Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Sharjah men’s handball won the second championship this season, after winning the Vice President’s Cup, topping the final round of the championship, and winning the Super Cup for the fourth time, while the “King” leads the standings in the league alone, without a loss or a tie, to control the The men’s titles so far, which is the third championship for Sharjah at the club’s age level, after the Al Shabab team won the League Shield.
The “King” raised his score to 33 championships at the level of all local competitions, including 15 league titles, 8 titles for the President’s Cup, 4 Super Championships, 4 Emirates Cup, and two titles for the Vice President’s Cup, in addition to the UAE-Bahrain Super Cup once, and obtaining Bronze medal in the Asian Club Championship twice.
The title was not the only gain from the tournament, but also was a confirmation that the player base in the club is strong, after coach Hani Al-Fakharani hired a group of young people and pushed them, in the absence of 12 of the main players with the national team, in the Asian championship currently held in Dammam The team raised the slogan “Sharjah who attended”, to reveal a new group of players capable of achieving achievement and winning championships.
Ali Salem Al Midfa, Chairman of the Sharjah Club, stressed that the successes achieved by the club come from the concerted efforts of the work team in all departments, and by instilling the hero’s personality in the players, while providing all the requirements of sports teams, to achieve the titles registered in the name of the Sharjah Emirate and Club.
Muhammad Obaid Al-Hussan, Board Member of Sharjah Club, Head of Team Games Department, expressed his happiness with this achievement, which confirms the success of the handball system, in maintaining the continuity of generations and achieving titles, despite the absences in the team’s ranks, as the nature of the competition that took place without International players, the participation and emergence of young talents from the club’s sons.
Al-Hussan praised the performance of the technical, administrative and medical devices and the players, praising their high spirits and determination to win the precious championship.
Jassim Mohammed, a member of the Department of Team Games and supervisor of the Eastern Handball, said: This tournament proved that the “King” was present, and confirmed that the handball age sector is on the right path, by producing high-quality technical elements, capable of bearing the responsibility of defending the King’s emblem in the future. And maintain the lead of Sharjah in the UAE handball for years to come.
Ali Al-Marzouqi, director of the King Al-Sharqawi men’s team, explained that the team’s victory in the Vice-President’s Cup has a very special taste, and one of the best achievements of the Sharjah men during the last five seasons, because it represented a great challenge for the players, in the absence of 12 of the main international elements participating with « Al-Abyad” in the “Asian hand”, forcing the technical staff led by Hani Al-Fakharani to push players from the youth and youth teams to complete the team’s list, and despite that, the handball champions in the “King’s Castle” succeeded in winning the title, without defeat against fierce competitors and semi-complete ranks.
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