His Excellency Minister of Youth and Sports honors deaf chess champions 2019

Conclusion of the seventh round of the Refresher Chess Championship 2019

2019-11-15 -> 2019-11-18

His Excellency Mr. Hassan Mohamed Zaid, Minister of Youth and Sports attended this morning the closing ceremony of the activation of the Chess Championship for the Deaf 2019, which was held in the closed gym at Balqees Sports Club during the period: 15-18 / 11/2019.

At the closing ceremony, HE Zaid gave a speech in which he praised the General Federation of Deaf Sports and its leadership and deaf players and the achievements of the Federation and its players at the local and foreign levels.

Mr. Ahmed Abdul Khaleq Al Qamraa delivered a speech at the closing ceremony in which he thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Youth  Welfare Fund and the Disabled Welfare and Rehabilitation Fund for the attention and support they provide to the Yemeni deaf sport.

The President of the Federation pointed out in his speech that despite the political circumstances that the country is going through which prevented a number of provinces of the Republic from participating in the tournament, but we nevertheless challenged these circumstances and established this tournament and we will continue to hold tournaments for all sports games practiced by deaf young men and women And qualifying, training and preparing the players of the national teams of Deaf sports in preparation for external participation at the continental and global levels and to represent Yemen honorably and achieve sports achievements.

At the end of the ceremony, His Excellency the Minister of Youth and Sports honored the winners of the tournament in the first three places of the men's and women's categories with cups, medals and financial prizes.

Men Category ::

Walid Ahmed Hamdan (Secretariat) First place championship cup + gold medal + financial prize.

Zaid Ali Ahmed Al-Ashwal (Hodeidah) Second place silver medal + financial prize.

Ahmed Yahya Al Dhari (Secretariat) Third place Bronze medal + financial prize.

Ladies Category:

Siham Mohamed Kassem (Secretariat) First place tournament cup + gold medal + financial prize.

Sinai Mohamed Kassem (Secretariat) Second place silver medal + financial prize.

Manal Ali Saleh Al-Ashwal (Taiz) Third place Bronze medal + financial prize

were also honored the jury of the championship, the leadership of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Youth Welfare Fund, the Disabled Welfare and Rehabilitation Fund, senior guests and all those who contributed to the success of the tournament with certificates of appreciation.

Mr. Ahmed Abdul Khaleq Al Qomara honored the sponsor of the tournament, HE Mr. Hassan Mohamed Zaid, Minister of Youth and Sports.

Attended the honoring ceremony

Mr. Abbas Al-Madoumi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports

Mr. Mohammed Al-Ahjari, Secretary General of the Yemen Olympic Committee

Dr. Ali Nasser Mughali, Executive Director of the Fund for the Welfare and Rehabilitation of the Disabled

Mr. Abdulwahab Al-Hawani, Director General of Specific Activities at the Ministry of Youth

Mr. Abdul Karim Mufaddal, General Manager of Activities at the Youth, and Sports Welfare Fund

Mr. Yahya Qasem Sorour President of the Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Deaf and Mute in the Secretariat

Mr. Abdullah Bonyan, Director General of Special Needs in the Capital Municipality

Mr. Ahmed Abdul Khaleq Al Qamra, President of the General Union of Deaf Sports

Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Jahaf Secretary General of the Union

Mr. Ghamdan Mohammed Shamsan, Sports Supervisor at the Federation

Mr. Abdullah Al-Shawsh, President of the Chess Union Branch,

Mr. Hussein Obeid, Chairman of the Referees Committee

And a member of the Federation Mr. / Majed Al-Omeisi

 And the sign language interpreter in the Federation Mr. / Abdullah Abdulrahman Shamsan

And the financial accountant of the Union Mr. / Mohammed Aziz Jaadabi

After the end of the honoring activities, Mr. / Mohammed Al-Ahjari, Secretary General of the Yemen Olympic Committee, met with the deaf players and the President of the Federation at the headquarters of the Yemen Olympic Committee, where he praised the General Federation of Deaf Sports and the championship, which he set up in the light of the conditions experienced by the country and congratulated the winners  of the championship.

 President of the Federation thanked the Yemeni Olympic Committee and the Secretary General of the Yemeni Olympic Committee for their support to the Yemeni Deaf sports and the players.