UAE M12 boys visiting the H.H. Dr.Sheikh Al Qasimi

On the 18th of august 2011, the M12 UAE boys delegation (player, coaches and managers) had the honor to be received by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi on his palace in Sharjah. It was a historical moment for the development of Tchoukball in the UAE and a great satisfaction for everyone in the group. H.H. Dr. Sheikh Al Qasimi greeted the players, congratulated them for the silver medal (WYTC-Traiskirchen, Austria – july2011) and promised support to the promotion of tchoukball in the country!

WTC- Ferrara, Italy 2011

From the 4th to 7th August 2011 was held in Ferrara, Italy, the WTC (World Tchoukball Championship), with the record participation of 14 countries! Italy,Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Brazil, UAE, Singapore, Taiwan, HongKong, Czech Rep., France, Great Britain and Philippines. It was a very strong tournament with some surprising results and also some news teams displaying a great development and growth from the previous FITB events!
In the female category, with 10 countries taking part, the expected final was confirmed with Taiwan x Siwtzerland, however, in the end of the thirds period there was still a draw (49x49) and the teams had to play extra 5 minutes, when finally Taiwan ended up as the champion (56x53).
In the male competition, with 14 teams competing, the surprise in the final was Italy facing Taiwan. Despite of the final result in favor to Taiwan (79x49), the Italians displayed a great level of amazing attacks and defenses.

Before the finals there was also an amazing presentation of WheelChair Tchoukball with two teams from Italy ! That is a great job the the Italian Federation is developing with the support of the ParaOlympic Commettee from Italy. The surprises on this WTC were for sure Singapore get the third place in the male and female competition and Switzerland (male) getting the 4th and GB (male/female) also not getting even in the semi-finals. The FITB ranking has now new faces and some teams are improving and they are no longer how they were used to be.

The Emarati male team had a good participation and after wining against France (56x44) and Czech Rep.(54x49) finished in the 9th position in the general ranking. Mabrook ! On the 8th of august, was held an open beach tchoukball with mixed teams from all the countries participating in the WTC. There were 16 teams and in those where the Emarati players took part (EmItalia, Ma Fi Fulus and Japina) they got a very classification – 2nd, 3rd and 4th !

WYTC - press coverage !

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Silver medal for M12 Emarati boys !

The Emarati boys had just arrived from Austria after a very successful participation in the WYTC (World Youth Tchoukball Championship). The UAE delegation was formed by mr Shehab AlAwadi, mr Mohamed Zaghdoud, mrs Nabiha Haouas and the team coached by Essam Nashat and supervised by Julio Calegari impressed the other teams and public with their playing style, skills and friendliness!
The team was very united, since they are also very good friends out of the field as well. The formula for the success on the matches were the strong and precise shoots of Jumah, the great defenses of Saleh and Khalifa, the fast combination of passes and shoots of Hamdan and Rashid, the smart settings and inversion of Mohamed Obaid, the powerfull shoots of Abdalla, and the adaptability of the two reserves Mohamed B. and Omar.

Supported specially by the big Brazilian delegation, the UAE boys finished the first face of the tournament, with 5 victories and faced just one lost. 15thjuly results :
UAE 40 x 15 Brazil
UAE 48 x 24 Italy
UAE 33 x 46 Taiwan

16thjuly results :
UAE 39 x 20 Austria
UAE 42 x 22 Singapore
UAE 39 x 22 Singapore (semi final)

On the 17th july, in the main stadium of Traiskirchen (Lions Dome), the UAE M12 boys faced again the strong team from Taiwan. Despite of the result of 48x26, the emaratis shababs showed their skills and why they deserved that silver medal! They also got the recognition and support of the public, that after the match were greeting and applauding them! Congratulations boys! You did a great job! mabrouk !
During the gala dinner, the boys also had the opportunity to show a little bit of the emirati music. They went on the stage dressed on their traditional kandoras and played 2 songs.

World Youth Tchoukball Championship

Today, the 12th july, the M12 (under twelve years old) boys UAE tchoukball team is boarding to Austria to take part in the World Youth Tchoukball Championship. This event will be held in the city of Traiskirchen from the 15th to the 17th with the participation of teams divided in 6 categories : M12, M15 and M18 (boys and girls).
The young boys from UAE will play with Austria, Italy, Brazil, Singapore and Taipei. For more information, visit www.tchouk4you.at

Inter Emirates Tchoukball Scholar Championship

After having won the Sharjah tchoukball championship, the Al Khaleej Al Arabi secondary school took part in the first Inter Emirates Tchoukball Scholar Championship on the 12th may 2011.
All the matches were very intense and the supporters enjoyed the event! The new teams from Dubai and Fujeirah bravely came for the challenge and had a great opportunity to show their skills and to even improve during the event.
However, without any doubt the most difficult match was the final between Sharjah (Al Khaleej Al Arabi School) and the young but very experienced team from Dibba.
This year the winner was Sharjah, but as new schools are playing and new good players are raising, in the next year we expect a bigger participation and a even more competitive championship.

Sheikh Hamdan Awards for Tchoukball

On the 26th april 2011 was held in Dubai the ceremony of the Sheikh Hamdan Award 2011 for Excellency in Performance. This is a national event to reward the best students, teacher, educators and educational project national wise.
www.ha.ae
It was a double victory for tchoukball in the UAE ! The award of Best educational project for sport went for Sharjah Educational Zone for the development of Tchoukball in the public schools!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llket8v-xJM
The other important award went for mrs Nabiha Haouas, as the best physical education inspector. Among all the great job that she has done as educator, she also supported the development of tchoukball in Sharjah, acting in the practical field as well as the first arab female FITB referee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtW_cHldYKc

National Promotion of Tchoukball in the Public Schools

From the 5th to 7th april, at the Sharjah Youth Center sport hall, was organized by the Ministry of Education, the coach C course with the participation of 50 physical education teacher from Sharjah, Dubai, Ajman, UmAlQuwein, Fujeirah and Ras al Khaima.
This event is part of the educational program of introduction of tchoukball in the public schools across the country. The course was conducted by the coach of the Taiwanese team, mr Fang and the president of the FITB mr Chris Huang.
On the 7th april, mr Fang also took the opportunity to have a training session with the UAE national team, to help them in the preparation for the participation on the World Tchoukball Championship to be held in Ferrara (Italy) in august 2011. During this event was also present mr Emmanuel Asad, secretary of the Pakistan Tchoukball Federation, who also could learn a lot during the course and will be able to share the knowledge with the Pakistani coaches and players.

Presentation - Al Safa Sport Hall - Dubai

On the 10th march 2011 was held in Dubai, a tchoukball presentation at the Al Safa Sport Hall. 5 players of the UAE national squad and also 12 physical education teachers from different public and private schools from Dubai took part in the event that had as the main objective present the sport and motivate the practice in the emirate. Mr Ahmad Abdul-Rahman, Project Manager of the Princess Haya Initiative for the Development of Health, Physical Education & School Sports was also present and manifested his support for the promotion of the sport in Dubai.