Khaled Al Sulaiteen, Acting President of Aspire Zone Foundation and Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Vice Chairman and CEO of (Qatar Petrochemical Company) QAPCO, during an agreement signing ceremony at Aspire Academy yesterday. QAPCO will be the official sponsor of Aspire Zone’s five-a-side indoor tournament which will begin on January 10 and will end on February 8. RIGHT: Former indoor football player Mohammed Eissa Al Kubaisi.
Doha: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) yesterday sealed a partnership with QAPCO (Qatar Petrochemical Company) that will see it become the official sponsor of Aspire Zone’s five-a-side indoor tournament.
The tournament will begin on January 10, with final due to take place on February 8, ahead of Qatar’s National Sports Day.
The partnership agreement was signed at a press conference attended by Khaled Al Sulaiteen, Acting President of Aspire Zone Foundation, Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Vice Chairman and CEO of QAPCO, Abdullah Al Muhannadi President of the Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee at the Qatar Football Association, and retired indoor football player Mohammed Eissa Al Kubaisi, who now serves as coach of the Al Sadd Indoor Team.
The tournament will see the participation of 48 teams representing a myriad of organisations from all over Qatar including major public entities, private companies, banks, ministries as well as embassies.
“We are all proud of QAPCO’s achievements, especially those in the sports and social arenas which have set the standard for constructive social responsibility programmes, and I am honored to welcome one of Qatar’s key national manufacturers to the host of organisations supporting thistournament,” Al Sulaiteen said.
“The tournament is one of many initiatives undertaken by AZF in its mission to offer unique activities that promote a healthy lifestyle among all sectors in the community, as it involves teams representing everyone from government entities to NGOs and charities. We have looked to be as inclusive as possible, especially as we come closer to celebrating Qatar National Sports Day 2014,” he added.
QAPCO official Al Mulla said: “It’s an honour to be sponsoring Aspire Zone’s five-a-side championship. For the last eight years, we have made a concentrated effort to promote healthy lifestyles by encouraging residents to play sports. For example, this year we launched the QAPCO Sports Club in Messaieed. A dedicated recreational area, it boasts a range of sporting facilities for the local community. This football tournament further demonstrates QAPCO’s ongoing mission of promoting sports to all members of the community,” he added.
The opening match will honour Al Kubaisi, former captain of Al Sadd and the Qatari National Indoor Team, who thanked AZF and QAPCO for their support of the increasingly popular sport. The winning team is set to receive a monetary award of QR75,000 while the first and second runners up are set to receive awards of QR 50,000 and QR25,000 respectively.
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