Bahrain Women’s Day 2017 set for sportsfest excitement

Manama : The lady footballers and basketball players of Bahrain are in for a treat on 1 st December as ‘The Bahrain Women’s Day Sportsfest 2017’, an exciting addition to the continued development of women’s sport in the Kingdom, gets set to play out at the Umm Al Hassam Sports Stadium.

The one day event, organized by Out of the Box to celebrate ‘Bahrain Women’s Day’, is being held under the patronage of Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, Chairperson of the Women’s Sport Committee of the Olympic Committee and President of the Bahrain Table Tennis Federation with the full support of the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC).

In this inaugural edition of what will hopefully become an annual event, teams will get the chance to compete in the fast paced sports of Futsal and 3-on- 3 Basketball for a range of trophies and great sponsor prizes; it is expected that 10 teams will battle it out for the Futsal title, while as many as 24 teams will shoot the hoops on the way to hopeful basketball success.

There will also be action away from the sports halls with display stands showcasing arts and crafts from a number of lady entrepreneurs, a range of children’s activities and food stalls.