The National Athletics team flew to North Ireland last Wednesday to take part in the international cross-country championship which will begin in March 27. Yemen is participating with both junior and senior teams of the following athelts:

Junior team:
A'ala Saqqaf.
Mustafa Muhia.
Nabil Suffy.
Isma'ael Dawlah.

Senior team:
Abdulrahman Abdullaziz
Mohammed Khwlany.
Anwar Omer.
Sameer Yafee.

The senior athletes were chosen according to their best local record, while the junior athletes had to compete for qualification. The athletics team spent 10 days in local training camp coached by Mastiff Said, a Yemeni trainer. Mr. Saeed expressed hope that this participation would improve local record and add better qualification and experience given the importance of the championship in which world champs are to take part. The Algerian 1500 m. champ, Nooruddin Marcily, the Kenain champ Daniel Komen are among the leading participants.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Fuad Al-kumim, chairman of the Athletics Union, said "This is the second participation of the athletics team after the first participation which took place in Morocco last year. This time we will compete in the 4 and 8 kilometers races".
Alluring prizes have been allocated to the first five winners. Of course the Yemeni team is not expected to be among the top ones yet such events would hopefully contribute in improving local performance in this marvelous competition.

 

General Training course for Karate coaches concluded in Sanaa on Saturday, March 20th. 33 coaches representing a number of governorates received the training which was sponsored by Dr. Abdullwahb Raweh, the minister of Youth and Sport. The course provided lectures on sport medical treatment, Karate Training principles and ways of building physical fitness. A number of distinguished Karate coaches in the Arab World took part in the course which was held to unify basics and principles of Karate training in Yemen as well as to improve performance of the local coaches.
The course concluded with a ceremony during which local Karate coaches received the course completion certificates. The ceremony was attended by a number of officials in the Ministry of Youth and Sport.

 

Last Sunday, March 21st, chess open competition for girls was launched in Taiz with the participation of 14 female students from three schools and three sport clubs in the city. The competition was organized by Taiz Chess Union branch office with the cooperation of Female Sport Union and the Youth and Sport Office in Taiz.
Winners of the first round are:
Sarah Yassin.
Buthinah Mohgeb.
Saba Amin.
Gamilah Mohammed Ghaleb.
Nagat Mohammed Saif.
Raghda Ali Abdullah.
Salwa Mohammed Ahmed.

The second round ended with the following winners.
Sarah Yassin.
Nagat Mohammed,
Salwa Mohammed.
Buthainah Mohammed.
Muna Mohammed.
Yassmin Ali.

Activities of this competition will continue till Thursday 25th, March.