Elie Abou Jaoudeh 5 points; 2nd Sharbel Saad 5 points; 3rd Elias Nassar
5 points; 4th Oliver Rashwan 4.5 points; 5th Sharbel Abboud 4.5 points;
6th Rabih Samara 4 points; 7th Anthony Taouk 4 points; 8th Joseph Daou
3 points; 9th Sharbel Briady 3 points; 10th Albert Sadeq 3 points;
11th Bedros Shamelian 3 points; 12th Ziad Abboud 2.5 points.
LATE NEWS
The following tournaments and competitions have been inscribed in
the Sports Office programme:
• FSUL Snowboard Championship, Faqra, Saturday, 29/03/2003.
• Friendly Volleyball game vs USJ, Mont La Salle, Thursday, 3/04/2003.
• Judo Tournament, Balamand University, Saturday, 17/04/2003
Due to weather conditions, games and tournaments due to be held in
recent weeks were postponed as follows:
• Football Tournament at Balamand University on Monday,
31/03/2003.
• Handball Tournament at Beirut Arab University on Monday,
31/03/2003.
The following results are to hand at the time of going to press:
FSUL Snowboard Championship, Faqra:
First Place (Men): Zaher El Hajj (NDU)
First place (women): Lina Rahme (NDU)
Friendly games (LAU Beirut Stadium and IC)
Volleyball (men), NDU vs LAU Beirut, LAU Stadium: 3 – 0
Volleyball (men), NDU vs USJ, Mont La Salle Stadium: 3 – 0
Volleyball (women), NDU vs LAU Beirut, LAU Stadium: 3 – 0
Basketball (men), NDU vs LAU Beirut, LAU Stadium: 76 – 72
Football, NDU vs LAU Beirut, IC Stadium, 4 – 2
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