UAE athletes dominate showjumping, finish on podium in karate events

Sportswomen have continued their stellar performance on the second day of the fifth edition of Arab Women Sports Tournament (AWST), organised by Sharjah Women’s Sports (SWS).

The UAE athletes competed in basketball, and karate and finished their day with a silver and bronze medal in the karate team competitions that ended on Tuesday.

The tournament continues to run until Feb.12, 2020.

Karate Egyptian sportswomen dominated the kata and kumite team contests at the conclusion of the AWST 2020 karate competition.

The Egyptian team clinched the kumite gold after a 2 -1 win against the SWS team which had to be content with the silver medal. The Kuwait and Bahraini teams tied for the bronze medal.

In the kata category, Egypt bagged the gold medal while SWS clinched the bronze after they lost to the Saudi team which bagged the silver medal. Algeria’s Bi’r Al Touteh Club went home with a bronze in the same category.

The volleyball competitions continued on Tuesday with another win for Algeria’s Le Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers volleyball team against Syria’s Taldara Club. The Algerian team won all 3 sets with an impressive 75- 29 score in the 61-minute match.

On Tuesday, Jordan’s Fuheis Youth Club started their AWST 2020 journey on a high note, winning a thriller against Bahrain’s Al Riffa Sports Club with a final score of 73-62. The Fuheis athletes won the first two quarters, 21-9 and 19-15, and drew a tie in the third, 17-17.

The Bahraini team retaliated with a fourth quarter win with 21-16 points.

Meanwhile, Emirati Equestrians have come out on top on the first day of showjumping competetions held on Monday at the Arab Women Sports Tournament.

The SWS equestrian team that competed yesterday at the Sharjah Equestrian Club included Shamma Al Hameli with her horse ‘Don’t Worry’; Lama Al Ajami and her horse ‘Alaska’; Eman Al Muhairi who rode ‘Douwecara’; and Nadia Taryam on her horse ‘Askaria’. The team clinched gold in Class 2 competitions and received a cash prize of Dhs.25,000.

Fellow equestrian Kanna Al Hashemi from Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy was on top of the Class 1 ‘One Round and Jump off’ competition, riding ‘Angelina’ and received Dhs.7,500 as a cash prize for her win. Khawla Al Hameli from the same acaemy finished in second place with her horse ‘Valentino’, and received a cash prize of Dhs.6,000. Princess Jawaher Al Saud from KSA and her horse ‘Carlou’ finished third, winning Dhs.4,500.

Jordanian rider Sarah Al Armouti clinched gold and an Dhs.12,500 cash prize in the Class 2 ‘Two Round’ category, riding her horse ‘Virus’. The category’s silver medal was scooped by Nadia Taryam and her horse ‘Askaria’, who also received Dhs.10,000, and finally, Saudi Arabia’s Fnon Al Humaidan riding ‘Diablo De Grasset’ claimed bronze and an Dhs.7,500 cash prize.

The silver medal and an Dhs.15,000 cash prize in the Class 2 team competitions was won by Saudi Arabian equine team, while bronze went Jordan along with an Dhs.10,000 cash prize.

Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Head of the Supreme Organising Committee (SOC) at AWST felicitated all winners in the presence of Sheikha Hayat Bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, Head of the AWST Supervisory Committee; and Nada Askar Al Naqbi, Deputy Head of the SOC of AWST, Head of the Executive Committee and Director General of SWS.