Arab Women's Sports Tournament - Sharjah 2016 accepting applications

Sharjah - The website provides an index of games including basketball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, archery, shooting, athletics and show jumping.

By Wam

Published: Mon 7 Sep 2015, 1:51 PM

Last updated: Mon 7 Sep 2015, 3:55 PM

The Arab Women's Sports Tournament has officially launched its new website, dedicated to the upcoming tournament's 3rd round, to be held in Sharjah in February next year, under the slogan, "Your World, Your Court, Together Victorious".
The Women's Sports Department is actively preparing for the tournament, organised under the auspices of Shaikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Ladies Club, and the wife of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, in cooperation with the General Authority for Youth Welfare and Sports, the National Olympic Committee, and the Government of Sharjah. It is sponsored by the Arab League and the Council of Arab Ministers for Youth and Sports.
The follow-up committee of the 3rd Arab Women's Sports Tournament - Sharjah 2016 announced that they are now accepting participation requests on the website dedicated for the tournament.
Nada Askar Al Naqbi, Head of the Executive Committee and Manager of the tournament, said: "The website of the 3rd Arab Women's Sports Tournament - Sharjah 2016 covers the needs of players, the media and the public, and provides detailed information and news about the tournament."
Al Naqbi added, "Through the 2016 tournament slogan, we aim to instil freedom, confidence and enthusiasm in the hearts of all the girls and ladies, by encouraging them to perform all kinds of sports and by granting them opportunities to travel and meet athletes from across the Arab world."
The website provides a list of the games of Arab women clubs and a general lineup for the 2016 Tournament, along with an index of the technical teams responsible for organising all competitions and games included in the tournament, including basketball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, archery, shooting, athletics and show jumping.
The tournament was initially launched after the Sharjah Ladies Club, which operates under the Supreme Council of Family Affairs, organised a series of successful sports events under the title, "Gulf States Competitions", in which all the Gulf Cooperation Council, states took part. Also, Shaikha Jawaher made a decision in 2008 to establish a new department under the name, Women's Sports Department.