OOC sends contingent to Arab Women’s Club Games
Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) revealed the details of the participating athletes in the 17th edition of the Arab Club Games for Women, which began in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.
Oman is participating in four departments such as, athletics, archery, fencing, and karate.
The OOC delegation includes the official and administrative Omani delegation, sports clubs and their technical and administrative bodies.
The delegation is being headed by Lujaina bint Mohsen al Zaabiya, a member of the committee’s board of directors, this was revealed after an OOC meeting headed by Taha Sulaiman al Kishry.
“The female players were fully prepared to compete and achieve the desired results from participation,” the officials said before the ten-day event commenced.
The technical and administrative staff of the athletics team consists of Shanouna bint Saleh al Habsia, the team’s coach, and Asaad bin Nasser al Battashi, the team’s manager, in addition to 11 players: Azza bint Sultan al Yarubiyah, Hana bint Juma al Qasimia, Woroud bint Khalfan al Nasiriyah, Khadija bint Sulaiman al Manjiya, Sheikha bint Rashid al Hinaiya, Alaa bint Abdullah al Zadjali, Naila bint Azzan al Sawafiya, Wahba bint Hamoud al Asimiya, Hana bint Saeed al Tawqiya, Duha bint Hamad al
Sanawi, and Faila bint Khamis al Aramiya.
The team will participate in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, long jump, high jump, javelin throw, shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw.
As for the shooting team, the technical and administrative staff consists of coaches Nasser bin Ali al Khatri, Allah Dad Balnour al Balushi, and the team administrator Muhammad bin Salem al Shaidi, while the list of female players consists of Suhair bint Salem al Jahmaniyah, Houria bint Ahmed al Yahya, Doha bint Naseer al Balushi, Al Anoud bint Abdullah al Khaliliyah, Amina bint Khamis al Tarshiyya and Siham bint Nasser al Hasaniyya.
The team is participating in the 10m air pistol (teams) and 10m air rifle (teams) competitions.
The fencing team delegation consists of coach Hisham bin Ali Karshoud, and players Jana bint Muhammad al Sharjiya, Salma bint Saeed al Daghishiya, and Israa bint Saif al Siyabiyah.
They are taking part in the epee competition (individual and team), and the foil competition (individual).
While the karate team consists of the main coach, Ali bin Talib, and the player, Hawra bint
Kamil al Lawati, who will participate in the individual kata competition.
The meeting highlighted other details related to participation; The technical details of the competitions, their schedule and venues, the requirements for the tournament, and the most important indicative procedures that will be implemented were discussed.
The tournament will witness the participation of more than 560 female players representing 63 teams from 15 Arab countries in 8 various sports: athletics, fencing, karate, archery, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and bow and arrow.
The Supreme Organising Committee of the tournament announced the readiness of eight advanced sports facilities distributed in various locations in the cities and regions of Sharjah to provide the best conditions and services for Arab teams and players, taking into account the highest levels of safety and security.