CP OPENS RIFFA CLUB

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL  FOR  YOUTH AND SPORTS SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA TODAY PATRONISED THE  OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE RIFFA CLUB IN AL HUNAINIYA.

THE CLUB IS THE FIRST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CLUB MERGER  PROJECT LAUNCHED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL FOR YOUTH AND SPORTS IN 2002.IN HIS REMARKS, RIFFA CLUB PRESIDENT SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALID AL  KHALIFA THANKED THE LEADERSHIP FOR ITS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR THE  CLUB SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT SINCE 57 YEARS AGO.HE ALSO THANKED THE CROWN PRINCE FOR PATRONISING THE OPENING CEREMONY.

THE CLUB PRESIDENT ALSO EXTENDED HIS THANKS TO THE MEMBERS AND  OFFICIALS OF THE CLUB FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE THE CLUB.GENERAL ORGANISATION FOR YOUTH AND SPORTS ACTING TECHNICAL AFFAIRS  DIRECTOR HAITHAM AL SHUROOGI THEN SPOKE ON HOW THE CLUB WAS A SUBSTANTIAL  ADDITION TO THE SPORTS AND YOUTH SCENE IN BAHRAIN.THE CLUB COMES AS A PRACTICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE KEENNESS OF THE  SUPREME COUNCIL FOR YOUTH AND SPORTS ON SUPPORTING NATIONAL CLUBS, HE SAID.

THE FACILITIES OF THE BD2.3 MILLION CLUB INCLUDE THE BIGGEST SPORTS  MULTIPURPOSE HALL IN BAHRAIN, A THIRD GENERATION OF FOOTBALL FIELD AND  A GYMNASIUM.  THE CROWN PRINCE THEN HONOURED FORMER CHAIRMEN OF THE RIFFA  CLUB BOARD, WHO HAD SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN SERVING THE CLUB.

HE THEN TOURED THE FACILITIES OF THE CLUB.ON HIS PART, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ORGANISATION FOR YOUTH AND  SPORTS SHAIKH FAWAZ BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA THANKED THE CROWN PRINCE  FOR PATRONISING THE OPENING OF THE CLUB, WHICH WOULD LARGELY  INFLUENCE THE SPORTS SECTOR IN BAHRAIN.THE PROJECT INDICATES THE SUPPORT OF THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE SPORTS  AND YOUTH SECTOR AND ITS KEENNESS ON COPING WITH THE INCREASE IN  BAHRAINI ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS AREA AND ATTRACTING MORE TALENTS BY  SOUNDLY  DIRECTING THEIR POTENTIAL, HE SAID.

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE A VITAL ROLE IN PROMOTING INTERACTION BETWEEN  THE CLUB AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL  AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES, HE SAID, ADDING THAT IT WOULD ALSO IMPACT THE  PROGRESS OF NATIONAL TEAMS.

SHAIKH FAWAZ SAID THAT PREPARATIONS ARE ALSO SET FOR OPENING AL SHABAB  CLUB NEXT WEEK ALSO THE PATRONAGE OF THE CROWN PRINCE.THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CLUB LOCATED OVER AN AREA OF 18 HECTARES WAS  LAID BY THE CROWN PRINCE IN APRIL 23, 2006.