Muscat, December 3 (ONA) - The Oman Basketball Association (OBA) ended its visits to the Al-Suwaiq and Al-Kamil Wal-Wafi clubs, which came within the framework of joint coordination between the clubs and the OBA to discuss mechanisms to activate the game and the possibility of establishing centres for training youngsters and juniors and participating in various basketball competitions.

Asaad bin Mubarak Al-Hasani, Secretary-General of the Oman Basketball Association, appreciated the initiative of the Al-Suwaiq and Al-Kamil Wal-Wafi Clubs, who invited the OBA to visit to discuss aspects of joint cooperation in order to activate the game and expand the base of its participation in various competitions. He explained that the visits were positive, during which the possibility of establishing centres for the preparation of youngsters and juniors and providing technical and logistical support to these centres was discussed, in addition to identifying the most important difficulties facing the club and trying to overcome all difficulties and obstacles according to the capabilities available in the OBA to ensure the activation of basketball activity in those clubs.

He added that the clubs have a good ground for the start of the basketball game, and the OBA is making use of its technical and logistical capabilities to support it, explaining that Al-Kamil Wal-Wafi, which has recently been approved by the General Assembly of the OBA, expressed a great desire to start the game. The OBA will prepare a plan to open a training center for youngsters and juniors in the club, so that it will participate in the general league championship next season. The club also expressed its desire to participate in the junior league this season.

Asaad Al-Hasani explained that club visits will continue in order to discuss the activation of the game, and the next visit will be to Al-Khaboura club, as it is scheduled to take place on December 14. He will resume his visits to the clubs next year with the aim of creating an appropriate environment to activate the game of basketball, overcoming the difficulties facing the clubs and providing technical and logistical support for the continuity of basketball activity in the clubs affiliated with the OBA.

(ONA)