The activities of the first days of "Beach Sports Week", organized by the Dubai Sports Council, in cooperation with a number of governmental and private institutions, witnessed a wide participation of different nationalities, ages and technical levels, and the participants enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere on Kite Beach in Jumeirah.
Assistant Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council, Nasser Aman Al Rahma said: “We are pleased with the wide turnout and the great success achieved by Beach Sports Week, which is organized by Dubai Sports Council within a series of sports activities in various regions of Dubai, and the diversity of sports to encourage the public from different segments of society to Exercise and physical activity, since last June, Dubai was one of the first cities to organize sports activities, after the period of stopping, where we started work immediately after the government’s decision to return to sports activity, and the beginning was through the organization of the Marine Sports Week, which had wide participation from Water sports enthusiasts, and now we organize this championship, and after two weeks from now we will organize the Snow Sports Week, so that we have achieved that diversity in organizing sporting events, in an effort by the Council to spread sport among all members of society in all their different groups and ages, and to provide an opportunity to practice all kinds of sports ».
Al Rahma added: “Beach Sports Week includes four sports: beach volleyball, beach volleyball, beach tennis, and football Foley, which are witnessing great popularity and increasing popularity in the UAE despite the modernity of this sport in the country, and it is very popular with amateur and professional athletes, especially Of football players, most of them are Brazilian players who represent 50% of the practitioners of this game, and who prefer them and the players from different countries of the world to come to Dubai to practice it throughout the year, because of the distinguished beaches of Dubai suitable for this game, and a wonderful weather that makes it easy to practice this The game at any time in Dubai ».
Cassiano and Kevin, from the AFC Sports Academy, won the footage of the Foley Folme, which ended yesterday morning, with the participation of six teams of different nationalities and ages, and the tournament was played with a matrimonial system.
The competitions of volleyball, beach tennis and badminton will continue today, Saturday, where the badminton championship will be held between 7:00 and 9:30 am, and participation in the tournament will be available to all groups of society, including amateurs and professionals, and members of badminton clubs and academies registered in the UAE, and participate in the championship Beach badminton 10 teams, competing in 35 games, in five categories: singles and doubles for men, women and mixed.
Also, the beach volleyball championship matches for the men's category continue in the morning, in which 16 teams compete with the doubles system, and the volleyball championship for the women and mixed category is held on the second day in a row, at six in the evening today, Saturday, and continues until 10 pm, and the championship is held in a dual system (Two players for each team), and the quadruple (four players for each team), 10 teams participate in the mixed doubles category, 10 teams participate in the doubles category for women, while nine teams participate in the mixed quadrant category, and 10 men and women in the beach tennis championship participate And five teams of different nationalities.
The Dubai Sports Council organizes tournaments, in cooperation with various sports academies: the Super Sports Sports Academy, the AFC Sports Academy, the Elite Volleyball Academy, the Esperia Volleyball Academy, in addition to the Emirates Badminton Committee.
4 sports in "Beach Week"
Beach volleyball.
Beach badminton.
Beach tennis.
Foot Foley.