Supreme Council for Youth and Sports deputy general secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar attended the first meeting of the newly-selected Bahrain Air Sports Federation at Grove Hotel in Amwaj, in Muharraq.

Chaired by board president Shaikh Salman bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, the meeting brought up a number of topics on the federation agenda as well as their need in order to carry out the coming programmes.

Shaikh Salman started the meeting by thanking Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Chairman, and BOC President, for his faith in the present board.

Shaikh Salman also expressed gratitude to the Bahrain Defence Force, the National Guard and the Interior Ministry for their continued support to the BASF.

On his part, Askar congratulated the new board on their appointments for the new electoral cycle, and affirmed the committee’s willingness to back the federation in accordance to the available sources to achieve its goals.

Also present were BASF vice-president Shaikh Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa, second vice-president Mohammed Malallah, Bahrain Military Sports Federation general secretary Noaman Al Hasan, technical director Mohammed Al Balooshi and board members Abdulla Mustafa, Khawla Al Hammadi, Khalid Al Zayed and Nawaf Al Sada.

Source : BNA