One of the winning teams of Aspire Zone Foundation’s annual Ramadan sports festival.
Doha: Aspire Zone Foundation’s (AZF) annual Ramadan festival, “Welcome to Aspire” wrapped up its activities over the weekend with a game of beach football.
Al Raheeb won first place after beating team Gharafa 3-1, with team Mutheir coming in third.
Medals and vouchers were awarded to the winners by Head of Sports and Events at Aspire Logistics, Abdullah Al Khater.
Al Khater said: “This festival has worked to provide an opportunity for athletes and non-athletes to participate and try to adapt a healthy lifestyle during the holy month of Ramadan. One of the fundamental objectives for us is to provide a community-based service that reaches to all sectors of the society.”
This year’s festival, now in its third year, witnessed seven different sports, 45 teams and 515 participants with over 100 people working on to make it a success.
It also featured cultural and family-orientated events such as Garangao activities.
Sports activities included football, basketball, women’s volleyball, American football and beach football. The winning teams were Al Andalus, Sustainable Energy, Aktar, Doha Gargarz, and Al Raheeb.
Eid Mohammed Ismail, team captain of Al Raheeb said: “We are extremely happy that our team won. Thanks to Aspire who provided all means of comfort to the success of the competition. We hope to see more events of this kind after Ramadan.”
There was table tennis for people with special needs with Khalid Afifi winning first place while Mohammed Hafiz and Roel Engels jointly won first place in the remote control car racing competition.
Acting Facilities and Events Manager at Aspire Logistics, a member organization of AZF, said: “The sports competition organised by Aspire was a success in terms of participation and community engagement.”
Before the final whistle on July 28, the women’s volleyball championship concluded on Saturday with team Aktar taking first place after beating I Love Qatar 30-16.
The volleyball championship was limited only to ladies, to encourage more women to participate in the festival.
Assistant Events Producer at Aspire Logistics, Duha Hamed Mohammed, said: “Qatar Volleyball Association have been enormously helpful in providing information about rules and regulations of the game and provided us with judges. This contributed to the organisation and good management of the competition.”
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