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.
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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.

UAE-India friendly matches

After finishing the 2010 Asian Tchoukball championship both in 5th place, the UAE national tchoukball squad went on the trip to India for a series of 3 friendly matches, from the 15th to 19th of November 2010. The event was organized by Indian Tchoukball Federation and count on the presence of the president of the FITB, mr Chris Huang (who conducted a coach C seminar) and the FITB director of international development mr Julio Calegari (who conducted a referee seminar).
The first match was held in Ghaziabad at the SANSKAR CO EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL on the 15th nov. Both teams had a very warm welcome from the students and officials. Final score UAE 61 x 46 India. On the 16th nov both teams headed to Meerut, where they had their second match at the Delhi Public School with the final score of UAE 56 x 43 India. At evening, in the presence of the mayor of the city of Meerut both teams had a gala dinner at the hotel. The last leg of the trip, on the 18th Nov, was in Agra, with the match held at the Saint John School, where UAE got the third victory by 56 x 48.
After all the matches and seminars, on the last day, the players and officials had a fantastic tour to the iconic Taj Mahal. It was a great experience for all the participants! All the matches were in a grass field and before the beginning there were dance presentations, speeches and the national anthem of India and UAE. There was a very good media coverage in the local TV and over 15 newspaper articles were released! This event was important to support the development of tchoukball in India and also in the UAE. During the matches all the players gave their best and could also improve their skills by learning from the other team technique and from the seminars. The enthusiasm and motivation that the event had brought to both teams will be essential in the preparation for the World Tchoukball Championship in Italy 2011.

Fourth Asian Tchoukball Championship

From the 9th to the 11th of July 2010 was held in Singapore the fourth edition of the Asian Tchoukball Championship. On this edition the UAE took part in two categories: Adult male and M12 boys. The boys were very motivated after their successful friendly match with Singaporean boys in april in Sharjah and had a great participation in this asian tournament, finishing in fourth place. The adult category had 10 teams and the UAE men had in their group the strong teams of Malaysia and the host Singapore, but after winning the matches against Thailand and Philippines, they got the fifth place in the general classification of the event. It was a great event and a sensational experience for all the players. After this event, the UAE team was invited to go to India for a series of 3 friendly matches and in the beginning of 2011 the Pakistani team will come to the UAE.

UAE - Singapore M12 friendly tournament

It was held in the Sharjah Youth Center, on the 1st and 3rd of april, the M12 Friendly Tournament Singapore - UAE. The young team from Singapore came to the UAE to take part in this event with another 4 local teams : Sharjah Educational Zone, Sharjah Youth Centres, Sharjah Children Centres and UAE M12.
All the teams played together in a very friendly and nice atmosphere of fair play. The level was very good and all the final scores were very tight, with the last minutes been crucial to definite the winner of each match. The last match was the official international match UAE x Singapore. It was a very exciting match and the spectators and VIPs present enjoyed it a lot ! The final score was 44x37 for the Emiratis.
During this event was organized a trip to Dubai with the kids from Singapore and UAE team together. They visited the Burj al Arab Hotel, Madinat Center, Burj Khalifa building (highest in the world) and the Dubal mall, as well as the Sharjah traditional Souk (market).
Mr Jeff Ang from Singapore, coach of the national squad, conducted a FITB Coach C seminar with the participation of 65 physical education teachers from all over the country.
This event was very important for the promotion of tchoukball in the UAE, specially to have more support for the creation of the national federation and the participation in the Asian Tchoukball
Championship in july in Singapore.
On behalf of the FITB, I would like to thank very much to Jeff Ang and the Singaporean team for all the effort done to be able to come to this event. Also a great thanks for the support given by the Sharjah Education Zone, Sharjah Children Centres and Sharjah Youth Centres and specially to my dear friends Mohamed Zaghdoud and Nabiha Mohamed Houais, without them, this event would be possible !
Thank you all and see you in july in Singapore.
Julio Calegari - FITB Director of International Promotion

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.