Dubai Traditional Rowing Race - Heat 2

Registration closes today for the second round of the Dubai Traditional Rowing Race 30ft which is organized by Dubai International Marine Club tomorrow at Dubai Water Canal within the current sports season 2022-2023.

The upcoming race on Saturday is important for the boat owners, captains, and sailors as it represents the final stage of the qualifying rounds for the top 20 boats to compete in the 26th edition of the Al Maktoum Cup Traditional Rowing Race (30ft).

In the first round of the competition for the Dubai Traditional Rowing Race (30ft) which took place last October, Al Asifa (36) won first place in the Local Category while the boat KHK (54) from the Kingdom of Bahrain won the Open Category.

The upcoming race will bring together 40 boats that will compete in two categories such as the Local and the Open Category.

The registration procedure started off early this week and will be until today prior to the race on Saturday. Yesterday, the committee held an online briefing with the racers to discuss prior the race instruction, course and the schedule led by the Race Director, Mohamed Al Marri.

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The upcoming race will be held on Saturday in Dubai Water Canal towards the entrance to Dubai Creek Harbor opposite of the Wildlife Sanctuary with a race distance of 2.7 KM as per the race course. 

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The Dubai Traditional Rowing Race (30ft) started way back 1996-1997 when the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum directed the implementation of this race  held for the first time on 7^th of March 1997 with the participation of 15 boats and hailed as the winner is boat no. 2 Fateh Al Maeen skippered by Khalifa Ali Al Nezr.  

Intense competition for the 40 boats today in the second round of the Dubai Traditional Rowing Race which is organized by Dubai International Marine Club under the current sports season 2022-2023.

The race will start at 3’o clock in the afternoon and will be divided into two halves the local category and the open category which consist of the national institution and companies.

The crew of boat no. 36 Al Asifa, owned by Hamdan Saeed Jaber and led by Badr Abdul Hakim Mohammed Thani, continues its brilliance in the Dubai Traditional Rowing Race -30ft by achieving first place in the first & final round of the 2022-2023 Championship which was successfully organized by Dubai International Marine Club last Saturday. 

On the Open Category, the boat Oman 44  from the Oman Marine Sports Committee, which is led by Hamid bin Salem Al Bahri, regained first place in the second round of the race up against the elite boats from the GCC countries and National Institutions. 

Results:

Local Category: 1- Al Asifa (36), 2- Atlas (39), 3- Dalma Marine (7), 4- Ras Al Khaimah (45), 5- Dubai (5), 6- Al Baz (43), 7- Dubai (51), 8- Al Shehhi (50), 9- Al Tarf (80), 10- Ras Al Khaimah (28)

Open Category: 1- Oman (44), 2- Oman (96), 3- F3 (89), 4- Victorious (53), 5- Fish Farm (87), 6- From Jumeirah (4), 7- KHK (54), 8- Al Mataf (46) 9- Dubai Police (3), 10- Dubai Police (30)