01 - January 4th thru January 10th 1999, Vol IX
Ramadhan Activities in Various Sports Clubs
Sana'a
Ahli Club:
Ahli Club of Sanaa is organizing several sports activities to mark the Holy Month of Ramadhan. These include basketball, chess, volleyball, football. The teams that took part were Yarmouk, Shurta (Police) and Zohra.
Also at the Ahli Club, the Second Al-Imad Amateur Table-Tennis Championship, sponsored by Al-Hubaishi for Trade, was launched on Thursday, December 31. Participants were divided into two groups: veteran and young players. Members of several expatriate communities such as the Palestinian, Somalis, and Ethiopians also take part in Al-Ahli sports activity.
Wahda Club:
The football tournament organized by the Wahda Club is running throughout Ramadhan. A great number of football fans attend the matches held among teams of juniors and adults.
Results so far are s follows:
Ahli 7Farouq 3
Yahya 6Nile 6
Rial Sanaa 7Shurta 6
Shaab 10Shurta 2
Odhri 6Ahli 5
Ramadhan this year is distinguished by the large number of sports events organized by various clubs around Yemen. The main reason is that many private sector firms are starting to see the benefit of sponsoring sport activity.
Aden
It has become a tradition for Aden sports clubs to organize, during Ramadhan, a special football tournament named after the famous Sixties footballer Ali Mohsin Moraisi. Several clubs, divided into Groups A and B, take part in this tournament.
The Hassan Football Team has been able to head the B Group when it defeated Shoula 2-nil last Tuesday, December 29, at the Hobaishi Stadium.
The champion of Group A is the Wahda team of Aden. It will play against Shoula. While Hassan will face Tilal. If the two leaders win, they will play against each other.
Minaa team dropped out of the tournament following its defeat by Tilal and the Wahda of Aden in the first group. Shmasan dropped out of A Group following its defeat by Shoula and Hassan.
The Moraisi Football Tournament was started in 1992, in cooperation with Aden Football Association.
Hodeidah
As part of the Ramadhan football tournament in Hodeida, the Ahli of Hodeida defeated Mansouria Youths team 6-nil in a match held last Thursday, December 31, at Al-Oloufi Stadium.
A friendly match was held between the Sports Media team and Hodeida Football Referees team.
Hadhramaut
The Wahda Club of Mukallah, in coordination with the Yemen Writers Union's branch in Hadhramaut, organized on Thursday, December 31, a Ramadhani evening. Several participants talked bout the relation between exercise and good health.
Football:
The Wahda Club in Shahair organized a football tournament among the city's clubs. The results were as follows:
Adult Tournament:
14 October 1Babahar North 0
30 November 114 October 1
Babahar South 26 Sept. 0
Junior Tournament:
Bin Akkas 130 November 0
Badhirs 4 Babahar South 0
Chess:
Organized by Mukallah Sports Club, in coordination with the Chess Association branch in the governorate, the Baghowaita Chess Championship was concluded on Friday, January 1.
Dhamar
The Ramadhan football tournament continues in Dhamar. In a powerful match held last week, Shabab Al-Fat'h defeated Al-Thawri 3-1.
In the under-17 football tournament, Tilal Al-Fat'h defeated Shaab 2-1.
Amran
As part of the football tournament organized by Football Association branch in Amran, Al-Majd defeated Al-Qadasi 4-nil.
On another level, cultural competitions are held at the College of Education assembly hall. Several university and college teams are taking part. Many sports commentators and media people have been following these competitions with a lot of interest.
Abyan
Ahwar Football Club has organized a football tournament for people's teams in Abyan. Following the preliminary qualifier matches, four team qualified to the finals, led by Al-Majd which was never defeated. The other qualified teams are Shabab, Hilal, and Nasr.
The exciting final match on Friday, January 1, saw Al-Majd defeating Nasr 1-nil, thus winning the tournament's cub.
The order of the top teams is as follows:
Al-Majdfirst
Nasrsecond
Hilalthird
Shababfourth
Isra Family Thanks Yemen Times
The Sports Desk at Yemen Times received a letter from the family of the Yemeni-Canadian female boxer, Isra Girgrah.
It ran as follows:
'We present our sincere thanks to Yemen Times, its Chief Editor, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, and the Sport Editor for introducing our daughter to the Yemeni public. Her appearance on the first page is greatly appreciated. Also appreciated is your keen interest in her future ambitions and hopes.
'We stress that youths can achieve a lot, if they find enough care and support. Yemen Times' interest in Yemeni youths, both in Yemen and abroad, makes it a very distinguished newspaper. This is enhanced by the paper's interesting articles in politics, economic, culture, and social issues.'
Yours sincerely,
Isra's parents:
Mohammed
and Sammirah Girgrah
Orphanage Football Tournament
Under the auspices of Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Akwaa, Minister of Information, a football tournament is being held at the Orphans Home in Sanaa. Nineteen teams from neighboring quarters, in addition to teams representing the Ethiopian and Sudanese communities, the Olympic Center, the Environment Supporters, are taking part in matches being held at the Orphans Home field. The tournament will continue until 25th Ramadhan.
Participant teams are divided into five groups:
1st Group: Teachers team, Fire Fighters teams 1, Tawfiq team and Al-Zawraa Club
2nd Group: Sudanese community team, Olympic Center team, Najma team
3rd Group: Ethiopian community team, Fire Fighters team 2, Al-Waeel Youth team, Al-Jawarih Club
4th Group: Youth Forum, Munich, Orphans Home, Al-Nasr Club
5th Group: Environment Supporters 1, Al-Manar Club, Al-Tarraji, Environment Supporters 2
The tournament is supervised by the Sports For All Association, in cooperation with Physical Education section at the Orphans Home.
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