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Sports Nation SPORTS NATION ON DECEMBER 6, 2011, AN INITIATIVE ADOPTED BY HH SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL THANI, THE DEPUTY EMIR AND HEIR APPARENT, TO HELP INSTILL A CULTURE OF SPORT INTO QATAR WAS ANNOUNCED. THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY FEBRUARY WOULD BE A NATIONAL SPORT DAY AND A PUBLIC HOLIDAY. IT WAS TESTAMENT TO THE GROWING PROFILE WHICH SPORT IS NOW ENJOYING IN QATAR AND THE INFLUENCE IT IS HAVING ON THE RESIDENTS HERE. IN LIGHT OF THIS, QATAR TodAY FOCUSES ON THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, FROM THE QATAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO THE VARIOUS SPORTING FEDERATIONS TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE DIFFERENT GRAssROOTS LEAGUES WHICH ARE GIVING THE ORDINARY RESIDENTS OF QATAR A CHANCE TO PLAY ON A COMPETITIVE TEAM. BY RORY COEN COVER STORY SPORTS NATION you take a walk around the Aspire Academy, sion. So across the nation, on February faa Street and the Olympic Parks. Addition- you’ll see that it is peppered with quotes 12, ministries, government departments, ally, a sport zone will be set up by the QOC from famous sports personalities about public and private sector organisations near the Corniche, featuring all-day sport what it takes to succeed in sport, but also and sports clubs will be organising various and recreational activities open to all from how enjoyable general participation in activities in an attempt to create awareness February 12-16. Qatar’s fastest woman, sport can be. The legendary American foot- about how sport can lead to better health. Noor Al-Malki, who represented Qatar at ball coach Vince Lombardi holds no punch- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) will the 2012 Summer Olympics, and is an am- es with quotes such as “If winning isn’t ev- open its sports clubs and facilities allowing bassador for National Sport Day, endorses erything, then why do they keep score?” to everyone – men, women and children, in- the idea of dedicating one day every year to Michael Jordan’s more down-to-earth “just cludinf those with disabilities – to practise the ideals of sport: “Initiatives like National play, have fun, enjoy the game” philosophy. and enjoy sporting activities. Events will be Sport Day advertise Qatar’s willingness to Sport includes all kinds of characters. staged on the Corniche and at Aspire, Al Ra- become a sporting nation and encourage Qatar is trying to place itself somewhere people to become sports fans. We can show in the middle. While it wants everyone to other nations that our society is adopting get active and play some kind of sport – as the sporting culture and is open to fresh is evident in its National Sports Day initia- ideas for a healthier and robust life.” tive – it is also trying to train young children to be superstars of the future, which can be Private initiatives witnessed any day you walk through the Brave as the concept of a national sports high-tech Aspire Zone. day is, other organisations must carry the The country is also a big player in sports can for the remaining 364 days of the year. tourism, the concept of attracting tour- Qatar is a country with a very diverse demo- ists to the country by hosting top-quality graphic, where only about 20% of the popu- sporting events or providing state-of-the- lation are Qatari Nationals. The remainder art training facilities for top teams to come come from every corner of the globe and here to train. The Manchester United foot- “THE NATIONAL SPORT DAY IS THE their sporting interests vary. While it may ball team spent a week last month training PERFECT WAY TO TRY SPORT IN be construed as a challenge to cater for ev- at the Aspire Zone, for instance. The South eryone’s interests, it can also be grasped as American champions Uruguay play the Eu- A FUN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. an opportunity. Many expatriates are only ropean Champions, Spain, at Khalifa Sta- QATAR IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF too keen to impress their love for sport on dium this month. Platforms like the recent SPORT DEVELOPMENT AND THE this country. There’s growth and opportu- Aspire4Sport Congress were perfect for al- nity in every sector and they know that with lowing the various stakeholders a chance to HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEING ACTIVE the right model in place, anything is pos- discuss opportunities in all segments of the ARE HUGE: EVERYONE SHOULD MAKE sible. industry. SPORT AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR Quantum Sports Leagues (QSports Leagues) was founded by seven men in 2011 National Sport Day DAILY LIFE. and has grown at a phenomenal rate since. However, the intention of National Sports “i hope everYONE JOINS IN ON It is a multisport league and sports manage- Day is much more modest. Its remit is FEBRUARY 12 TO MAKE This year’S ment company which lives by an ethos of simple: to get people active, or to “further “Have Fun, Get Fit and Make Friends” by embed sporting values into the nation’s NATIONAL SPORT DAY AN OCCASION playing and enjoying sport on a regular ba- culture and inspire local people to partici- To remember – i am reallY LOOK- sis. It organises sports leagues and activities pate in sports activities”. Sport wasn’t al- ING FORWARD TO IT” for residents of Qatar. ways part of the Qatari vernacular and the Ben Panton, one of the founder members country is now playing catch-up with much of QSports Leagues, explained how it all be- ABDULRAHMAN ABDULQADAR of the world. While it’s difficult to implant ABDULRAHMAN. gan: “A few of us were looking for things to a cultural trait into a nation’s psyche, Qa- PARALYMPIAN 2012 AND AMBASSADOR do in Qatar. Joining a gym had certain limi- tar feels that a fit and competitive populace FOR NATIONAL SPORT DAY 2013. tations, in that you pay a set price for a year should be integral to its 2030 National Vi- and you’re fed up with it after a month. And FEBRUARY 2013 | QATAR TodAY 45 COP 18 THE RED DEVILS TRAIN AT ASPIRE ACADEMY PART OF QATar’s sporTS TOURISM STRATEGY IS TO ATTRACT TOP-CLASS CLUBS, SUCH As england’s manchesTER UNITED FC, TO DOHA. WORLD CLASS PLAYERS, SUCH AS ROBIN VAN PERSIE, WAYNE ROONEY AND MICHAEL CARRICK ARE BEING PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES. it’s difficult to really meet people in that en- attribute of private companies. They run vironment. We felt a soccer league might be cricket leagues but they understand that more in tune with what we wanted to do, so those who wish to play can’t afford what we decided to set one up and see who was the league may feel is a fair price, so they interested. adapt. While the cricket facilities in Qatar “We advertised it on Facebook, and news are pretty abysmal for the thousands of of the league soon spread around Doha. Our cricket players who are working here, they original plan was for a pilot season of eight may still be better than what they are used teams where we would book a sports hall to at home. QSports Leagues try to simulate at Al Jazeera Academy. However, we had a cricket environment as best they can. 20 or so applications, so we bumped up the Another example is through its promo- number of teams to 12. The over-subscrip- tion of women’s soccer. Panton explained tion was very encouraging, but since it was that they didn’t get involved in women’s our pilot season, we decided to tread soccer for the first couple of seasons, but cautiously,” said Panton. “WE ARE A PUBLIC FACILITY THAT women now form 10% of their overall mem- Since this initial offering where it had bership. Much of this is due to their toler- 150 members, QSports League now boasts ALLOWS ANYONE TO USE OUR ance for the different levels the women may 4,000 members. This is due to their recog- COURTS. AS FOR MEMBERS, WE be playing at. nition of the potential of their product. In- HAVE 175 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN QSports League set up a women’s soc- stead of sitting on a 12-team six-a-side soc- cer team – expats with membership – and cer league, it has opened up to other sports OUR TENNis 10s school – pro- trained them to play the Qatari national such as cricket, basketball and touch rugby. MOTING THE GAME TO THE YOUNG- team in three 90-minute games last year. Although they are a private company and EST GROUP; 70 STUDENTS ON OUR Panton explained that there was a huge dis- deep down you feel they would love to make parity in standards. some money, this doesn’t seem to be their NATIONAL Team – repreSENTING “We had the ex-Dutch international goal- short-term goal, and it was refreshing to THE COUNTRY AT ALL LEVELS OF keeper and then a girl from Palestine who hear about the effort the team was putting PLAY; AND 250 STUDENTS IN THE hardly ever kicked a ball,” he said. “So it was in without any thought for real-time finan- a real balancing act. Some of the Western cial reward. QTF SCHOOL WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL girls, whose skills were more developed, One example of this is how “open” the JUNiors.” really wanted to beat the Qatari girls. You company is for membership. You feel there could understand their frustration with the NASSER GHANIM AL KHELAIFI is a sense of pragmatism about how they less technical girls, but we wanted an all- PRESIDENT, QATAR TENNIS FEDERATION operate – which isn’t always a recognisable inclusive squad; we wanted to give everyone COVER STORY SPORTS NATION a game.” QSports League hired an American of participants since its inception.
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