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Riyadh: Seven Star lift Amaco Winter Trophy

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March 10, 2015

Riyadh: The Seven Star team won the Amaco Winter Cricket tournament organized by the New Star and sponsored by Amaco Jubail, at Riyadh. The Seven Star defeated Eagle Riyadh in nail biting finish.

After winning the toss Eagle Riyadh managed to score only 73 runs in 10 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing a small total, Seven Star started slowly and lost two early wickets in early overs.

In the middle overs Naeem and Dawood Kodi scored freely and hit some towering sixes. Naeem scored 27* runs and DawoodKodi scored 23 runs.

Seven Star bowlers managed to control the batsmen of opposite team. Dawood Kodi, Dawood Kayali, Mohmmed, Shabir, Masoor bagged two wickets each. Mansoor bowled some very good dot balls in final overs.

The Amaco Winter Cricket tournament-2015 started on February 6, 2015. As many as 22 selected teams fought for this trophy in a knock-out format.

Many strong teams failed to impress. However, Seven Stars were cruising nicely throughout the tournament. Their famous win was in the first round match against SCFC and in the Semi-finals they won against Uchila Friends.

In the final, Man of the Match prize was bagged by Dawood Kodi of Seven Star, who with his brilliant batting display made sure ‘Seven Star’ crossed the line comfortably. He was also adjudged player of the tournament. Badru of Deerah Guys bagged best batsman award.

Uchila Friends and Deerah Guys fought for the third and fourth place. Uchila Friends prevailed over Deerah Guys by beating them by 19runs.

The main attraction of this evening was traditional food ‘Goli-Baje’ served to the crowd with free juice packets. Riyaz entertained the crowd with running commentary. A lovely Friday evening welcomed the Cricket fans who flocked the ground to watch the finals.
Prize distribution ceremony was conducted on the ground and Riyaz compered the whole programme. New Star Shamsu addressed the crowd and thanked all the participating teams for their support to the whole tournament.

Guests of the day were Shajiv Kumar, Shamshu Mulki, Sateesh Amin, Masood Mas, Sathish Amin, Hameed Nazeer.

Umpires Jaya Shetty, Basheer, Badru, Sadik, Ashraf, Javed, Sachin, Masood, Thoufq, Imthiyaz and ground curators Shamsuddin Bailur and Shammy were felicitated on the occasion.

Prize winners:
Best Keeper: Rasheed- (Eagle Riyadh)
Best Catch: Naeem (Seven Star)
Highest individual score in a match: Badru (Deera Guys)
Highest Wicket in a match: Shabaz (Uchila Friends)
Man of the match Semi Final 1: Shamshu (Seven Star)
Man of the match Semi Final 2: Badru (Eagle Riyadh)
Man of the match 3rd & 4th place: Haji (Uchila Friends)
Man of the match – Final: DawoodKodi (Seven Star)
Best Bowler: Sarfraz P. (Shahid Eagle Riyadh)
Best Batsman: Badru (Deera Guys)
Trophy for 4th place: Deerah Guys
Trophy for 2nd Runner up: Uchila Friends
Player of the Series (Trophy): DawoodKodi (Seven Star)
Fair Play Award: Deerah Guys
Runner up (Trophy + Cash Prize): Eagle Riyadh
Champions (Trophy + Cash Prize): Seven Star

Teams
GROUP A: AMACO, AZAD X1, UCHILA FRIENDS, UNITED ULLAL, SALAM X1.
GROUP B: SEVEN STAR, MCC, RFC, CHALLENGER FRIENDS, AL JAZEERAH.
GROUP C: NEW STAR, AL RAJHI, ASHES, RAISCO, ARROWS, DEERAH GUYS.
GROUP D: RAYAN X1, RKA, X1 STAR, NADEC, EAGLE, GOLDEN STAR

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News Network
June 28,2020

Dubai: A blood donation drive was conducted by Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) at in Al Wasl Club Stadium here on Friday, 26th June 2020.

The drive started around 1:00 pm and continued till 4:00 pm as per schedule provided by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Blood Donation Centre and 60 people donated blood to support the Blood Bank. The drive was well organised by maintaining social distance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As blood cannot be produced but only can be donated, this drive will help many patients in need of blood during emergencies. Donors were also feeling proud and happy at this moment thinking of saving someone’s life.

DHA Blood Donation Centre staff carried out the screening and testing done in very well manner keeping social distancing during this pandemic. Volunteers of KSCC were also helping the staff to keep people in safe distance and to make this drive a success.

KSCC Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi and other office bearers were present at the event venue. KSCC thanked the volunteers, Community Development of Authority (CDA), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Blood Donation Centre, Government of Dubai and Al Wasl Club Stadium for making the event successful.

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May 25,2020

Dubai: Karnataka Sports & Cultural Club (KSCC) distributed Eid Kit across the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah to the ) needy people on Eid al Fitr.

KSCC President Mr. Mohammed Ismail Said: “Eid is a Symbol of Gratitude and Unity. As the last few weeks have been hard for each one of us, we wanted to stand in solidarity to celebrate Eid, by helping labours and needy people. He also said that “We are together to be part of UAE. Serving these meals is our core social responsibility."

KSCC recently conducted humanitarian services during COVID-19 pandemic in 2 phases and conducted Blood Donation Drive. They have also planned to conduct next Blood Donation Drive on 25th May, 2020.

The KSCC main objective is to develop the expatriate community into a well-nourished section of society in the areas of social, sports and cultural activities.

On behalf of KSCC, and the entire executive council Mr. Mohammed Ismail, President of Club, extended a very heartly thanks and gratitude to the Main sponsor of the event M/s. EMSQUARE, Engineering Consultant, and Tawakkal Overseas Dubai.

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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