The Technical Committee of the Qatar Athletics Federation, chaired by Abdulhakim Mohammed Al Omari, a member of the board of directors, held its first meeting of the 2012-2013 season at seven o’clock on the evening of Monday 6 November 2012 at the federation’s headquarters, attended by:
1. Abdulhakim Mohammed Al Omari – committee chairman
2. Abdulrahman Sultan Al Nubi – member
3. Mai Yousef Sultan Al Mohammedi – member
4.Yaqoub Yousef Abdullah – member
5. Dr Jabbar Rahima Al Kaabi – member and rapporteur
6. Taher Righi member
7.Mohammed Saleh Wairi – member
8.Abdullah Hassan Ali -member
Mohammed Jassim Al Jaham Al Kuwari, the secretary general, also attended the meeting to follow the discussions of the Technical Committee members, while Thabet Sorour, the clubs’ representative, was absent from the meeting due to travel abroad.
– Opening of the session
Abdulhakim Mohammed Al Omari, chairman of the Technical Committee, opened the meeting by welcoming committee members to the Technical Committee’s first meeting of the 2012-2013 season. He noted that the federation’s working committees, in their new composition, reflected a new vision: having a club representative on the Technical Committee and a players’ representative on the Players Affairs and Local Championships Committee, both chosen by election, which would keep the Technical Committee in continuous contact with the sports clubs. He added that the new composition of the Technical Committee brought together diverse expertise, including accumulated experience in organising and preparing championships, women’s and refereeing experience, and experience in managing national teams, and that they looked forward to drawing on and making use of all this expertise to serve the development of Qatari athletics.
The Technical Committee chairman added that the basic principle guiding the committee’s work was freedom to express opinions, put forward and discuss points of view, and reach appropriate solutions before submitting them to the Qatar Athletics Federation’s board of directors in the form of recommendations. He said the committee’s aim and direction was to bring a fresh touch to technical and organisational working methods and to develop local championships through members’ ideas, opinions and outlooks, and to introduce ideas and developments not yet introduced, in a way that fitted reality and aligned with the federation’s direction and strategies in serving the national athletics teams.
The Technical Committee chairman then reviewed the meeting’s agenda. The subject of clubs hosting the “Al Amal” festivals was added under any other business, after which the agenda was discussed, covering the following topics:
First: discussion of a letter from the Qatar Federation for People with Special Needs Sport regarding the provision of officials to run the Gulf Athletics Championship for people with special needs, during the period 14-21/2/2013
Second: discussion of a letter from Doha Bank regarding the organisation of the Al Dana Al Akhdar 3km run, scheduled to be held at Aspire Logistics on Saturday 24 November 2012
Third: discussion of a letter from Qtel regarding the organisation of the Qtel road race, scheduled to be held on Saturday 12 January 2013
Fourth: discussion of a letter from the Qatar Women’s Sport Committee regarding a coordination meeting on the project to introduce women’s sport at Qatari clubs
Fifth: discussion of a letter from the director of sports affairs at the Qatar Olympic Committee regarding the activities to be presented by the Qatar Athletics Federation on National Sport Day, to be held on Tuesday 12 February 2013 on the Doha Corniche
Sixth: discussion of a letter from Aspire Logistics apologising for being unable to host the Qatar Indoor Cup, scheduled for Monday 21 January 2013, owing to their hosting the fencing Grand Prix final
Seventh: discussion of a letter from Al Wakrah Sports Club regarding the minutes of the meeting of the heads of clubs’ administrative and technical athletics units, held on Wednesday 3 October 2012
Eighth: presentation of the proposed courses for athletics officials in preparation for the 2012-2013 season
Ninth: discussion of a letter from Al Sadd Sports Club regarding an exemption for player Abdullah Emad Abdullah, two months before he completed the period required for participation under Article 5 of the regulations
Tenth: any other business
The subject of clubs hosting the Al Amal festivals was discussed.
After discussion and deliberation among Technical Committee members on the agenda items, the committee adopted the appropriate recommendations to put before the board of directors, for it to discuss and decide as it saw fit in a manner consistent with the development of Qatari athletics.
At the close of the meeting, Abdulhakim Mohammed Al Omari, chairman of the Technical Committee, thanked the committee members for attending and engaging in the discussion of the agenda, and for offering their views, opinions, ideas, observations and proposals. He asked them to remain actively involved in local championships and in their work with the federation, and to keep seeking new ways to develop the technical and organisational work of Qatari athletics.
