In cooperation with the Sports Media Committee: Qatar Olympic Committee announces winners of 2009-2010 sporting season awards
The Qatar Olympic Committee is celebrating the stars of the current 2009-2010 sporting season at a grand ceremony to be held on the evening of Sunday 6 June at the Grand Hyatt hotel.
The ceremony will honour athletes, administrators and leading sports figures who have contributed to supporting and developing the course of Qatari sport
and achieved many accomplishments, alongside the gold and model federations and national companies that have provided services to the country’s sports and youth sector.
The Qatar Olympic Committee announced yesterday, Saturday, the awards and the names of those to be honoured at the ceremony. Topping the list was HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Eid Al Thani, who received the Sports Pioneers award, while HE Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani received the Sporting Personality of the Season award. Mrs Mariam Al Ishaq, a federation board member, was named Best Administrator of the season. The award of appreciation for figures who have served sport went to Dr Abdulrahman bin Omair Al Naimi, Mr Mohammed Ghanem Al Rumaihi and Mr Ali Issa Bu Haqab.
The list also included the appreciation award for the best national company in executing sports projects, won jointly by Hamad bin Khalid Contracting Company and Lotus Trading and Contracting Company. HE Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani won the best motorsport athlete award.
The award for top corporate supporter of sport went to Q Media, while the Ministry of Interior won the award for top government supporter of sport.
Al Ahnaf bin Qais School won the award for outstanding school in supporting sports activities, while Qatar Secondary School for Girls won the award for outstanding school in the school Olympic programme.
The Qatar Archery Federation reclaimed the Gold Federation award it had won in the 2007-2008 season, and the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation won the Model Federation award.
The Gulf champion cycling team won the men’s team of the season award, and the Gulf champion women’s table tennis team won the women’s team of the season award.
The male athlete of the season award went to runner James Kwalia, and the female athlete of the season award went to shooter Bahiya Mansour Al Hamad. The promising male athlete of the season award went to Qatar diving team member Mohammed Shweiter, and the promising female athlete of the season award went to Qatar fencing team member Haya Abdulaziz Al Manai.
National coach Abdullah Mubarak won the coach of the season (national) award, and Al Gharafa basketball coach Qusai Hatem won the coach of the season (professional) award. Talal Mansour, head of the athletics section at Al Sadd, won the administrator of the season award, while international volleyball referee Ibrahim Al Naama won the referee of the season award.
The trainer of the season award for open races went to Salem Jaber Faran Al Marri, and the trainer of the season award for general races went to Nasser Salem Al Makthoum Al Nabet Al Marri, while the player of the season award in sport for people of determination went to Ali Al Maas.
The Sports Media Committee had held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the nomination of the athlete, administrator and teams of the season for the current 2009-2010 sporting season, who will be honoured at the Qatar Olympic Committee’s closing ceremony for the 2009-2010 season. The committee decided the club-level team of the season award would be announced later, once competition in all sports had concluded, given the number of clubs competing for the award.
