DOHA: In its fifth week of competitions the Qatar Schools Olympic Programme (SOP) under the theme of ‘Sport and Integrity’, has seen a great number of participants as the basketball and volleyball competition got off to a great start this week.
Earlier this week Huzam Mohammed Al Homaidani, the Headmaster of Al Razi Preparatory School for Boys, described the SOP as a productive project helping the students to develop their skills and using their energy in a positive way.
“Since the first edition of the prestigious programme until the current seventh edition, our students interacted positively with the SOP events and objectives and showed an overwhelming response to the values of the programme,” said Al Homaidani.
The seventh edition of SOP is dedicated to spreading the values of integrity in sport and sees the collaboration of many organisations in Qatar who share the same values such at the Save the Dream initiative, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and the Qatar Anti-Doping Laboratory.
Schools in Doha will continue to compete against one another including basketball, volleyball and a number of other competitions.
The SOP is an annual programme being organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the Supreme Education Council (SEC) in cooperation with the Qatar School Sports Federation and Qatar Paralympic Committee.
The partners of the seventh edition are the Ministry of Interior, ICSS, the Qatar National Anti-Doping Commission, and the Anti-Doping Laboratory, Qatar. The event is being staged under the patronage of Maersk Oil Qatar, sponsors of SOP for three years.
SOP came in response to the prestigious initiative of the Emir and President of QOC, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in an attempt to link sports activities with others, besides encouraging school students to practise sport which will be an integral part of their daily life.THE PENINSULA
