Doha, Qatar – January 15th, 2014: The Qatar Olympic Committee is calling upon every man, woman and child to come alive with sport this February 11th, and be a part of the biggest National Sport Day in history, with events planned across the country.
From cycling to swimming, football to basketball, tennis to tae kwon do, countless free sporting sessions, accessible to all, will be taking place throughout Qatar as the celebrations to highlight the importance of healthy living reach a new peak. Building on the outstanding successes of previous years, Qatar National Sport Day 2014 is set to bring the country even closer together through activity, leaving a lasting legacy for the local community. Based on the sporting principles of inclusion and unity, participation and fun, fitness and health, National Sport Day has cemented its status as one of the highlights of Qatar’s community, sporting and national calendars.
Featuring a traditional boat race and the legendary sport walk, as well as the biggest ever line up of free events, 2014 is set to be the largest and most widely celebrated day of sport ever witnessed in the country. Kickstarting the festivities will be the opening of Qatar Olympic Committee’s specially built sport zone which will welcome all from the 6th of February. The anticipation will then build to a crescendo as the yearlong Be Fit programme reaches its exciting climax where the individual who lost the most amount of weight through healthy living is announced, before the new year’s programme is launched.
Speaking one month out from the Qatar National Sport Day celebrations His Excellency, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) said, "Qatar and sport share many of the same values and ideals; teamwork, togetherness and development. Now we aim to use sport as a means to move onwards and upwards, ever closer to our goal of improving the entire country’s quality of life through health and fitness. The 11th of February is going to be the start of a new era for our nation as each and every local community comes together to enjoy a day of fun."
Central to the ongoing success of National Sport Day 2014 will be the involvement of elite Qatari athletes as ambassadors. Through a series of events in the run up to the day, the nation’s finest sport stars will be throwing their weight behind the campaign to highlight the benefits of fitness, healthy living and togetherness, core values of the programme.
Along with the extensive sporting events across the country, National Sport Day will also focus on Qatari culture with a traditional Al Shawahef rowing championship opening proceedings on the day. The event will act as a reminder of Qatar’s sporting ancient sporting heritage and the role it has played in the country’s most recent sporting developments.
Official participating venues for the event include; Aspire, Katara, The Pearl, Souq Waqif, Al-Refaa Street and many more.
Further details are also available on www.sportday.qa
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