Omani School Sports Federation launches Student Athlete Development Centres

Muscat: The Omani School Sports Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, on Monday launched the Student Athlete Development Centres in schools across the Sultanate of Oman. The centres will focus on basketball, handball, athletics and hockey.

The ceremony was held under the patronage of Basil Ahmed Al Rowas, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth for Sports and Youth.

The centres are geographically distributed across educational governorates as follows:

· Al Dakhiliyah Governorate (3 centres): Athletics, Handball, and Basketball.

· Muscat Governorate (2 centres): Hockey and Athletics.

· South Al Batinah Governorate (2 centres): Handball and Basketball.

· Dhofar Governorate (2 centres): Athletics.

· North Al Batinah Governorate (1 centre): Athletics.

· A’Dhahirah Governorate (1 centre): Handball.