CHAMPIONS P 4-5 As One of Qatar’S Largest Mass Participation Cycling Events, the 2017 Ride of Champions Attracted Cyclists from a Record Number of 57 Countries
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TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2017 COMMUNITY | 6 ENTERTAINMENT | 12 Absolute Sports Prince Harry to Academy honours marry Meghan parents & students Markle next year 2017 RIDE OF CHAMPIONS P 4-5 As one of Qatar’s largest mass participation cycling events, the 2017 Ride of Champions attracted cyclists from a record number of 57 countries. In stunning sea of orange and maroon, with participants all in matching cycling tops, over 200 Qatari national riders also featured in the event. TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2017 CAMPUS 03 fabulous Prize Distribution Cer- IIS honours Talent Fest 2017 winners emony was organised to honour A the winners of Talent Fest 2017 - the Ideal Indian School’s (IIS) cultural competitions. More than 1,700 students from Jun- ior - Boys and Girls sections - took part in this talent recognition exercise. Divided in four categories – Sub- junior, Junior, Intermediate, and Senior-Competitions were conducted for 44days at 8 venues in 27 events rang- ing from performing arts to painting, vocal and instrumental music, classical and folk dances, songs, poem recitation, rangoli, face painting , public speaking, essay and Holy Quran’s memorisation, Tajweed and Adhan, exclusively for Muslim students. Syed Shoukath Ali, School Principal, DPS-MIS marks Junior School Annual Day PS-Modern Indian believes in. The function was School (DPS-MIS), graced by the Chief Guest, Dwith a conviction to Surindra Bhagat, First Secre- convey socially and morally tary of Political and relevant messages through its Commerce Embassy of India; annual days, celebrated its Special Guest, Rawda Safwan 17th Junior School Annual Day, Zaidan, Director of Private with a theme “Vidyasha... Schools Affairs of Ministry of Empowerment through Education; Hassan Chougule, Education”. DPS-MIS President; Yasir The cultural extrava- Nainar, school Vice-Presi- ganza -- a unique blend of dent and esteemed members colours, flairs and verve -- of DPS-MIS Management, epitomised what DPS-MIS as distinguished guests and an institution stands for and parents. Gulf English School organises MES student wins at music competition workshops for parents aster Aryan Srinivas (pictured) of MES Indian School won the tudents of Gulf English School skills. At both workshops, parents MSpecial Jury Award in the (GES) are getting ahead and were introduced to the focus area Piano category of the first Qatar Sbrushing up in mathematics and were then given time to do National Music Competition - the through a workshop organised by some hands on activities relating Qatar’s largest musical contest to iden- GES for parents on “How to teach to that area with class teachers. tify young talents in music at the your child Math”. Though the For the phonics workshop, national level - held under the patron- workshops were organised by the parents received training and guid- age of Qatar National Commission for school, the coordinators arranged ance from an international phonics Education, Culture and Science held for external trainers to support the trainer, Coral George, who has at Katara Drama Theatre recently. parents who would like some addi- worked with teachers and TAs over Master Aryan Srinivas received tional knowledge in math. a number of training sessions in the honour in the presence of Dr Hamda Al Sulaiti, Secretary-Gen- Another workshop on “How to school. Parents were able to under- eral of Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science; teach your child phonics” was also stand more about the sounds of the Managing Director of Qatar National Music Competition & CEO of held recently and was aimed at English language and show they can Vodafone- Qatar. enhancing reading and vocabulary support their child at home while 04 COVER STORY TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2017 Pedal your cycle ore than 1,100 rid- ers, plus hundreds of spectators took part in the road dur- ing the second Medition of the Ride of Champions, recently, bringing together the sports avid participants, first tim- ers and the wider community. Organised by Qatar Cyclists and proudly presented by Qatar Tour- ism Authority (QTA), the one-day cycling event drew thousands of community members who reached out to support the riders in pristine cycling weather conditions. With the start and finish points located inside the Education City at Qatar Foundation (QF), the Ride of Champions event kicked off at 6:45am with the majority of finish- ers done by11:30am. As one of Qatar’s largest mass participation cycling events, the 2017 Ride of Champions attracted cyclists from a record number of 57 countries, organisers’ said. In stunning sea of orange and successful in every way. The organ- integrate and participate together. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, maroon, with participants all in isation has been excellent. The Riding with a bicycle around the the Qatari diplomat who was matching cycling tops, more than attendance shows how this sport is landscape of Doha can be an extra recently a candidate for Unesco’s 200 Qatari riders also featured in so popular in Qatar. The beauty of attraction for the sport fans from Director-General. the event. cycling is that brings people from all over the world to visit Qatar. We Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Notable personalities that took all nationalities and all different fully support the further develop- Kawari said: “I am always happy part in the event are Ambassadors backgrounds together. I hope that ment of the Ride of Champions to feature at such events. I have to Qatar from Australia, Canada, this event will support cycling in worldwide and we strongly believe been part of cycling events before. France and the Netherlands. Dip- Qatar, we look forward to next that the event will attract event It is great to see such a huge gath- lomats, students, housewives, year’s event to make it bigger.” more cycling fans from around the ering of riders in one place. This is intellectuals and engineers also Rashed Al Qurese, Chief Mar- globe.” a great place to be. It is a place participated. keting & Promotion Officer at QTA Besides the road cycling event buzzing with excitement. Clearly Dr Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, the commented,“We are truly delighted over three distances (48km, 78km cycling is becoming very popular President of Qatar Cyclists, said: to present the Ride of Champions and 137.5km), the organisers also because we can see such huge “We are very proud of this achieve- event this year. The event has put together an event for begin- numbers of riders. Qatar is always ment. This event has been allowed diverse cultures to ners that was kicked off by H E Dr shining.” TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2017 COVER STORY 05 In keeping past tradition of safety of riders and fans, certain roads inside the Education City were closed to traffic a little before the starting time until the final rider crossed the finish line, organiser said. Dr Mohammed Al Kuwari, President of Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation, said the event is set to grow bigger. “The event was a huge success. Impressive turn- out and great organisation. This shows the great growth in the cycling sport in the local community”, Dr Al Kuwari, a regular cyclist himself, said. “We are delighted to be part of this year’s ‘Ride of Champions’,” said Mohammed Fakhroo, Community Outreach Director, QF. “Qatar Foundation strives to support community events, and regularly plays host to activities designed to be enjoyed by the whole fam- ily. It was wonderful to see so many people come together in Education City, and to see so many happy faces this morning. We look forward to hosting sim- ilar sporting events in the future.” Nancy Brooks, Marketing Manager of Rayyan Nat- ural Water, said: “The 2017 Ride of Champions proved to be both a challenging and fun event for all levels of cyclists and Rayyan Natural Water was proud to have sponsored this high-energy event.” Mahmoud Skhiri, General Sales Manager at Man- nai Auto Group said: “On behalf of Mannai Automotive and GMC, we are proud to have an active role in this event and honored to be the official Automotive Spon- sor for such an important event that creates a platform for the general community to compete in a fun way alongside each other.” Fatin Al Sada, Head of HR and Manager of Al Shaqab Volunteer Program, from which the volun- teers of the event came, said: “There was an overwhelming response from volunteers who wanted to be a part of this event. There were 500 people ready to be volunteers and we shortlisted and finally trained 120.” Event partners include Qatar Cyclists, the Minis- try of Culture and Sports, Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation, QF, Ooredoo, Rayyan Water, and GMC. Supporting entities include Garmin, Rasen Sports, Car- bon Wheels, Al Shaqab, and Adidas Eyewear. 06 COMMUNITY TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2017 Absolute Sports Academy honours parents & students bsolute Sports Academy, a Hemachandra (U16 category). The pioneer in the field of sports Institute also distributed prizes to Aconducted its award cere- parents for their dedication and mony along with third seasonal effort. parents meeting. Conducted on The event began with a wel- November 17 at Marriott Hotel, the come speech that was followed by meeting was attended by more than a detailed explanation of the future caliber. Slaven Bukal from Croatia was a 200 parents and their kids. intiatives and the purpose and They also explained the confi- member of the country’s national The academy distributed best vision of Absolute Sports Academy dence ,the football can create in the team, and second coach Hayk players award for different age cat- in length. young minds. Hakobyan was also a national egories. The best players award The Institute’s well trained Coach Barae Jrondi, an Arsenal player of Armenia.