The administration of the Doha Al-Mabarrat Educational and Care Complex organized its 16th annual festival on the grounds of Imam Al-Khoei Mabarrat, under the patronage of the director general of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association Dr Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Fadlallah, with the participation of more than 35 schools and educational institutions and a number of sports clubs, who competed over a full day in football, handball, badminton, table tennis, tug of war, running and recreational games.
At the end of the activity the closing ceremony was held, attended by the festival's patron Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Fadlallah, the president of the Al-Mabarrat Scouts Association Hajj Afif Al-Zayat, the director of the religious supervision department Sheikh Fouad Khreiss, the coordinator of the directorate of care affairs Hajj Hussein Al-Zein, the president of the Al-Mabarrat Graduates Association Hajj Ali Chari, the secretary general of the handball federation and president of the Racing club Georges Frem, the head of the sporting and scouting activities unit at the directorate of vocational and technical education Ali Alawiyeh, the director of the Doha Al-Mabarrat Educational and Care Complex, and a number of the directors of the participating schools.
Equestrianism at the Vallée Club…
The Vallée Club of Ainturah organized a show-jumping equestrian competition on its arena under the patronage of the Lebanese Equestrian Federation, with the participation of 110 male and female riders from the various federation clubs.
Class N went to Mounib Salloum of the Dbayeh club on Valse de Vienne; Yasmina Boukhtay on Adelphi of Dbayeh came first in class E; Tony Assaf of Dbayeh on Donatello led class D; while Billy Hallak on Waloucha of the Dbayeh club came first in class C; and class B went to Jad Al-Dana on Heartbreaker of the Mechref club.
The judging panel was chaired by the international judge Samir Sobra, assisted by Myriam Maytala, with the timekeeper Maroun Mhanna; the course was designed by the German international Volker Schmidt, and a civil defence unit provided first aid for the participants.
Football of the Popular Organization…
The «Al-Liwaa» office (Sidon) reported that the Popular Body of the Nasserist Popular Organization organized a football match at the ground of the Forbi club on the occasion of the Resistance and Liberation Day.
The match was won by the «Palestine Unites Us» team over the «Popular Body» club by 10-7; at the end of the match the members of the «Popular Body» secretariat handed the cup to the Palestine team.
Company football to Azadea…
Azadea Group won the title of the Lebanon companies futsal championship in its first edition by beating Bank Audi 4-3 (first half 3-1) in the final match at the ground of the President Emile Lahoud complex in Dekwaneh, under the supervision of the football association and before a crowd headed by the football association member and president of the futsal committee Simon Al-Douaihy.
Scoring for the winners were Ali Khodr (2nd minute), Ali Matouk (6th and 7th minutes) and Hassan Mechleb (36th minute); and for the losers Rabih Abou Chaaya (18th and 22nd minutes) and Mohammad Farhat (35th minute).
The match was refereed by Reem Al-Shami, Fadi Latouf and Mario Sader, and observed by Pierre Mrad.
The supporters of SGBL were chosen as the best of the tournament; Mohammad Al-Ali of «DHL» as best scorer; his team-mate Tawfic Zaarat as best goalkeeper; and Hassan Hammoud of «BOB Finance» as best coach.
The launch of 3x3 basketball…
Organized by the «Y9 Sports» group supervised by the former captain of the Lebanon national team Yasser Al-Hajj, and under the supervision of the Lebanese federation for the game, the qualifiers began for the world series of the International Basketball Federation for the (3x3) competition, qualifying for the finals to be held in Manila (the Philippines).
The first stage was held on the grounds of «Energy Sports» with the participation of 12 teams in the men's category (over 18 years).
Taking part in this tournament were players from clubs of all divisions, especially the first, such as Hussein Al-Khatib, Alaeddine Arnaout, Ribal Bishara, Tarek Al-Merebi, Salim Barakat, Jad Khalil, Alaa Abou Zeid, Georges Daaboul and Bilal Nazha, in addition to amateur players.
The «Iron Pump» team, composed of Carl Njeim, Georges Daaboul, Ziad Al-Ali and Johnny Nemer, was able to win the title by beating the «Frogs» team, composed of Salim Barakat, Jad Khalil, Bilal Nazha and Jean Paul Hanna, by (21-20) after an exciting contest.
Cycling mourns Arslanian…
The Lebanese Cycling Federation mourned the Olympic player and cycling race champion Armen Arslanian (9 July 1960 - 18 May 2015), who passed away after a struggle with illness in the Belgian city of Antwerp, where he had been living since he emigrated from Lebanon in the early eighties.
