Corporate Abu Dhabi
teams-up for Play For Life 2013
Play for Life - Football 2013
ICLDC’s Annual Football Tournament
Nightly from 7pm, October 6-10
Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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More than 200 players from leading organisations in UAE will come together for
the sixth Play for Life - Football 2013 tournament kicking off this Sunday at
Zayed Sports City’s Grand Stadium (October 6-10, nightly).
Event
organiser, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), confirmed that the
annual tournament will see 12 teams across three
groups compete in seven-a-side matches. The Play for Life final is slated for
October 10.
Under
the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Play for Life is
part of ICLDC’s public health awareness campaign, ‘Diabetes-Knowledge-Action’
promoting a balanced diet and regular exercise as the smart, simple steps to
achieving a healthy lifestyle.
Carol
Sansour Dabdoub, Marketing and Communications Manager, and Campaign Director at
ICLDC said: “The campaign is involved in many activities and through our
annual football tournament the goal is to help encourage corporate executives
to consider a positive, long lasting embrace of exercise.”
This
year, Abu Dhabi’s Cleveland Clinic is on-board as the tournament’s gold sponsor
and is fielding a team for the first time.
Meanwhile,
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), the food and agriculture organisation
is another tournament first timer and is this year’s silver sponsor.
“ICLDC’s
‘Diabetes-Knowledge-Action’ has achieved tremendous success in creating
awareness of healthy lifestyle in UAE. As a socially conscious organisation, we
are thrilled to be aligned with Football 2013 and do our bit to help encourage
wellbeing in the workplace,” said Saaed
Jassem Mohammad, ADFCA’s Acting Director, Communication and Community Service.
Dabdoub
added that the tournament has brought notable change among the players and
participants since its launch in 2008, with past participants reporting
significant success in maintaining a more active lifestyle after taking part.
According
to the latest figures, more than 371 million people worldwide are living with
diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation suggests that the condition
affects 18.9 per cent of the UAE population, placing the Emirates eleventh
worldwide.
Play for Life - Football 2013
§
Nightly
from 7pm, October 6-10 2013 at Zayed Sports City.
§
12
teams divided into four groups to compete in seven-a-side matches, each lasting
30 minutes.
§
Round-robin
format.
§
The
final will be played on October 10, with the awarding of:
§ Winner’s Cup
§ Player of the Tournament
§ Top Goal Scorer
§ Best Goalkeeper
EXTRA NEWS
BITE –
300 To Walk Around Zayed Sports City On Sunday Evening
Diabetes-Knowledge-Action is going all out to get the UAE walking
more as more than 300 people are expected to join a walk around the stadium on
first day of Play for Life–Football 2013 at the capital’s Zayed Sports City,
October 6 at 6pm. Football 2013 is organised by Imperial College London
Diabetes Centre, and supported by Cleveland Clinic as the event’s gold sponsor,
with sliver support from Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority.
EXTRA NEWS BITE –
17,000 Expected To Join Walk
2013 In November
Play
for Life 2013 takes place a month ahead of the ICLDC’s flagship event, Walk 2013 powered by Active Life from Daman.
Walk 2013 will take place at Yas Marina Circuit on November 15, with more than
17,000 participants expected to pace up to five kilometres
around the F1 track, clocking up more than 60,000,000 steps!
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