After a fierce contest between the athletes of Al Sadd, Al Wakrah, Al Rayyan and Qatar SC for the top spots in the men’s cross-country race, held at 3:30pm on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Al Rayyan Park, Al Sadd Club’s athletes managed to settle the contest in their favour, both individually and by team, with Al Sadd Club’s athletes totalling (24) points to finish first, while Al Wakrah Club took second place with a total of (33) points, and Al Rayyan took third place with its athletes totalling (51) points .
In the individual standings, Al Sadd Club’s Alex Kibe shone and took first place, followed by Al Wakrah Club’s Elmo Bakhili in second place, leaving third place to Al Sadd Club’s George Sirma, and at the end of the race the top ten athletes were awarded by the championship’s technical supervisors, Mr Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman, board member, and Mr Khalifa Yousef Abdulmalik, the federation’s executive director, after which the top three clubs were awarded, namely Al Sadd, Al Wakrah and Al Rayyan .
The boys’ training centre also took part in the championship, in the Cubs, Cadets and Junior girls categories, and the winning athletes in the top three places in each category were awarded by Mrs Maryam Abdullah Al Ishaq, board member – manager of the girls’ training centre .
The following are the final results for the clubs taking part in the men’s cross-country championship
|
Total points |
Club |
Position |
|
24 |
Al Sadd |
1st |
|
33 |
Al Wakrah |
2nd |
|
51 |
Al Rayyan |
3rd |
|
52 |
Qatar SC |
4th |
|
88 |
Al Gharafa |
5th |
|
118 |
Al Arabi |
6th |
|
137 |
Al Khor |
7th |
|
186 |
Al Ahli |
8th |