Courtesy: Bahrain News Agency


People with Disabilities League to be launched

23/08/2016

Manama, Aug. 23 (BNA): Hamad Town Youth Center team, Jurdab Youth Center team, Safra Youth Center team and South Sehla Youth Center team of Group 5 and 6, qualified to the quarter finals of the fourth Khalid bin Hamad Youth Centers Futsal League and the First for People with Disabilities, held at Riffa Club, in the hall of Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Kahlifa, May God rest His Soul.

Hamad Town team achieved a full mark by defeating Muharraq Youth Center team with a score of 8-0 in the Group 5 match, the goals were scored by: Abdulrahman Adel (2 goals), Ghanem Jamil Alhamad (2 goals), Ebrahim Mohamed (2 goals), Khalid Yasir and Mohamed Ali Juma. This result raises Hamad Town’s points tally to 9 points, while Muahrraq team bid good bye to the league with 3 points.

Jurdab team took second position in Group 5, after defeating East Riffa Youth Center team with a score of 6-1, the goals for Jurdab were scored by: Mhamoud Madan, Saed Fardan (2 goals), Kameel Abdulnabi (2 goals), Aqeel Abdul Hussain and the goal for East Riffa was scored by Ahmed Al Jalahama. Jurdab points tally goes up to 6 with this result and East Riffa bows out of the League.

As for the Group 6 matches, Safra team defeated South Sehla team with score of 7-3. The goals for Safra team were scored by: Nawaz Abdulsatar (3 goals), Ahmed Saleh (2 goals), Abdullah Saleh, Abdullah Mohammed and for the South Sehla goals, they were scored by: Alawi Sayed Moosa (3 goals).

Despite the loss, South Sehla team qualifies to the second stage because Naim-Sulta Youth Center team defeated Jidhafs Youth Center team with a score of 5-4 goals. The goals for Naim-Sulta team were scored by: Ahmed Al Nauimi (3 goals), Bader Al Mula, Mohamed Al Nauimi and the goals for Jidhafs team were scored by: Sayed Hassan Al Qassab (2 goals), Sadiq Al Ashoori and Mohamed AL Hadad.

The arrangement of Group 6 is now as follows: Al Safra leads with 9 points, South Sehla comes in second with 4 points, Naim-Sulta third with 3 points and finally Jidhafs Youth Center with one point.

With this arrangement, two matches of the second stage are set with the one match to get the leader of Group 5, Hamad Town will face the second lead of Group 6 , South Sehla and second match to have the leader for Group 6 to face the second lead of Group 5, Jurdab.


Kuwait Finance House One of the league’s gold sponsors

His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and President of Bahrain Athletics Association, welcomed Kuwait Finance House (KFH) as a gold sponsor for the 4th edition of the Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Futsal League for Youth Centers and the first edition of the League for People With Disabilities. His Highness stressed that the sponsorship from KFH will impact the league in all aspects. HH also praised the bank’s efforts towards supporting youth activities.

Mr. Abdulhakeem Al-Khayyat, Managing Director and CEO of KFH, expressed his joy and the joy of the KFH board members for sponsoring this youth competition, which is one of the initiatives that marches in line with the vision of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Mr. Al-Khayyat praised the initiative by HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, to integrate people with disabilities by issuing a directive to launch this league for them as part of the Khalid bin Hamad Futsal League.

Mr. Al-Khayyat considers this kind gesture to be a reflection of the care shown by His Highness towards this category of citizens, which is in line with the vision of the wise leadership. He also pointed out that integrating them enriches the organizational aspect of the league, reflecting on the aspiration of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Khalifa to make this event one that brings together Bahraini youth and raises the name of the Kingdom..

The Managing Director and CEO of KFH, stressed that the bank’s board of directors is always keen on being involved and support different activities that help Bahrain’s youth. Mr. Al-Khayyat pointed out that the KFH - Bahrain officials understand the importance of supporting the youth and sports movements in the Kingdom.

Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain is an Islamic Bank that provides commercial and investment banking services. Founded in 2002, as a subsidiary of the Kuwait Finance House -Kuwait, which was founded in 1977. Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain specializes in provide banking and investment products at the highest levels and compliant with Islamic law, through a team of professionals who have a deep understanding of the markets and the clients they serve.


Khalid bin Hamad's support hailed

Engineer Amira Abdullah Maraghi conveyed the happiness of the board of directors of Mondial Sports for being a part of the fourth Khalid bin Hamad Youth Centers Futsal League and the First for People with Disabilities and joining the group of sponsors to make this event into a success.

She stressed that the Mondial Sports officials are keen in supporting the sports activities in the Kingdom, confirming the importance of the company having a presence in sports and youth activities.

Al Maraghi said: "We praised the role of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa in supporting the sports and athletes, especially the youth. His Highness is always keen on providing the perfect atmosphere for the youth, helping them launch their abilities in different fields, which adds success to the field of sports."

She praised the initiative by His Highness to launch a league for people with disabilities as part of fourth Khalid bin Hamad Youth Centers Futsal League, stressing that His Highness is translating the directives of the wise leadership which are aimed to support this category of citizens and integrate them into Bahrain’s society. She pointed out that people with disabilities have a lot of talent that could be utilized in sports.


Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad's efforts in supporting youth praised

Mr. Yousif Mohammed Ismail, the Bahrain T.V Manager, praised the sincere efforts made by HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth & Sport, and President of Bahrain Athletics Association, to support Bahraini youth and various sporting events in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This came during Mr. Ismail's visit to witness some of Khalid bin Hamad Futsal League's matches in the presence of Mr. Omar Bu Kamal, HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Media Office and Mr. Hamad Al Jaber, the League Manager, Mr. Hazim Al Shaikh and the President of the Organising Committee. Mr. Ismail asserted HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa's keenness in providing the Bahraini youth with opportunities to showcase their abilities and talents so they develop their skills.

"The Futsal League achieved many great successes since its launch, most notably attracting a large number of youth centers from across the various governorates in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This allows achieving many noble goals, including bolstering loyalty and nationalism as well as brotherhood and social links among the Bahraini citizens. It helps also in discovering youth talents which can be used later in reinforcing our national teams and clubs," Mr. Ismail stated.

Commenting on the tournament theme, #meetings_of_generations, he said, "This theme is a great indication of the wise leadership's interest in sports among various segments of the society, given the fact that this edition of the League includes a League for people with disabilities as well. Holding this event stems from HH Shaikh Khalid's initiative that translates the wise leadership's vision of including people with disabilities and integrating them into society. Mr. Ismail affirmed Bahrain TV's keenness in covering the event, stressing that all the necessary equipment was provided to ensure a great coverage of the event. He also thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, headed by Mr. Hesham bin Mohammed Al Jodar for implementing the development plans in the youth and sport sectors in line with the ambitions of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, to make the League a success.


Player transported to BDF hospital

Jala Alawi from Jurdab Youth Center team received a serious injury to his right ankle in the last minutes of the match against East Riffa.

The player had to be taken to Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) hospital for an x-ray check-up. The physiotherapist from National Sports Medicine Centre and the ambulance helped to treat him, and what’s great is that the players from both team gave him attention without thinking of the competition.


Dasas from Safra: Our hopes is to compete for the title

Hamad Dasas, the goal keeper from Safra Youth Center team, stressed that the hopes of his team in the fourth Khalid bin Hamad Youth Centers Futsal League and the First for People with Disabilities, is to compete for the league’s title.

After defeating South Sehla Youth Center team, he pointed out that Safra team delivered a high level performance in the previous edition, where they won the third position last year. He explained that the players are determined in this version to deliver a higher level performance to get the title.


League for People with Disabilities launches today

Under the directives of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and President of Bahrain Athletics Association, the League for People with Disabilities officially launches today, at Riffa Club in the hall of Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Kahlifa, May God rest His Soul.

The league has two groups, with Group 1 preliminary matches starting today and Group 2 matches on Thursday. After the preliminaries, the winner of each match will face-off in a four-way semi-finals.

Group 1 teams includes: Harakia Society team, The Friendship Society For the Blind team and the Bahrain Deaf Society team.
Group 2 teams include: the Deaf team, the Special Education team and the Hearing Impaired team.
Today schedule includes, The first match 5PM with Harakia Society team facing The Friendship Society For the Blind team, the second match at 6PM has The Friendship Society For the Blind team and the Bahrain Deaf Society team and the final match at 7PM Has Harakia Society team facing the Bahrain Deaf Society team.



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