Al Gharafa’s athletes fully deserved the Qatar Athletics Cup title in the juniors category after battling Al Sadd and Al Jaish for the top places in exciting competition held on the track and field at Aspire Zone from 22-24 December, with the ten leading Qatari clubs taking part and doing their clubs proud. Al Gharafa’s juniors deservedly took the category title, topping the standings with 112 points, while Al Sadd finished runners-up with 110 points. Al Jaish came third with 108 points, Al Rayyan fourth with 70 points, Al Khor fifth with 17 points, Qatar SC sixth with 13 points, Al Arabi seventh with 6 points, Al Wakrah eighth with 2 points, and finally Al Ahli finished ninth with one point. The juniors’ competition saw a new Qatari record set in the combined hexathlon event by the talented Al Jaish athlete Abdullah Hassan Rashed, with a total of 3,553 points. After the competition, Rashed Al Ansari, the federation’s public relations director, and Dr Jabbar Al Kaabi, the federation’s technical expert, crowned the winning teams in the top places, with Al Gharafa’s head coaches Abdulhamid Khamis and Abul Hamd Abdul Latif, and Sayed Abdalelah, handing out the trophies amid great joy among the promising champions crowned with titles and medals
Al Rayyan embrace the youth title
Al Rayyan’s youth team won the indoor youth title after topping the category standings with 55 points, while runners-up Al Ahli collected 48 points. Al Gharafa came third with 46 points, Al Sadd fourth with 45.5 points, Al Jaish fifth with 37.5 points, Al Khor sixth with 33 points, Al Arabi seventh with 24 points, Al Wakrah eighth with 13 points, Qatar SC ninth with 10 points, and Al Shamal tenth without any points
Ghanem sets new record
The youth category saw a new Qatari record set in the combined triathlon event by Al Rayyan’s Ghanem Nasser Saeed, with a total of 812 points
