ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, July 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Police Sports Union Board of Directors has recently adopted its activity plan for the upcoming season 2014/2015 and identified the venues. The board also agreed to participate in the International Police Futsal Championship, which will be held during the period from 15 to 22 August in Jordan.

The Board of Directors had recently held a meeting headed by Major General Mohammed Khalfan Matar Al Rumaithi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, and President of the Police Sports Union; in the presence of Major General Mohammed Saeed Al Marri, Deputy President of the Police Sports Union, all members of the Union, and members of the board of directors at the Dubai Police Officers Club.

Major General Al Rumaithi congratulated the members for the success of the 2013/2014 sports season, extending his thanks and appreciation to their concentrated and steady efforts that contributed to the success of the Union’s competitions and championships. He also praised the cooperation of all entities and their keenness to organize the various sports events in a proper and honorable way for the police sports at both internal and external levels.

The Police Sports Union Board of Directors extended its thanks and gratitude to the police leadership for its unstinting and continuous support to the Union and sports in the police in order to attain achievements at the local, Arabic, and international levels; for their keenness to provide all means of success for the Union’s events; and for the UAE police members’ presence in these forums. The board also praised the unlimited cooperation with the national institutions and unions in the UAE.

The Technical committee headed by Brigadier Saleh Al Matroushi presented a proposal for the Union’s activity plan for the upcoming season that was approved by the board after assessing the Union’s activities and contests; and where the committee focused on activities that directly serve the police work, the police member’s health, and the attempt to let the largest possible number of police staff members participate in the Union’s activities.

The activity plan includes four main sections: the activities of the police’s headquarters and general directorates; the community-based sports events “the police and community”; the sports events’ activities for the Ministry of Interior’s staff members; and the self-defense activity for colleges, academies, centers, and police schools across the country. The program also includes establishing the Police Fitness and Challenge Tournament as well as organizing sports weeks for each police general headquarter.  

Moreover, the board adopted the recommendations of the Technical Committee regarding the outcome of the last season’s final meetings, which were held at the Federal Police School at Sharjah along with representatives of the police’s headquarters, general directorates, and the Permanent Committee for developing Shooting Tournaments; which have established a set of technical organizational points to develop the shooting competitions for the next championship.

Furthermore, the Board was briefed on the new formation of working committees at the Arab Police Sporting Federation which was recently approved by the Executive Office in Algeria. The board also commended the initiative of the Arab Union for its decision to award certificates of appreciation to the police’s champions in various Arab countries for their sports achievements. It also decided to address the Arab Union for what the UAE police’s champions have achieved at the Arab, GCC, and international levels.

For his part, the Secretary General of the Union gave a briefing about the results of the 3rd consultative meeting for GCC Presidents of Police Sports Unions, which was held in June at the General Secretariat in Riyadh.

The Board also mandated the Technical Committee to follow-up and supervise the International Police Futsal Championship which will be held in August in Jordan as well as establishing the National Team's coaching staff and setting its training and technical plan.

Concluding, the board apologized for not being able to participate in the International Police Beach Volleyball tournament in Brazil in November and the Ice Hockey World Cup in the Czech Republic in April 2015.

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