DUBAI, The 4.5 kilometres running competition of the 10th edition of “Sheikha Hind Women’s Sports Tournament”, organised at Meydan Racetrack, saw a huge turnout of women of various ages and multi-nationalities, serving at governmental, semi-governmental and private entities.
“Sheikha Hind Women’s Sports Tournament”, the biggest of its kind, is organised by Dubai Sports Council (DSC) under the generous patronage of wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Sheikha Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum.
Hessa Al Jasmi from the Emirates Fly won 1st place of the running competition – locals’ category, followed by Fatima Saeed from Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services in the 2nd place and Rawdha Al-Mansouri from DEWA in the 3rd place.
In expatriates’ category, Lottie Lucas from the FOZ Concept Fitness Club won 1st place, followed by Latifa Al-Saroukh from Dubai Club for People of Determination in the 2nd place and Evita Stryalova from the Emirates Fly in the 3rd place.
The padel tennis will be held at the Padel Point Club from 10th to 14th November and the participants are classified into two categories (locals’ category and open category). The squash competition is scheduled from 11th to 18th November at Dubai Ladies Club. The CrossFit competition will be held on 12th November at Luna Ladies Sports Club.
The badminton competition to be organised from 14th to 17th November at Al-Nasr Sports Club, while the table tennis competition will take place from 15th to 17th November at Al-Nasr Club. The esports competition to be held on 18th and 19th November at DSC’s premises and the chess competition is scheduled from 19th to 21st November at Dubai Chess Club.
Participants in the current edition of the Tournament, to be concluded on 21st November 2022, compete in 10 sports competitions; these are: bowling, running, cycling, padel tennis, CrossFit, squash, badminton, table tennis, chess and esports.
Source: Emirates News Agency