BOC unveils 2018 initiatives

Manama : The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) unveiled a new set of initiatives for 2018 as well as its running activities in an attempt to promote sports within the Bahrain community at a press conference yesterday. 

The highlights of the press conference, held at Rami Grand Hotel in Seef, was the unveiling of five new sports projects presented by the committee for the first time this year that target citizens and expats of all ages. These sets of initiatives were announced by Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant general secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar.

Kicking off the initiatives programme is the region’s first-ever Bahrain International Futsal Challenge, to be held on the final week of March with 300 players to play in a match for a continuous 60 hours in a bid to promote tourism in Bahrain and break the present Guinness World Record.

Bahrain will also become the first nation in the Middle East to organize a dedicated Baby Games in the beginning of April.

The event will feature five different sports – athletics, gymnastics, football, basketball and weightlifting, and targets 2 to 4 years children in an attempt to create an awareness among youngsters to practice sports exercises and promote the Olympic principles and values at a young age.

Another initiative is the Sports Talents Programme, which aims to discover extremely skilful young athletes, who could become the heroes of Bahrain in the future.

The BOC announced that the first stage of the programme will commence on March 4 when online registration gets underway before selecting the most talented athletes for the second stage of the programme.