BAHRAINSPORTS
DECEMBER 2013
TRIUMPHANT
Members of the Bahrain table tennis team delegation.
WARM
WELCOME
Bahrain
senior men’s
team captain
Hamad Buhiji
is welcomed
on arrival by
Shaikha Hayat
and Jehad
Khalfan.
PROUD WINNERS
Bahrain junior volleyball team coaching staff Ayman Salman,
left, is congratulated on arrival by Shaikh Ali and Shaikha Hayat.
notched five medals in total, including two gold, two
silver and one bronze.
Bahrain’s medals were won by Rashid Sanad in the
junior singles event, while the quartet of Rashid Sanad,
Loay Jamal, Elyas Elyasi and Yousif Al Buflasa bagged
the team contest trophy.
The under-18 team of Rashid Sanad and Hussain Al
Ojaini later won the silver medal in the doubles section,
then the men’s team of Hamad Buhiji, Anwar Makki,
Hussain Al Hashmi, Mohamed Al Bushlaibi and Ali Radi
took the senior section team event bronze.
Bahrain Olympic Committee financial and administrative executive director Jehad Khalfan honoured the
team members as he praised their achievement.
The team was also welcomed by Shaikha Hayat,
who is also president of the Bahrain Table Tennis Association, who congratulated delegation head Ebrahim
Siyadi and the remaining members of the team on their
outstanding results.
On his part, Khalfan congratulated Shaikha Hayat
on what the team has achieved in Jeddah, where some
of the region’s best table tennis players were in the fray.
He also praised the performance of the players in
this competition and expressed confidence in their ability to continue these impressive results.
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