Al Sadd Sports Club’s Cubs achieved a big win over Qatar’s clubs in the Federation Shield athletics championship for Cubs after totalling 144 points, more
than double the points of their closest rivals, Al Gharafa, who finished runners-up with a total of 67 points, while Al Rayyan Sports Club finished third with its athletes totalling 52 points. Al Sadd Sports Club’s Cubs also shone by being the only ones at the championship to break Qatari records, setting 5 new Qatari records, as follows:
· Saad Ahmed Rashid Al Manai of Al Sadd set a new Qatari record in the long jump with 5.25m.
· Saad Ahmed Rashid Al Manai of Al Sadd set a new Qatari record in the high jump with 1.61m.
· Rashid Mohamed Hamad Al Qashouti of Al Sadd set a new Qatari record in the 1000m in 3:21.18.
· Rabia Ibrahim Hamad Al Kuwari of Al Sadd set a new Qatari record in the combined events quadrathlon with a total of 1,785 points.
· Al Sadd Sports Club’s team set a new Qatari record in the 4x50m relay in 26.21 seconds.
At the close of the championship, the clubs finishing in the top three places were crowned by Mr Yacoub Yousef, board member and the championship’s technical supervisor. The following is the club ranking in the Federation Shield athletics championship for Cubs:
|
Rank |
Club |
Total points |
|
1st |
Al Sadd |
144 |
|
2nd |
Al Gharafa |
67 |
|
3rd |
Al Rayyan |
52 |
|
4th |
Al Ahli |
45 |
|
5th |
Qatar SC |
37 |
|
6th |
Al Wakrah |
23 |
|
7th |
Al Arabi |
17 |
|
8th |
Al Khor |
12 |
