BOC honour sports federations

Manama : Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) yesterday honoured three sports federations for successfully hosting international championships recently.

The handball, golf and maritime sports federations were presented with special awards in appreciation to their efforts in organising their respective events in 2016.

BOC general secretary Abdulrahman Askar welcomed representatives of the sports federations and commended their programmes and plans. Askar also conveyed the gratitude of personal representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee president, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the federations and his best wishes for them in the future.

Bahrain Maritime Sports Association president Shaikh Khalifa bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Bahrain Handball Association president Ali Isa Isaaqi and Bahrain Golf Federation vice-president Ali Al Nuaimi were also present.