The Amiri Guard Celebrates the State's Sports Day

Doha, February 09 (QNA) - Under the auspices of Commander of the Amiri Guard Major General Hazza bin Khalil Al Shahwani, the Amiri Guard held a number of sporting activities in the outdoor sports field in Barzan camp, in celebration of the state's national day for 2021. A number of commanders of the Amiri Guard participated in the activities, and leaders and officers of departments and groups. This year's sporting activities focused on individual sports like walking, running, paddling, and horseback riding, in line with the precautionary measures for doing sports that were set by the Sports Day committee, which were in accordance to the Ministry of Public Health's protocols. The sports day activities committee of the Amiri Guard was keen to prepare the outdoor playgrounds to suit the individual physical activities, in order to take into account the implementation of all the necessary preventive measures. The activities started early in the morning on the outdoor fields, where the staff of the Amiri Guard conducted warm-up exercises in preparation for the start of the sporting activity. then after that they practiced walking and light jogging on the side of the grass field while adhering to safe distancing to limit physical contact between them. The Amir Guard participates in celebrating Sports Day along with the different state authorities, which was launched in Qatar 10 years ago. The Amiri Guard, through the sports activities it organizes, aims to enhance the state's message of increasing awareness on the importance of physical activity. Physical activity in the Amiri Guard is considered one of the main pillars used to raise the level of physical fitness of its members, as it is a fundamental and important pillar of training and rehabilitation plans, and one of the important elements that help individuals renew physical and mental activity. (QNA)