The most prestigious of championships gets under way today, the Amir Cup athletics championship for men and girls, which brings the curtain down on the 2015-2016 sporting season. It will be held on the outdoor track of the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence from 25-27 April, with the participation of the ten clubs affiliated to the athletics federation. The competition schedule is as follows – day one – 100m (decathlon), men’s decathlon, javelin, long jump, 100m, long jump (decathlon), 1500m, 10,000m, shot put (decathlon), high jump (decathlon), 400m (decathlon), girls: javelin, softball throw, while day two includes the following – high jump, 110m hurdles (decathlon), shot put, 110m hurdles, discus (decathlon), 400m, 3000m steeplechase, pole vault (decathlon), 4x100m, 10,000m race walk, javelin (decathlon) – 1500m (decathlon). Girls: long jump, 60m. Day three includes the following, discus, 400m hurdles, pole vault, triple jump, 800m, 200m, 5000m, 4x100m, 4x400m, girls – 4x50m.
Abdulhakeem Al Amri, board member and chairman of the technical committee, chaired the championship’s technical meeting, attended by Dr Jabbar Raheema Al Kaabi, the federation’s technical expert, and Captain Mohammed Weiri, athletes’ affairs official, in addition to the coaches and representatives of the ten participating clubs, where all technical and organisational matters were discussed and the lists of participating athletes were approved, alongside briefing those present on the rules and regulations for the competitions, as well as setting the high jump heights and cancelling the girls’ 200m event from the third day’s schedule. .
For their part, all participating clubs completed their preparations and mobilised their leading champions to take up the challenge, and the prestigious championship is expected to see a fierce battle between the top clubs, especially the big five (Al Sadd and Al Rayyan, Al Gharafa, Al Khor, Al Jaish) for the title, and the four clubs will certainly seek strongly to halt Al Sadd’s leadership and its dominance over the trophies and titles of the most prestigious championships over the past 12 years, with the prestigious championship having become a registered trademark of the Al Sadd leaders.
Major General Dahlan wishes everyone success
HE Major General Dahlan Al Hamad, chairman of the Qatar and Asian athletics federations, vice-president of the IAAF, wished all the clubs success and good fortune in the challenge of the most prestigious championship (the Amir Cup athletics championship), which brings the curtain down on the sporting season, hoping the competition would be a fitting end to the long sporting season and a crowning of everyone’s efforts through their best performances, and we will congratulate the winners at the end and wish the rest better luck next season, expressing his pleasure and happiness at the standards and good performances he had seen from the clubs’ champions during the Qatar Cup athletics championship, which concluded last week with Al Jaish crowned champions, Al Sadd runners-up and Al Rayyan third.
