Tanimex tops Women’s Tennis Championships 2009; Asian Indoor Games 2009 to have E-sports; Four foreign cycling clubs to join Number One Cup; Ocean Bank Cup businessmen’s shooting contest opens

The National Women’s Tennis Championships 2009, held by the Vietnam Tennis Federation and the Ninh Binh Tennis Federation, took place from March 10-15 in Ninh Binh province.

Tran Lam Anh from HCM City’s Tanimex team won first place (VND8 million – $470) in the women’s under-18 category. Phan Thi Thanh Binh from Da Nang took second place (VND4 million) and Le Thi Thanh Thuy from Kien Giang province took third (VND2 million).

First prize for women’s doubles went to Tran Lam Anh and Nguyen Ai Ngoc Van from HCM City’s Tanimex team (VND6 million). Pham Thi Dong Trinh and Nguyen Thi Tra My from Kien Giang received second prize (VND3 million) and Huynh Phi Khanh-Si Boi Ngoc and Dao Minh Trang-Cao Di Nhu Minh from HCM City’s Tanimex team won third prize.

Asian Indoor Games 2009 to have E-sports

Electronic sports will be part of the 3^rd Asian Indoor Games to be held in Vietnam this October.

The Vietnam Electronic Sports and Recreational Sports Association (VESRA) will hold its founding congress on March 17, 2009. To prepare for the games, the association will launch contests to choose the best players for the national e-sports team.

The organising board of the 3^rd Asian Indoor Games is recruiting 2,000 university students in Hanoi to volunteer to work at the games. The recruitment will run from March 14-31, 2009.

Training courses for volunteers will start in April.

Four foreign cycling clubs to join Number One Cup

The Binh Duong cycling tournament will take place from March 22 to 29 in southern Vietnam, sponsored by Number One.

The contest will attract 12 strong cycling clubs from Vietnam and teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia and the Netherlands.

The 1,005km race will start in Dong Xoai in the southern province of Binh Phuoc and travel through Gai Nghia in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, Buon Me Thuot in Dak Lac, Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan provinces and end in Thu Dau Mot in Binh Duong.

The organising board has surveyed the roads and announced they meet conditions for a cycling competition.

Ocean Bank Cup businessmen’s shooting contest opens

After a delay of three months to repair equipment damaged in the historic flood last November in Hanoi, the first businessmen’s shooting competition, Ocean Bank Cup, was kicked off at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi on March 14.

The event saw the participation of 60 competitors competing in three categories: trap shooting, skeet shooting and 25m fixed saucer shooting with sports short guns.

Apart from a special prize worth $18,000, the organising board will present a car to the best shooter in each category.

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