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Oman Ice Sports Committee participates at AGM in Denmark

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Muscat, May 23 - The Oman Ice Sports Committee represented the Sultanate at the annual general meetings of the International Ice Hockey Association in Denmark. Qasim Talib al Barari, head of Ice Hockey sport in the committee represented the Sultanate in this meeting in attendance of all the members of association. During the annual general meeting, series of subjects has been discussed including developments of ice sports on the world stage as well as at the continental or regional level. Also, the meeting included the election for the management of the International association and what are the planned championships to be held in the coming years at the Asian and international level.


The participation of the Sultanate is important at this meeting as the membership of the Sultanate is 73rd in the International association. The Ministry of Sports Affairs issued a ministerial decision to change the committee name to be Oman Ice Sports Committee which is headed by Said al Zaabi. This decision will enhance and develop the different types of ice sports and allow national teams of ice hockey to participate in coming tournaments and championships. On the other side, the International Ice Hockey Association welcomed a new board committee and affirmed participation of the committee in different championships that are related to Ice Sports in near future.


The Oman Ice Sports Committee is currently working to spread different ice sports around the Sultanate. Also, committee will start to have some internal events and tournament to form the national teams.


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