Keekli Reporter, 27th August, 2016, Shimla
Team Aadil Bedi and Vasundhara Thiara won the All India Interschool Albatross Golf Championship for a record third time, while representing Vivek High School, Chandigarh. Vivek high team scored 300 as they beat Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi team comprising Saarthak Chhibber and Ananya Barthakur by 4 shots over a two days game. Both Aadil And Vasundhara won in their respective individual Categories A and B too. Aadil was the only player who shot under par round with the score of 70 and 73 (143 one under) and won by huge margin of 8 shots in A category over his school mate Virain Khosla. Vasundhara shot 81, 76 (157) and won by 15 shots over Amani Narang.
The Albatross Team Championship in A/ B Category Boys/ Girls which saw participation of 12 school including Doon School Dehradoon; Army Public School, New Delhi; Maharaja Sawai Man Singh School Jaipur; and Modern School New Delhi. Over 100 school going young golfers participated in the championship at ITC Classic Golf Course Gurgaon in the two days event.
The team from First Step School, Chandigarh, comprising Jujhar Singh and Manjot Singh won in C/D Category by 6 shots over Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.
Both Aadil and Vasundhara also did the country proud by winning at International level. Aadil finished runner up in the World Cup at Las Vegas, USA last month, while Vasundhara represented the country in Mercedes Benz Golf Championship at Thailand and finished Third. Both the players from Vivek High School have the capacity to represent the country at world stage in the coming years as they have already shown promise by bringing medals for the country.
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