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The Dubai International Marine Club will organize on Friday the Dubai Stand Up Paddling Race (We Paddle for Hatta) for the first time in Hatta Dam Lake. The event is in cooperation with the Dubai Sports Council and in coordination with Hatta Adventure, Hatta Kayak, Emirates SUP and Surf Committee.
The organization of the said event comes within the club new season 2020-2021 and as part of the continuous cooperation between the Dubai Sports Council which prepared various sporting and community event for men and women in the Hatta Region in cooperation with Hatta Adventure Company that began last 23rd of October and will continue until the 8th of January next year. It’s expected that the great participation and interaction from the various sector of the society will attracts attention in the picturesque view of Hatta Dam Lake wherein the participants will compete for the Stand Up Paddling Race.
The club announced last Thursday the opening of the registration to participate in the "We Paddle for Hatta" event thru the club official website and as per the event timetable it will start at 2:00 PM. The participants are expected to complete the registration procedure and attend the briefing prior to the start of the competition.
The Hatta Dam Lake will witness a huge competition between three categories such as for men, women and junior (from ages 12 to 16 years old). The participation for the event is open to all, to give opportunity to the community to enhance and highlights new talents in this stunning location. The organizing committee reminded the participants to bring their own board and the Kayak to be provided by Hatta Kayak.
Mohammed Hareb , the CEO of the Dubai International Marine Club welcomed all the participants in this big event which will be held for the first time in Hatta Dam Lake which is a famous spot for kayak and rowing and other watersports.
He thanked the Dubai Sports Council , the Hatta Adventure, Hatta Kaya for the great cooperation in accomplishing a major event that included in the list of community sporting event that the Council will organize from this month until January next year.
Mohammed Hareb said that the StandUp Paddling Race begun to take place on the marine sports calendar of the club during the Dubai Watersports Summer Week which was held in Kite Beach last June which became popular due to the large number of participations and for the second event was held last August in the Burj Khalifa Water Lake in front of the famous dancing water.
The Dubai International Marine Club was happy and excited to organize the Dubai StandUp Paddling Race (We Paddle for Hatta) for the first of kinds in the Hatta Dam Lake with a stunning view of the Hatta area. The club aims to widespread the concept of the watersports and its activities in the emirates one of tourist attraction.
The Dubai International Marine Club continues its preparations to organize the Standup Paddling Race (We Paddle for Hatta) on Friday within the calendar of marine sports season 2020-2021, which is hosted for the first time in Hatta Dam Lake.
The club is organizing the upcoming event in cooperation with Dubai Sports Council and in coordination with the Hatta Adventure Company, Hatta Kayak, Emirates SUP and Surf Committee and as well as the government department and national institution in the city of Hatta in which it will anticipate the large number of participants in an event that brings together the marine sports and standup paddling enthusiast.
The club has already received a huge numbers of participation for the upcoming race wherein last Thursday they announced the opening of registration for those who would like to participate in 3 different categories such as for men with 3km race distance, for women with 3km race distance and for the junior (boys & girls ) with 1km race distance.
The committee found a great response when it comes to the registration wherein it reach more than 40 in first hours as they are excited in this new challenge (We Paddle for Hatta )which is to be held in Hatta for the first time.
As per the event schedule, the race will start at 2:00 PM on Friday and prior to that is the completion of the registration procedure for all the participants followed by the race briefing with the organizing committee and the Technical Committee from Emirates SUP and Surf Association. The thrill and excitement continues as the competition starts on Friday and ends with the awarding ceremony for all the winners of the race.
The organizing committee of the Stand up paddling "We Paddle for Hatta" to be held for the first time at Hatta Dam Lake announced the allocation of AED100,000 total prize money for the participants.
The activities will be held tomorrow , organized by Dubai International Marine Club in cooperation with the Dubai Sports Council in cooperation with Dubai Sports Council and in coordination with the Hatta Adventure Company, Hatta Kayak, Emirates SUP and Surf Committee and as well as the government department and national institution in Hatta.
The Hatta Dam Lake will host today the StandUp Paddling Race "We Paddle for Hatta" organized by the Dubai International Marine Club under the marine sports season 2020-2021, to be held for the first time in the picturesque place of Hatta at 2:00 in the afternoon.
The event is held today in conjunction with the launching of the Dubai Fitness Challenge and in cooperation with the Dubai Sports Council and in coordination with the Hatta Adventure Company, Hatta Kayak, Emirates SUP and Surf Committee and as well as the government department and national institution in the city of Hatta in which it will anticipate the large number of participants today in an event that brings together the marine sports and standup paddling enthusiast.
The organizing committee of the Dubai International Marine Club completed all the preparations for the success of the event today in which the race will kick off at 2:00 PM in the afternoon and prior to that the participants need to complete the registration procedure then followed by the race briefing to explain the race course and the sequence of the event for men , women and junior.
The organizing committee of the event allocated a total prize money of 100 thousand dirhams to be distributed among the winners of the event wherein the men will have a 3km race distance, women category with 3km distance and the junior (boys & girls) with 1km race distance. The committee will also handover medals in coordination with the Dubai Sports Council for the top achiever in the race.
Mohammed Hareb, the CEO of the club said that organizing the Standup Paddling race which will be held for the first time in Hatta, comes inline with the historical role played by the Dubai International Marine Club which was established since 1988, which strives to promote to all the areas of Dubai and the Tourist attraction which comes with the beauty of the nature in the mountains and the calm water of the lake that will be seen in today's event.
He pointed out that today's event coincides with the launching of the Dubai Fitness Challenge in its fourth session which is an annual fitness festival invites everyone to complete 30 minutes of activity every day, for 30 days. He said that the organizing committee will give its full effort to implement the precautionary measures issued by the national authorities. He wishes all the best for the participants in today's event.
The CEO of the Dubai International Marine Club revealed that the registration process witnessed a great turnout by fans of this sport, which has become a widespread sport in the country due to its ease and availability everywhere to practice and was seen during the event "We Paddle for Dubai" last June and August.
The city of Hatta witnessed last Friday the beat of the Paddling rhythm with a huge participation in the Stand Up and Kayak Race that creates a wonderful picturesque scenery in the Hatta Dam Lake with its surrounding mountain range during the event "We Paddle For Hatta"
The big event is organized by the Dubai International Club and was held for the first time in this place in conjunction with the launching of the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2020. And with the cooperation between the club and the Dubai Sports Council and in coordination with the Dubai Police General Headquarters, Dubai Municipality (Hatta Center), Hatta Adventure Company, Hatta Kayak, Emirates SUP and Surf Committee.
The festival was one of its kind in Hatta and have witnessed a great interest among the officials, with the remarkable attendance and participation of Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, , Chairman of the Emirates Kiteboarding Association (EKA) and the presence of His Excellency Sultan Muhammad bin Sheikh Mejren, President of the Federation Emirates Weightlifting.
The event was followed up and supervised by Mohammed Hareb, the CEO of the Dubai International Marine Club, Lieutenant Colonel Ali Al Naqbi, Head of the Marine Rescue Department at Dubai Police, and Khalfan Majid Al Badwawi, the owner and founder of Hatta Adventure Company, and Ali Al Badwawi from Dubai Municipality, Hatta City Center.
The competition in the Hatta witnessed 6 different races both for men, women and junior, four of them for Stand up Paddling Race and the two is for Kayak Race.
The most prominent participation of Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Emirates Kiteboarding Association (EKA) who took the third place in the Men Short Distance Category for Stand Up Paddling along with Mohammed Obaid Al Mansoori who won the first place and the second place for Sebastian Skoros.
While in the women in the same category the winner is Ismail Soha for the first place and next to her is Rochelle Buyugawan. For the junior category the first place was taken by Mikolaj Franciszek, second place is Fryderyk Szczesny and on the third spot is Abdullah Hassan Al Ali. For the men in long distance the winner is Shane Potaka against the second placer Al Mukhtar Murad and the third place goes to Mohamed Zied Berriri.
For the Kayak Race the winner in Men's Category is Frederico Radici and for the second place Daniel Harrisson and on the third spot is Mohamed Omar Karim. In the women category taking over the first place is Ann Schwandt, second place Tan Weichi and third place Natalie Conarty.
Results :
Stand Up Paddling
Kayak Race
KAYAK COMPETITION – MALE - Frederico Radici
