Al Sadd’s Amal (hopefuls) category triumphed over the Qatari clubs at the first clubs’ athletics festival for the Amal category, aged 9, 10 and 11, held at 4pm on Tuesday 24/11/2009, hosted by Al Rayyan club on its outdoor fields, attended by board members and some heads of clubs’ administrative and technical staff, and crowds of club supporters
cheering on their Amal category teams. The festival featured eight events for children:
30m – hurdles – Formula 1 – relay – long jump – box jumps – forward ball throw – children’s javelin throw. 10 Qatari players from each club took part in the festival
Each event’s result was calculated by adding up the times, distances or repetitions of the club’s players. The club with the best times, distances or repetitions in a single event received (9) points, the second club received (7) points, the third club received (6) points, and so on down to eighth place, which received (1) point.
The club with the highest total points across the eight events took first place and was awarded (9) points added to its overall excellence shield tally, with second place awarded (7) points, third place (6) points, fourth place (5) points, fifth place (4) points, sixth place (3) points, seventh place (2) points and eighth place (1) point . After adding up the clubs’ points across the eight events, Al Sadd club came out on top with the highest number of points, and the final results for the clubs were as follows
Position Club Total points
First Al Sadd 64
Second Al Rayyan 60
Third Al Ahli 39
Fourth Al Khor 34
Fifth Al Wakrah 31
Sixth Al Gharafa 30
Seventh Al Arabi 25
Eighth Qatar SC 13
At the close of the festival, prizes were distributed to the clubs that finished in the top three places, with Mr Eissa Al Harami, Assistant Secretary General, Mr Yaqoub Youssef Abdullah, board member and the festival’s technical supervisor, Mr Youssef Khalifa Abdulmalik, the federation’s Executive Director and the championship’s technical supervisor, and Mr Talal Mansour, head of Al Sadd club’s administrative and technical staff, presenting the medals and trophies to the winning clubs at the first Amal category festival. The second Amal category festival for clubs will be held on Tuesday 15/12/2009, also at Al Rayyan club, in recognition of the cooperation it showed in preparation, organisation and hospitality.
