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World endurance race in Bahrain |
BAHRAIN will host the Juniors and Young Riders World Endruance Championship in 2005. Bahrain singed a contract in this connection with the world endurance governing body FEI yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel. Honorary president of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Ian Williams of FEI signed the contract. Growing "Endurance sport in Bahrain is growing rapidly and by hosting the world championship next year we will cross another milestone," said Shaikh Nasser. "Bahraini riders are putting in a lot of effort at training and that is being reflected in the encouraging results we have had recently. "We train on different horses, spend a lot of time improving in every aspect of the game. But we still have a lot of hard work to do," added Shaikh Nasser who is also the captain of the Royal Team which includes Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Shaikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Italy, Britain and France were also in the running to host the 2005 championship but Bahrain was awarded the rights because of the keen interest shown by them, added Williams. "We look into the popularity and maturity of the sport in a particular region before awarding the rights to host a major event," said Williams. General Organisation for Youth and Sports president Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and BREEF committee head Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa were also present on the occasion. |
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Endurance riders set for challenge |
Local stables are getting ready for the Bahrain International Open Endurance Championship which starts on Thursday at 5.45am at the endurance village. The championship is being organised by Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) and sponsored by Batelco. Registration is open for the event which covers a distance of 120 kilometres divided into five phases. The event is open to all categories of horses that includes juniors, adults and qualifiers. Veterinary tests for the horses must be completed before the races begin with the first three phases covering 20 kilometres each and the fourth and fifth 30 kilometres each. |
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Cash bonanza for top 10 riders |
Cash prizes will be given away to the top 10 finishers of the Bahrain International Open Endurance Championship, according to directives of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) president Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. The championship, which begins tomorrow at 5.45am at the endurance village, is being organised by Breef and sponsored by Batelco and will be held for three categories - a 120km race for seniors, an 80km qualifying race and a 60km qualifying race. The winner of the 120km race, which will be divided into five stages, will be richer by BD3,500, with BD2,500 going to the second placed rider, and third-place finisher getting BD2,000. The prize money for the other seven places are as follows: BD1,500 (4th), BD1,300 (5th), BD1,100 (6th), BD1,000 (7th), BD800 (8th), BD700 (9th) and BD600 (10th). BREEF committee head Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa added that other cash prizes have also been allocated to riders who complete the following distances - BD300 for 120km, BD200 (85km) and BD150 (60km). The event is open to all categories of horses that included juniors, adults and qualifiers. Veterinary tests for the horses must be completed before the race begins with the first two stages covering 30km each, the third 25km, fourth 20km and the final stage 15km. Stables in the kingdom have made their preparations for the event with 40 riders representing 20 stables taking part in the 120km event for adults including Royal Endurance Team, Al Khalidiyah stable, Al Talia stable, Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid AL Khalifa, Ahmed Al Fateh stable, Al Asayel Stable, Bahrain Riding School, Ministry of Interior and many others. Ten riders will be taking part in the 80km qualifying race and 21 taking the start in the 60km race. |
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