Hat-trick hero Mayoof Al Rumaihi claims grand prize of Alba showjumping

TDT | Manama

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Mayoof Al Rumaihi of the Ministry of Interior team was yesterday crowned the grand prize winner in the Alba Showjumping Championship, which took place at the Military Sports Federation.

Abdullah Sayyadi, Director of Public Relations at Alba, and Huda Janahi, owner of Horse Pride company, were on hand to present the day’s winners their awards. Al Rumaihi stormed to victory after posting 50.81 seconds in the main race of the event, which included 140cm hurdles.

Behind him was his teammate Hussain Dadallah who posted 55.63 seconds with four faults, while Mahmood Abdulqader finished third in 54.33 seconds but with 12 faults. Al Rumaihi was also the victor in the third competition, which featured 110cm hurdles. He clocked 32.63 seconds, almost one second ahead of the runner-up Abdullah Al Awadhi (33.69s).

Third place went to Sultan Al Rumaihi who crossed the finish line in 33.76 seconds. Al Rumaihi secured his hat-trick of titles on the day as he was also the winner of the fourth contest, which included 120cm hurdles.

He clocked 35.93 seconds to completely outclass his competitors as second-placed Sami Ghazwan was five seconds away from him. Hamad Fakhrawi finished third in 57.98 seconds. Meanwhile, Dadallah topped the podium in the fifth and final competition, which included 130cm hurdles.