Program of HH the Amir Sword's Camel Racing Festival Announced

Doha, February 27 (QNA) - The Camel Racing Organizing Committee has issued the annual festival program of the purebred Arabian camel race on the sword of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for the 2022 season which contests will be held from March 19 to 31 at (Al Shahaniya and Al Basir) race tracks with 44 symbols and 276 cars allocated for the winners. Camel owners and lovers of heritage sports in Qatar are awaiting the launch of this grand final festival for the 2021-2022 season which includes 429 rounds. This year the festival will have awards for the value of 44 symbols, including 16 golden symbols for camels of Their Highnesses and Their Excellences the Sheikhs, and 28 silver symbols for tribesmen, most notably of which is the silver sword and the golden sword. The committee also allocated 276 cars as in-kind prizes for the winners of the first places, for which camels compete through 368 rounds for all age groups in the (Al Shahaniya) racetrack over the 13 days, in addition to the heritage camel race. It is well-known that the organizing committee for camel racing is keen to hold heritage camel races within the activities of major festivals, including the annual festival of the purebred Arabian camel race on the sword of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in order to preserve the heritage sport. This race always witnesses a high turnout of those wishing to participate, but this time there will be a difference, as two rounds (the Arab Union) and (the Sarha and Marawah Marathon) will be added to it to become five rounds instead of three for the age groups from 18 to 45 years for the human rider. 10 million and 500 thousand riyals were allocated for Al Hiyal open round, with 5 million riyals for the winner of the precious sword, 2.5 million riyals for the second place holder, one and a half million riyals for the third place, one million riyals for the fourth and 500 thousand for the fifth place. (QNA)