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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. Youth team return Karters hail Y