General Authority of Sports and UAE Volleyball Association discuss adoption of governance promotion agendas

H.E Sheikh Suhail Bin Butti Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the General Sports Authority, met with high-ranking officials of the UAE Volleyball Association to discuss the Association’s strategy and future agendas to improve the game of volleyball in the UAE. H.E Abdullah Al Darmaki, President of the UAE Volleyball Association (UAE VBA) Board; Osama Qarqash, Vice president of UAE VBA; Jamal Al Matroushi, Vice President for Internal Representation; and Abdulaziz Salman, Secretary General of the Association; in the presence of Abdulaziz Al Hossan Al Shamsi, Managing Director of Competitive Sports, were present at the meeting. The meeting saw the officials explore means to improve the national team’s performance in order to enable them to achieve more victories in regional and international championships.

Furthermore, discussions were held on strategies to promote governance in administrative work, increase the number of championships for all categories, development of beach volleyball, encouraging competitiveness of volleyball clubs, and the expansion of collaboration with government and private entities.

H.E. said: “We support the efforts by the association in outlining the future strategy and agenda for promoting administrative governance in the field of volleyball in the UAE. These efforts fall in line with the   government’s vision for the sector and the General Sports Authority’s aspirations in this regard, with governance being one the key pillars. We are committed to supporting the Association’s goals to encourage competitiveness in the field and improve our national team’s performance, thereby enabling them to secure more victories.”

He added: “We laud the Association’s efforts to develop mechanisms to discover and promote sports talent in the country. We look forward to its future collaborations with various governmental and private entities to ensure the popularity of this game amongst our youth and its continuing prominence in the UAE’s sports and games scene.”

H.E. Abdullah Al Darmaki said: “The Association has established a collaborative mechanism with sports clubs to explore and train more talents. We also aspire to host international beach volleyball championships in the upcoming years capitalizing on the possibilities offered by the UAE’s numerous beaches, adding more value to the country’s reputation as a destination capable of hosting leading global sports events.

The Association further highlighted a study-based on a quadrilateral analysis of volleyball practice in the UAE, which analyses challenges, opportunities, strength and weaknesses. The Association emphasised the importance of developing young talents by increasing the number of games in this category, in addition to the fixed calendar that helps national clubs organise their work to achieve better participation in all championships.

The General Authority of Sports strives to promote sports and games talents in the UAE and raise generations that are physically and technically equipped to contribute to the strengthening of national teams by helping them secure more victories locally and globally.