New pioneering training
programme to encourage Emirati women shooters to be launched soon
The Fazza Championship for Shooting in Nad Al-Sheba has attracted a
strong representation of women shooters from the GCC with a total of 15
competitors including a large number of Kuwaitis. Increasing numbers of women
are taking up these traditional activities that were in the past totally
dominated by men.
The championship organisers have also
announced plans to encourage more Emirati women to take up the sport with a
proposal in place to establish an exclusive training program for women in the
near future.
Explaining the new initiative, Sheikh
Ahmed bin Mohammad bin Hasher Al Maktoum, Olympic shooter and Head of the
Organising Committee of the Fazza Championship for Shooting in the Schuetzen
Category said: “Despite the strong number of women participants this year, we
still do not have a programme designed to attract more women who would like to
take up the sport at a professional level.
“As a result we have been exploring
the idea of initiating an exclusive training program led by a professional
trainer to train Emirati women in the art of weaponry and hope to announce the
programme in the coming months.”
Emirati shooter Fatimah Mohammed Ali
has been a professional shooter for four years and is the only woman from the
UAE participating as a member of the Nad Al-Sheba (NAS) team.
She says: “I enjoy professional
shooting and have a dream of representing my country at the local and
international level. Professional shooting is filled with the element of
challenge and it is very rewarding to share a competitive platform with men.
The shooters at this Championship are extremely motivated which gives the
competition an even more exciting dimension.”
Now in its
fifth year, the Fazza Championship for Shooting has been attracting interest
from across the Arab world, including the neighbouring GCC, Lebanon, Syria and
Egypt. A total of 200 participants enrolled this year, with Kuwaiti and Emirati
participants competing in a fiercely competitive and professional manner
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