Khalid bin Hamad praises distinguished organisation of Royal Rumble Boxing Championship
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Under the patronage and in the presence of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the General Sports Authority and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, the Royal Rumble Boxing Championship was held at the Bahrain Rugby Club.
The Friday event was organised by the Bahrain Boxing Federation in cooperation with the Bahrain Rugby Club. The proceeds of the event were allocated to the Royal Humanitarian Foundation.
Present in the event were HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Vice President of the General Sports Authority and President of the Bahrain Combat Sports Council, HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa, Vice President of the Bahrain Football Association, HH Shaikh Isa bin Rashid Al Khalifa, and Dr Abdulrahman Sadiq Askar, CEO of the General Sports Authority, Faris Mustafa Al Kooheji, Secretary-General of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, Captain Waleed Abdulhameed Al Alawi, Acting CEO of Gulf Air and Omar Salman Al Sulais, President of the Bahrain Boxing Federation as well as a number of officials, representatives of the sponsoring companies and the invitees.
HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the distinguished organisation of the Royal Rumble Boxing Championship, and the strong competition between the two teams participating in this contest, which clearly reflected the great preparations that contributed to the success of this sports gathering.
His Highness said: “It was an important event with multiple goals, the most prominent of which is strengthening Bahraini-British cooperation relations in the sports field, especially at the level of boxing. Moreover, supporting the continued efforts to develop and advance the Bahraini boxing sport, and push it towards achieving the best during the coming period, in line with the vision we set for this sport in 2018, through which we achieved the first goal; to reach the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Our support will continue towards this sport to accomplish further successes,” HH Shaikh Khalid continued: “One of the wonderful goals that characterised this tournament is to allocate its proceeds to support the Royal Humanitarian Foundation. This is certainly a source of pride in the great efforts made by the organisers of this event, who were keen to demonstrate the importance of harnessing sport as a supporter of humanitarian works.
HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa witnessed the fights of this tournament in which the Royal Guard team participated against the British Army team. The Bahraini team dominated the competition, achieving 8 victories in 9 fights en route to winning the title of the Championship.
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