Sharjah Ladies Club beats Bahraini Al Najma Club in AWST's basketball qualifications - 8 months ago
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Sharjah Ladies Club, SLC, on Wednesday achieved a stunning victory against the Bahraini Al Najma Club in the final of the preliminary round of basketball competitions in the third Arab Women Sports Tournament, AWST 2016, that are due to end tomorrow, on February 12th. Sharjah Ladies Club won 73-56 against Al Najma Club, while the Algerian Olympic Club beat the Emirati Bani Yas Club 63-51, and Jordan's Orthodox Club beat the Egyptian Sporting Club 65-60 in a tightly contested match. Courte... [read more]
Sharjah Ladies Club, SLC, on Wednesday achieved a stunning victory against the Bahraini Al Najma Club in the final of the preliminary round of basketball competitions in the third Arab Women Sports Tournament, AWST 2016, that are due to end tomorrow, on February 12th. Sharjah Ladies Club won 73-56 against Al Najma Club, while the Algerian Olympic Club beat the Emirati Bani Yas Club 63-51, and Jordan's Orthodox Club beat the Egyptian Sporting Club 65-60 in a tightly contested match. Courtesy of: wam.ae
Bahrain's Najma Club yesterday defeated UAE's Bani Yas Club 74-57 in the basketball competition of the Arab Women Sports Tournament 2016 (AWST) in Sharjah. It was Najma's first victory after losing their opening match against Algeria's Olympic team 64-59. In other games, Sharjah Ladies Club (SLC) beat Algerian Olympic team 80-54 while Jordan's Orthodox team scored a narrow 55-47 win over Qatar's Ladies team. Courtesy of: gdnonline.com [read more]
Bahrain's Najma Club yesterday defeated UAE's Bani Yas Club 74-57 in the basketball competition of the Arab Women Sports Tournament 2016 (AWST) in Sharjah. It was Najma's first victory after losing their opening match against Algeria's Olympic team 64-59. In other games, Sharjah Ladies Club (SLC) beat Algerian Olympic team 80-54 while Jordan's Orthodox team scored a narrow 55-47 win over Qatar's Ladies team. Courtesy of: gdnonline.com
Qatari women claim basketball title in Bahrain - 3 Years ago
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Qatar defeated Bahrain 66-30 to clinch the basketball title in the GCC Womens Games in Manama on Sunday.
Qatar won the gold with one round to spare as they topped the tournament with eight points from four matches, leaving Bahrain in second place with five points and a no-bearing game in hand against Kuwait.
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Qatar defeated Bahrain 66-30 to clinch the basketball title in the GCC Womens Games in Manama on Sunday.
Qatar won the gold with one round to spare as they topped the tournament with eight points from four matches, leaving Bahrain in second place with five points and a no-bearing game in hand against Kuwait.
Meanwhile, Bahrain took all three podium places in the bowling singles event.
Former Arab champion Noora Sultan put on a solid performance to clinch the title with 1,221 points, finishing ahead of fellow Bahraini Yasmine Akeel (1,066) who came second.
Bahrains Fatma Janahi (1,049) rounded off the top three, much to the joy of a full-house home crowd and a proud team coach Abdullatif al-Dalhan.
Sixteen players from four GCC countries Kuwait, the UAE, Oman and Bahrain each played six games to determine the overall champion with highest number of points.
And it was the Bahraini bowlers who dominated the show, with three of its four entrants topping the competition.
Yesterdays programme also featured three more sports competitions, as Bahrain took seven medals on the athletics for the disabled first day.
Khalifa Sports City track hosted seven competitions in total, in which Bahrain took two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.
Latifa al-Shamri opened Bahrains account, taking home the javelin throw (F37, 600 grams) gold medal. She was followed by compatriot Zahra Abdulla in second place.
Bahrains Fatma Safar then topped the discus throw (F35-54) category, finishing ahead of Omans Shaikha bint Abdulla and third Iman Khalid of Bahrain.
In the other discus throw (F55) contest, Omani Rayan bint Khalid bagged the gold medal, with the bronze going out to Bahrains Roya Yousef and Amal Fardan, respectively.
The UAE athletes dominated the remaining four competitions as Mahra al-Kaabi (17.44 sec) proved too strong for Bahraini Shaikha al-Haiki (20.29) and Qatars Noaf al-Kubaisi (22.07) in the 100m race.
Aisha al-Khaldi (F32-33), Thuraya al-Zaabi (F34) and Seham al-Rashidi (F56-57-58) were also in command in their respective shot put events, giving three more medals to the Emirates.
Bahrain pulled off another success on the second day of taekwondo at Isa Sports Citys Bahrain Table Tennis Association gym, clinching three out of four gold medals.
Bahrains Kaltham Jassim, Ola al-Dossary and Aisha Abdulla bagged the 57kg, 67kg and 74kg gold medals, respectively, while the remaining under-47kg weight category was won by Qatari Kaltham al-Mutawa.
Top finishers were honoured Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) chief executive Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla al- Khalifah and general secretary Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalifah at the awarding ceremony. Courtesy of: http://www.gulf-times.com
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