Qatar Association of Athletics Federation

HE Abdullah Ahmad Al-Zini – QAAF president- chaired the first meeting of the board of directors in the sports season 2010 -2011. The meeting was held at five o'clock on Thursday, 8 July at the headquarters of the QAAF. The following officials attended the meeting:

 
1 - Mr. / Adel Mohammed Al-Baker QAAF Secretary General

2 - Mr. / Iesa Abdullah Al-Harami Assistant Secretary

3 - Mr. / Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman, Board Member

4 - Ms. / Mariam Abdallah, Board Member

5 - Mr. / Khalifa Abdul Malik, Executive Manager

6 - Dr. Jabbar Al-Kaabi, QAAF Technical Expert

7 - Mr. / Mohamed Abdel-Razek, Reporter

 
HE Abdullah Ahmad Al-Zini – QAAF president started the meeting by welcoming the board members at the first meeting of the sports season. He presented his thanks and appreciation for the efforts made by board members during the previous sports season who have proved Qatar's ability to manage and organize the events with professionalism and high IAAF standards . mr Al-Zaini confirmed his pleasure at the recent need to work as one team and face the difficulties and obstacles that accompany the work through cooperation, coordination and compatibility among all at work.

The meeting agenda discussed various topics, which included:

* Discussion of the Meeting Minutes of the of the Technical Committee, which included proposals and observations made by members of the Technical Committee and the Commission on the players and clubs on the athletes regulations and the local championships for the next season 2010 - 2011. The board of directors adopted several resolutions including:

• Separation of the participation of juniors with the men's cross country championships and tournaments for athletics clubs for the upcoming sports season 2010 - 2011 , so that the participation of the groups becomes as follows: 
mini-cades, + cadets + girls in the same days

Youth + Juniors

Men + girls in the same days

• The Council discussed the guidance of the Qatar Olympic Committee that it should be the distribution of points superiority shield of the clubs and in accordance with the percentage next to take the age groups (Festival of Hope + mini + cadets + youth) percentage of 80% of the total points, while the share of the juniors class by about 20% of the total points , and this will be applied in the season 2010 - 2011

In the view of the QAAF adopted policy of relying on the national athletes of the age groups players, and based on the importance of encouraging and motivating the clubs and coaches to pay attention to the national athletes and selecting the best and prepare them optimally to championships of athletics clubs, and in an amendment to the tournaments regulations, the  board of directors decided to give of the balance of the club with of Qataris obtaining the top five centers in the category of mini and cadets in some competitions extra points to be added to their points obtained in the competition.

The board also discussed the participation in the first session of the GCC Games scheduled to be held in Bahrain in February 2011. It decided to address the Organizing Committee for the athletics events on the proposal to make replacements to avoid overlapping. The QAAF has also decided to participate in the West Asian Championship for athletics for men and women in Syria during the period from 18 to 20 September 2010. The committee has been formed to manage the Olympic Day Festival to be held in October 7th, 2010 under the chairmanship of Mr. Adel Al Baker - Secretary-General and Mr. Yaqoub Yousif Abdalla - Member of the Board of Directors and Mr. Mariam Abdallah - Board Member, and  Dr. Jabbar Al-Kaabi - Technical Expert of the QAAF, Rashid Abdul Rahman Ansari, public relations officer of the QAAF.

The QAAF also discussed several topics related to administrative and technical aspects of the federation and taken the appropriate decisions.

 
At the end of the meeting His Excellency the QAAF President thanked His all the members of the Board of Directors and the staff for their efforts in the past sports season and wished the next season to be full of achievements for Qatar in international events like the world juniors championship that will be held in Canada or in the Asian Games in China or at the level of the organization of international tournaments, including the diamond league in 2011.