Mountain bikes have been awarded to the middle school students who won this year’s edition of The Challenge.
The Challenge is an interschool competition organised by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) as part of its health campaign, Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First.
Teams of ten students from more than 20 schools competed in the contest in separate categories for boys and girls. Held at the Aspire Zone in March, the boys’ contest was won by a team from the German School Doha, while the girls’ event was won by International School of Choueifat for the second year running.
Each member of both winning teams was awarded a mountain bike.
Lina Al Haj, aged 12, team captain of the girls’ team of International School of Choueifat, said: “It is really nice to have won. I think we managed to win because everyone worked hard for the team. I think it’s good that we got to do something fun together that involved exercise instead of playing computer games or watching TV.”
German School Doha student Ghalibe Khayal, aged 13, said: “I think our team won because we play football almost every day at school so we are all quite fit. It was great to be involved in the competition because we got to meet students from other schools.”
Physical education teacher Delia Marian of International School of Choueifat said: “The students have been really energised by The Challenge and they all want to be in the team for next year’s event. We are going to organise our own competitions at the school to decide who gets to be on the team at the main event so it is becoming part of our school culture here at Choueifat - the students love it.”
The Peninsula
