Al Jaish’s young athletes topped the “Hope Category” festival, for ages 10-11, in athletics, at the conclusion of the competitions held at Al Ahli Club’s stadium this week, with the participation of the “ten” clubs under the Qatar Athletics Federation’s banner, namely Qatar SC, Al Rayyan, Al Ahli, Al Gharafa, Al Khor, Al Sadd, Al Rayyan, Al Jaish, Al Wakrah, and Al Shamal, and the festival included competition across (10) stations in athletics: the (30m) sprint, hurdles, relay, the “Formula” event, rope jump, long jump, jump over a hurdle, forward ball throw, javelin throw, target throw), and “Al Jaish’s youngsters” took first place with a total of (97) points, and Al Khor’s knights came second with (88.5) points and Al Rayyan came third with (85.5) points, Al Sadd finished fourth with (64.5) points, Qatar SC came fifth with (61.5) points, Al Ahli sixth with (49.5) points, Al Gharafa came seventh with (48) points, Al Arabi eighth with (32.5) points, and Al Shamal came ninth with (20.5) points
Al Wakrah came tenth with (12.5) points, and the outstanding results for Al Jaish’s youngsters reflected the strength and soundness of the club’s grassroots system and the hard work being done by Al Jaish’s technical and administrative staff. Separately, the second festival for athletics youngsters begins next Tuesday, with the participation of all the clubs.
