Thumbs up for Bahrain Sports Day

Manama : HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, gave a thump up for the organization of last month’s Bahrain Sports Day.

Shaikh Nasser commended the efforts of the organizing committee of the event, headed by BOC general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, and thanked Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, for his decision to dedicate half day at work to exercise on February 13 to celebrate the occasion.

This was announced at the BOC new board second meeting, chaired by Shaikh Nasser, at the committee premises in Seef area.

Shaikh Nasser started the meeting by congratulating the new board and the achievements they made over the past few months, and wished Bahrain an ‘Only Gold’ year, a slogan he initiated this year to motivate the Bahraini athletes at regional and international championships.

During the meeting, the board looked into the allocated budget for 2018, as Shaikh Nasser directed to reduce expenses at the BOC and work on new investing opportunities to finance programmes presented by the committee.

Shaikh Nasser also urged all national sports federations to organize sports activities for women on the senior level to build on the achievements made by women in Bahrain.