Bahraini sportswomen achievements praised

Manama, Jan. 3 (BNA): Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Ayman bin Tawfeeq Almoyyed received the Secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports and Secretary-general of Bahrain Olympic Committee, Abdulrahman Askar, and Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, Member of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports, Member of Bahrain Olympic Committee, and Chairperson of Women Sports Committee. They discussed the cooperation between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Bahrain Olympic Committee, and the means of unification of efforts to achieve the directives of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee, within the national programme initiatives to develop the youth and sports sector commensurate with "Bahrain: the Capital of Youth and Sports". They reviewed means of supporting women sports to achieve the aspired status for women in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the joint mechanism of cooperation on development of women’s role in the youth and sports arenas to identify the challenges facing women and means of overcoming the challenges via preset strategy by the Ministry and BOC. Shaikha Hayat presented several proposals aimed to develop more effective women athletics. The minister affirmed the importance of concerted efforts between the ministry and BOC to revitalize women’s sports in harmony with the directives of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, to make women sports among the priorities in the upcoming period. Almoayyed praised the tremendous efforts of Shaikh Hayat bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifa in caring for Bahraini sportswomen and their advancement to overcome the challenges facing them in addition to her selfless voluntary work in building a promising generation of young sportswomen and providing them with optimum physical education to achieve more outstanding athletic feats.