JUBAIL: Mu’ayyad Al-Rashidi won the men’s singles and Haya Al-Mami won the women’s singles at the Saudi Coastal Rowing Championships at Darin Beach in Jubail, which ended on Tuesday.
The event, organized by the Saudi Rowing Federation, attracted 46 male and female competitors, competing in nine different categories.
The two days of action were aimed at promoting the sport and discovering athletes with championship caliber.
In other results, Israa Qadri and Turki Al-Arif took first place in the mixed doubles.
Rad’an Al-Dosari triumphed in the under 23 youth singles, while Abdullah Al-Mami won the under 19 junior singles title.
Al-Jazi Al-Ibrahim took first place in the under 19 girls’ singles and Shams Abu Al-Ainain won the under 17 girls’ singles.
Ahmed Al-Qahtani and Dhari Al-Enezi snatched victory in the under 17 junior doubles.
Ali Husain Alireza, chairman of the board of the Saudi Rowing Federation, and Dha’ar bin Shuja’a Al-Mutairi, director-general of support services at the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, attended the event.
Alireza praised the outstanding technical level of the championship and congratulated the winners on their achievements.
He said that the championship represented an important step in promoting rowing, expanding the base of practitioners in the Kingdom and contributing to the discovery of promising champions.
