Prominent sports figures praised the activities of the Arab Women’s Club Games in its seventh edition, “Sharjah 2024”, and stressed that it is a bright picture that embodies interest in women’s sports thanks to the unlimited support of the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation, at the forum. The Arab Women’s Championship is the largest of its kind, which constitutes a significant addition to the development of Arab women’s sports and raising it to the highest levels, enabling female athletes to compete in international tournaments and reach podiums.
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The wide repercussions of the Arab Women’s Club Games held in Sharjah continued until the twelfth of this month, under the patronage of the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation, under the slogan “Every heroine has a story to tell on the courts” and with the participation of 560 female players. From 15 Arab countries compete in 8 individual and team games.
Her Excellency Al-Ismailia, Head of the Sultanate of Oman’s delegation, Vice-Chairman of the Women’s Sports and Gender Equality Committee at the Oman Olympic Committee and women’s sports expert, praised the activities of the Arab Women’s Club Games in its seventh edition, “Sharjah 2024,” stressing that it is a bright picture that embodies interest in women’s sports thanks to the unlimited support. By the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation, in the largest Arab women’s forum of its kind, which constitutes a very influential addition to the development of Arab women’s sports and raising it to the highest levels, enabling female athletes to participate in international forums and reach To the podiums.
Al-Ismailia, who holds the position of women’s sports expert in the office of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Sports and Youth in the Sultanate of Oman, added: “The tournament constitutes an ideal case, as it embodies the sporting cohesion between the players of the Omani teams and the participants in general from our Arab countries, which provides the opportunity for them to gain experience through interaction with high-level players.” “It is high, and the many positives we are observing in the fields of competition at the organizational and administrative levels are heartening and inspire optimism for the future of women’s sports.”
She said: “One of the very important things is that “Women’s Arab” provides sustainability for the practice of competitive sports by becoming established and continuing to establish them, which fills the gap where women’s participation, from my point of view, is few at the level of the Gulf and the Arab world from the perspective of preparing for Olympic and international competitions, which requires intensifying competitions because It has a very important role in raising the level of female athletes to bring them to the peak of sporting performance, and the presence of the tournament constitutes a driving force for them in this direction, especially with the presence of Gulf and Arab blood from an environment with commonalities competing within a framework of commitment to the rules of fair competition.”
The head of the Omani delegation continued: “A very positive thing is also the presence of the Olympic champion Ghada Shuaa with the female athletes and her accompanying them during the competitions, as she is keen to meet them and pass on her experience to them, and this certainly gives them tremendous motivation and moral support to follow her approach in achieving Olympic medals.”
Regarding the Omani representation in the seventh edition of the tournament, she said: “Our participation is the third in a row, and it consists of 4 games that we carefully chose in order to take the podium, and we actually achieved that through Omani fencing, which won two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal, and in archery we won the silver medal for the teams in The rifle competition, the 10m individual pistol bronze, and also the pistol team bronze. We have other participations in athletics, and we will also participate in the karate competitions. We are confident in the ability of our athletes to raise our harvest in the tournament, and our harvest, which came with a taste of gold, confirms the development of Omani women’s sports, and this is an incentive. I am personally proud that we have reached this level, and the beautiful thing is that our harvest is of pure Omani blood, as there are no professional women in the ranks of our teams. I am proud that I have been a strong contributor and supporter in planning our women’s sports for 30 years, and I thank the Emirate of Sharjah for providing Arab women’s sports with a high-level constructive forum that constitutes a tremendous support force. To develop.”
Ghada Shuaa calls for concerted efforts of the ministries of sports and youth
For her part, the Syrian Olympic champion Ghada Shuaa, advisor to the Syrian Olympic Committee, who won the first Olympic and world gold in the Middle East in 1995 and 1996 at the World Championships in Sweden and the Atlanta Olympics, praised the Arab Women’s Club Games for its impact that contributes to the development of Arab women’s sports. She thanked the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation, for her unlimited support for Arab women in general and women’s sports in particular. She also called for holding a similar tournament for national teams.
She added: “The Emirate of Sharjah’s organization of this major forum for the seventh time is the greatest evidence of interest in women’s sports and empowering Arab women to hone and develop their abilities in order to reach the international level, which motivates them and leads future generations to raise the level and compete in order to ascend the podiums at all international levels.” .
Shuaa called for expanding the participation of all Arab countries and investing in the successes of the tournament thanks to the capabilities that the Emirate of Sharjah has harnessed in raising the status of Arab women’s sports.
The Olympic champion added: “Through my presence for the fourth time in this event, I noticed wider participation, a steady increase in the number of delegations, the development of the level of female players, and the emergence of talents in one edition after another. Competition is the way to raise the level, and this prompts me to demand that all parties concerned with sports in our Arab countries follow my example.” Sharjah is interested in developing work to advance Arab women’s sports.”
The Syrian champion continued her speech by saying: “For more than 20 years, I have been calling for equality between the sexes, men and women, in terms of interest and support for the development of women’s sports and access to international arenas, and I hope that Gulf women will invest the great support provided by the Gulf federations to reach the highest ranks, and in this The context suggested organizing a tournament for national teams every two years, similar to the “Sharjah Club Games,” because this would further help in the development and spread of women’s sports.” Shuaa concluded her speech by calling for the concerted efforts of the Ministries of Sports and Youth and the Arab Olympic Committees in order to reap the benefits of female athletes ascending to the podiums of international forums in the future.
2024-02-08 19:43:27
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