Sports Reporter
MUSCAT, FEB 2
The Board of Directors of Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) reviewed Oman’s four prominent international participations for 2022 in a meeting on Wednesday.
Outgoing chairman Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad al Busaidy presided over the meeting in presence of all members.
Sayyid Khalid thanked the board members for their efforts over the past five years in developing the work system at OOC, activating its various activities and programmes, and contributing to many projects and qualitative programmes, wishing them success in their next phase.
He also extended his thanks and appreciation to the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth, headed by His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said for his great support and continuous backing to sports and athletes.
He also thanked the sports federations and committees for implementing plans and programmes aimed at development of the various sports.
The Board of Directors for the new term will be elected during the general assembly on February 28.
GCC GAMES
Oman will take part in the 3rd GCC Games to be held in Kuwait from May 11 to 21, the Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey from August 9 to 18, the 19th Asian Games to be held in China during September 10-25 and the Asian Youth Games also in China during December 20-28.
The Board directed that the Planning and Following-up Committee, in coordination with the sports federations and committees, complete the procedures for confirming participation in the scheduled courses, and follow up the preparation plans and programmes for the national teams and athletes, and the expected results of each participation.
The Board of Directors reviewed the proposal submitted to postpone the Beach Games scheduled to be held in Muscat over two days at the end of last year 2021, to be held this year after agreeing on its new date by Oman Sports and Active Society Committee.
The proposal submitted by the Oman Women’s Sports Committee directed to the Organising Committee for Women’s Sports in GCC regarding the postponement of 7th Games for Women’s Sports scheduled to be held in March 2022 to the latter half of 2022 or the beginning of 2023 to give sports teams the opportunity for the gradual normal return to training and good preparation for the tournament.
The training programmes were suspended during the last period due to Covid-19.
The Board of Directors approved the programme and budget of the courses to be organised by Oman Olympic Academy during this year, where 9 training courses will be organised in various programmes and fields such as financial management, marketing management, sports management, e-sports, volunteer management in the sports field, crisis management in sports events, training, stadium injuries, sports rehabilitation, and event management in sports institutions.
The meeting also approved the proposal submitted by the Academy on training courses and programmes to include sports institutions and their affiliates, enthusiasts in sports sciences, scholars and researchers.
The members reviewed the financial position of the committee for the past year 2021, and the estimated draft budget for the current year 2022 .
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