(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- The second leg of the fourth edition of the Mitsubishi Oman Handball School Championship kicked off at Sohar in North Batinah governorate recently. Prior to that, the first set of the matches was played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher where four schools from the Muscat governorate participated.
The Mitsubishi Oman Handball School Championship is being organised by Mitsubishi Oman, represented by General Automotive Company, in association with the Oman Handball Association (OHA). General Automotive Company, which is the official distributor for Mitsubishi vehicles in Oman, is a subsidiary of the Zubair Automotive Group, the flagship enterprise of the Zubair Corporation (Z-Corp).
Four schools from the North Batinah governorate participated in the championship. A group of referees accredited by the Omani Handball Federation supervised the matches.
Among the North Batinah governorate schools, while Ahmed bin Said School won the first place, the second place was won by Sheikh Abdullah bin Basher School. The third place was won by Abdullah bin Omer School and the fourth place went to Sheikh Khalfan Bin Jameel al Siyabi School.
The matches in connection with the fourth edition of the Mitsubishi Oman Handball School Championship will be held in schools in South Batinah governorate, Dakhliyah governorate, Dhofar governorate and Buraimi governorate over the next few days with Muscat governorate and North Batinah governorate already completing the matches.
Under the framework of augmenting public and private sector partnership Z-Corp has been backing all the activities of Oman Handball Association since it signed an agreement in October 2015.
Ibrahim al Salmi, assistant general manager, Corporate Communications, The Zubair Corporation, said, 'We are delighted that the over the years handball championship has achieved its objective of creating an interest in handball among young people. It has encouraged a lot of school children to take up the game of handball. Z-Corp has played a key role in sponsoring and developing sports in the sultanate by supporting professional and amateur sports organisation, sports clubs and competitions. The group has a strong commitment to supporting sports team, clubs and organisations across the sultanate.'
He added, 'We are pleased with response to the matches in the Muscat and North Batinah governorate. We are certain that we will receive an enthusiastic response in other governorates too.' So far, since the championship began, 420 players have participated in the Mitsubishi Oman Handball School Championship. Between January and April, championship matches were organised under the Mitsubishi Oman Handball School Championship in Muscat, Sohar, Nizwa and Sur. During the period, 15 teams comprising many players, coaches, supervisors and referees participated in the championship held.
Dr Said bin Ahmed al Shehri, chairman of the Oman Handball Association, said, 'The number of students who participated in the second leg of the championship is about 52 players distributed among four teams. The championship has witnessed success due to the constant efforts and cooperation of Zubair Corporation, Mitsubishi, Oman Handball Association, Ministry of Education and local schools. We are extremely grateful that a group like The Zubair Corporation is supporting our association. Z-Corp commitment and support has given an enormous boost to development of handball in Oman.'
In January 2018, Z-Corp extended support to Oman Handball Association to organise a school tournament at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
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