Al Jaish Sports Club retained its win at the athletics festival for the Amal age category, collecting 71 points, at the second athletics festival for the Amal category aged 10-11, held at 3:30pm on Wednesday 2 January and hosted by Al Ahli Club at its stadium, which excelled in organising the event, in the presence of Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation, board members, the clubs’ administrative and technical staff, and a crowd of athletics fans. The Qatar Athletics Federation also hosted children from the Dreama Foundation at the festival, who took part alongside the Qatari clubs with a Dreama team in the same Amal age category. Nine clubs took part in the festival — Al Ahli, Al Khor, Al Rayyan, Al Sadd, Qatar SC, Al Arabi, Al Gharafa, Al Wakrah and Al Jaish — and the festival featured nine events: 30m sprint, foam hurdles sprint, Formula 1, relay, standing long jump, sideways jump over a 30cm foam hurdle, forward ball throw, foam javelin throw, and rope jump. Al Rayyan Club finished second, collecting 67 points, while Al Gharafa Club finished third with 58.5 points. At the end of the festival, Major General Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, the federation president, along with board members, the championship’s two technical supervisors, heads of the clubs’ administrative and technical staff and senior coaches, handed out certificates of appreciation to all the children taking part in the festival, and medals and trophies were also presented to the clubs finishing in the top three places and to the Dreama Foundation’s children for taking part in the festival. Below is the ranking of the clubs and their points at the third athletics festival for the Amal category
Club standings at the second athletics festival
for the Amal category aged 10-11 for the 2012/2013 sporting season
Rank Club Total points
1st Al Jaish 71
2nd Al Rayyan 67
3rd Al Gharafa 58.5
4th Al Ahli 46
5th Al Wakrah 42
6th Al Arabi 40.5
7th Al Sadd 35
8th Qatar SC 27.5
9th Al Khor 26.5
