Al Zaini crowns Al Sadd champions of the Heir Apparent Cup, with a national hammer record

HE Abdullah Ahmed Al Zaini, president of the Qatar Athletics Federation, crowned Al Sadd champions of the Heir Apparent Cup championship, held from 18-20 April at Khalifa International Stadium and attended by Mr Adel Mohammed Al Baker, secretary general, Mr Issa Abdullah Al Harmi, assistant secretary, board members, media representatives and a crowd of athletics fans.

In this championship, Al Sadd’s players excelled, thoroughly deserving their total of 209 points against 101 points for runners-up Al Gharafa, who managed in this championship to overtake Al Rayyan in the overall excellence shield points tally to move into second place behind Al Sadd for now, with the contest between the two clubs to be settled at the Amir Cup championship, to be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 25-27 April, at Khalifa International Stadium. Qatar SC came third with a total of 85.5 points

Al Gharafa’s Ashraf Amjad Mohammed also set a new national record in the hammer throw with a distance of 83.18 metres. At the end of the championship, HE Abdullah Ahmed Al Zaini, president of the Qatar Athletics Federation, crowned Al Sadd champions of the Heir Apparent Cup in the presence of board members and championship supervisors Mr Rashid Abdulrahman Al Ansari and Mr Yousef Ahmed Mohammed, the Federation’s finance officer, along with the administrative and technical staff of the sports clubs.

The club standings in the Heir Apparent Cup championship were as follows