Kuwait Tennis Federation honours outstanding players

KUWAIT: Under the patronage and presence of President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, KTF held a dinner in honor of professional players and international referees, who participated in the Futures Kuwait International Tennis Professionals tournament 2016, which was held in the period October 30 until November 19, which saw a large participation by players from all over the world, including several Kuwaiti players. Kuwait National team members who won the gold medal in the U16 and the silver medal in the U12 in the Gulf Championship that was held earlier in Qatar were also honored.

They are Fuad Behbehani, Essa Qabazard, Bader Antar and Ali Al-Shatti in the U16 team. Yacoub Mohammad, Mohammad Al-Shatti, Abdel Razzaq Abdal, Suleiman Al-Duwaisan, Hussein Al-Shatti for the U12 team. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber welcomed those present, and emphasized the success of the championship and lauded the participation of National team members and the foreign players. He also lauded the distinguished performance of Kuwait’s Abdallah Maqdis, adding that he along with his colleague Mohammad Al-Ghareeb are examples that others should follow in order to make major achievements. Sheikh Ahmad thanked the Public Authority for Sports and its Director General Sheikh Ahmad Al- Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah for supporting and sponsoring all KTF activities