The Sharjah International Marine Sports Club seeks to embrace talents and competencies at the state level and bring them to the global arena, as the club annually organizes many marine activities such as speedboat races, water bike races, flyboard, water skiing, diving, heritage rowing and remote control boats and fishing.
The Sharjah International Marine Sports Club, which was established by Emiri Decree of 2014, aims to create an official platform that organizes and embraces all sports activities that are practiced for competitive or recreational purposes on, on the surface or in the depth of the sea, and to encourage the new generation of young people to participate in these marine sports of all kinds. Heritage, kayaking, speedboats, and jet skis.
His Excellency Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman of the Sharjah International Marine Sports Club said in an exclusive interview with the Emirates News Agency / WAM / that the club established two years ago the Formula One Powerboat Team under the name of “Sharjah” and participated in many international races with the aim of benefiting and promoting the Emirate of Sharjah as it will develop talent skills by establishing a special training center for marine sports in the city of Sharjah to work on achieving the club’s strategic goals, starting next year 2021, in cooperation with the Sharjah Powerboat Team, which will provide training courses and workshops for teenagers and youth, and later it will set up camps A summer session supervised by specialized trainers .. indicating the possibility of establishing this center in other cities in the emirate at a later stage.
Al Midfa explained that the annual marine activities organized by the club are witnessing great turnout and interest on the part of the public, which calls for the club to provide many of these sports to involve them and raise their interaction rates, indicating that in light of the Covid 19 pandemic, all these activities have been stopped for the sake of safety. Participants and the audience .. expected a gradual return soon to these activities, beginning with individual games that are considered the least dangerous, leading to the return of activity to normal.
He pointed out that the Emirate of Sharjah, since 20 years ago, has hosted on Khalid Lake in December the last round of the Formula One powerboat races, where a champion is crowned and it is receiving international praises such as the International Federation of Marine Sports due to the level of logistical and security equipment and safety standards applied, and we in turn seek It is always necessary to develop the level of organization in order to cancel the round this year in line with the current health conditions.
Regarding the procedures followed for registering water scooters in the Emirate of Sharjah, Khaled Al Midfa said that according to Executive Council Resolution No. 8 of 2017 regarding the regulation of the use and licensing of jet skis in the Emirate of Sharjah, the club issues a letter of no objection to any license of a marine character after fulfilling all the terms and conditions, in cooperation With the responsible authorities.
The club is also keen on the safety of all marine sports practitioners and the marine environment and to provide the appropriate environment for all age groups to enjoy these sports by following local laws and legislation of the Emirates Marine Sports Federation and international affiliated to the International Federation of Marine Sports and circulating them to all maritime races and events according to their category and the club seeks permanently To secure the utmost degree of marine safety.
Khaled Al-Midfa emphasized that the club seeks to establish sports relations with various sports, local and private institutions and clubs within the framework of the state’s policies and orientations, developing legal and administrative systems related to the practice of marine sports in the emirate and supervising it, as well as presenting and encouraging initiatives aimed at developing new types of marine sports that are inspired by the local heritage of the emirate. In addition to following up the activities of marine sports and attending conferences, workshops and seminars aimed at promoting and developing marine sports, concluding agreements, memoranda of understanding with the authorities, preparing and implementing introductory and promotional campaigns aimed at spreading the culture of marine sports.
Wam / Batoul Kashwani / Islama Al-Hussein
