Tchoukball activities during Watani Dubai

On the 5th of August was held in Dubai the closing cerimony of the Watani activities. This program is developed for children and teenagers to enjoy sport and cultural activities during the school vacation.

http://www.dubaichronicle.com/life/kids/watani-summer-camps-see-unprecedented-demand-this-year-10988

Tchoukball was one of the sport available this year and had a great positive acceptance from the young participants.

First InterSchool Tchoukball Tournament

In april was held in the Mouath Bin Jabel School in Sharjah the first InterSchool Tchoukball Tournament organized by the Sharjah Educational Zone.

8 Schools took part in the event divided in 3 category (under 12, under 16 and above 16):

Sharbah School

Ali Bin AbiTaleb School

Mohamed AL Fatah School

Al Khaleej Arabi School

Sharjah Boys - Model School

Ghafiah Primary School

Mliha Primary School

Ahmed Bin Hanbal Secondary School

The final was plaied by Shahbah and Ali Bin AbiTaleb, in a very good match with players showing how they are improving in the sport, with nice shoots and defenses. The final score was 14x9 for Shahbah.

We congratulate all the schools, players and teachers who took part in this event and a special thank for the director of the Mouath Bin Jabel School and for the director of the Sharjah Educational Zone for the support in the promotion of tchoukball.

Tchoukball Presentations

With the support of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Sharjah Education Zone, some presentations of tchoukball were held in the UAE for the pupils and physical education teachers.

The most recent one was in Wadi al Hilou (Sharjah Eastern) in the Girls School. It was held on the 12th of february 2009 with the support of the physical education supervisor Dra. Wahiba Zaghloul and the organization of the principal of the school Mrs Amna Ibrahim Meer and the PE teacher Hala Al Arabi

For more pictures of this and other events, please visit the UAE pictures section in the Asian Pacific Tchoukball Federation website:

http://122.117.195.111/aptbf/modules/xoopsgallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album272