Team Blasters celebrate after winning the Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) Ramadan Sports Festival cricket tournament on Saturday at Aspire Zone.
Team Blasters were crowned champions at the Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) Ramadan Sports Festival cricket tournament, after they defeated Mosanada in the final on Saturday.
The three-day event drew to a close amidst great enthusiasm from the spectators. Abdullah Aman Al Khater, Events Manager at AZF, Ms. Al Anoud Al Misnad, a member of the RSF organising committee and Ali Al Motawa, a representative from the events department at Ooredoo, attended the awarding ceremony, which was held on the warm-up track at Aspire Zone.
Al Khater praised the tournament saying: “The popularity of the cricket tournament last year made it an obvious choice for inclusion in this year’s Ramadan Sports Festival. We have once again seen a tremendous turnout from members of the Asian communities, with the number of participants and spectators growing year on year.”
This year’s tournament saw six teams comprising members of the South Asian community in Qatar battle it out for glory.
Team Blasters and Team Mosanada reached the finals after overcoming their opponents, Team Aspire and Team Brothers respectively.
Meanwhile, Aspire Zone kicked off the sixth annual ladies’ volleyball tournament, organised in collaboration with the Qatar Women's Sports Committee, on Saturday at the Ladies Sports Hall. Running until June 7, a total of seven teams are taking part in this year’s tournament.
Team Aktor and Team Hyperspikers quickly emerged as winners of the first round of the group-stage competitions, taking on Team Volley Pearls and Team Godspeed.
Team Lady Eagles’ match against opponents Al Rayyan, on the other hand, was quite tough as both refused to concede in the first two sets, until the former overturned the tables in the third set, resulting in a 2-1 win.
