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The UAE National Golf Teams in Cairo ahead of the 2019 Pan Arab Golf Championship.
By Kent Gray
Brothers Rashed and Sultan Al Jassmy make up two-thirds of a new age-group team set to represent the UAE at the 20th Pan Arab Golf Championships beginning in Egypt on Tuesday.
The Arab Golf Federation (AGF) has introduced a U-13 boys division for the first time with the Al Jassmy siblings to be joined by Abdullah Al Suwaidi in the UAE team at Dreamland Golf Resort in Cairo for the *three-day championship.
While Al Suwaidi will be making his international debut, the Al Jassmy’s helped the UAE to a silver medal in the U-15 teams championship at the GCC Golf Championship. All three have earned the admiration of UAE National Team Manager and Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) Secretary-General Khalid Mubarak Al Shamsi for their hard prep work as part of EGF National Junior Development Program.
“By introducing the Boys 13 & Under Division this is showing how much the game of golf is growing in the region and across the Arab Nations,” said Al Shamsi. “The UAE is taken full advantage of this new division and we feel that our young boys will have a strong performance.” s
Reema Al Heloo, Alia Al Emadi, and Hamda Al Suwaidi will represent the UAE in what is the Ladies 11th edition of the Pan Arab Ladies Championship
Fresh from the Junior Asia-Pacific Golf Championship, Rashid Al Emadi spearheads the UAE U-18s alongside Khaled Al Mutawa and Rayan Al Maazmi. Mohamed Ahmad Makki and Hami Faqihinejad are both set for international debuts in the U-15 team headed by Obaid Al Heloo. Both the U-15 and U-18 divisions are celebrating their 20th edition in 2019.
“Our teams have been working hard over the summer and the past four month in preparation for this event,” Al Shamsi said. “We hosted a summer camp and multiple team qualifiers in order to select the best players to represent the UAE. This year is special for us, and the Arab Golf Federation. We have some new players and with the new division we are hoping to make our players’ families’ and the UAE proud.”
*The U-13s will be played over 36 holes with all other divisions over 54-holes. The championship has team and individual divisions with the top two gross scores out of three in each round counting towards the teams score. The individual category will be scored as the best individual gross score from each division.
