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Youth Forum crowned champions in two-day sports extravaganza

Published: 23 Feb 2019 - 11:10 am | Last Updated: 17 Nov 2021 - 01:59 am
Youth Forum team members celebrate after winning the overall championship in Expats SportEv 2019.

Youth Forum team members celebrate after winning the overall championship in Expats SportEv 2019.

The Peninsula

Cultural Forum’s two-day sports extravaganza, ‘Expats SportEv 2019’ concluded on February 15 with a colourful ceremony dubbed as SportEv Fiesta at Qatar Sports Club (QSC) that saw mesmerising performances by artists and singers.

Expats SportEv 2019, held under the patronage of Qatar Sports for All (QSFA), federation at the Ministry of Culture and Sports, took off at QSC officially on the National Sport Day with a spectacular march past attended by over 1000 participants from 16 teams.     

Youth Forum won the overall championship in the fiercely contested sports meet, with Calicut Sports Club bagging the first runner-up position and Manjappada Qatar finishing as the second runner up. In the women’s category, Calicut Sports Club won the overall championship, with Youth Forum and Qatar Knanaya Cultural Association (QKCA) winning the first and second runners-up positions respectively.

Different individual championships were won by Mohammed Mahroof (Youth Forum) in the Men’s category 20-29 years, Kannan Chemban (Youth Forum) in the Men’s category above 30 years, and Ajitha Sreevalsam (Youth Forum) in the Women’s category. The best disciplined team trophy was won by Q-Team Tirur and the best team manager’s prize was bagged by Shaheer of SKEA-Qatar.

The massive sports event, which was participated by 16 community teams in 16 items under four categories, was the largest event organized by the expatriate Indian community in Qatar on the occasion of Qatar’s National Sport Day.

Over 3,000 people gathered at QSC to witness the concluding and prize distribution ceremony and they were treated to a mesmerising rendition of Qatari patriotic songs by the popular Qatari singer, Ali AbdulSattar.  Children performed traditional Qatari and Indian dances and Zumba while a martial arts team performed breath-taking numbers to the awe of the audience.

Ali Abdulla Al Khater, Chief Communications Officer at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Capt. Badi Jouhar Saeed Abdulla, Head of Administration at Qatar Police Sports Federation, and Dr. Taj Aluva, President of Cultural Forum, addressed the gathering.