Muscat,(ONA) - The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) has issued its annual book “Highlights 2019”, which displays and documents the Omani sports harvest for the past year within the framework of the general Olympic scene and the attendance, activities, plans of the Oman Olympic Committee and its implemented programs.

The book is located in one hundred and twenty-eight pages and is in both Arabic and English and in two formats, hard copy and electronic containing all the contents of the book.

The book “Highlights 2019” includes multiple chapters, namely the Oman Olympic Committee “Establishment, Vision, Mission and Goals” and the Olympic Committee programs for the year 2019 categorised according to the months of the year, in addition to the OCC Chairman’s. The book reviews the meetings held by the Board of Directors of the Olympic Committee in 2019, the meetings of the Executive Office of the Board of Directors, the ordinary general meeting held on April 18, 2019, and the general meeting to elect a new president for the committee.

The book devotes a chapter to the support and sponsorship agreement between Al Zubair Corporation and the Oman Handball Association and displays the sporting events held by the Olympic Committee at the Salalah Tourism Festival 2019, as well as the sports programs, courses and workshops implemented during the past year, in addition to the committee's participation in meetings, tournaments and competitions at the Gulf, continental and international levels.

The book also includes a detailed schedule of the achievements and programs implemented by the sports associations and committees in the Sultanate, along with monitoring the presence and activities of the supporting committees of the Board of Directors of the Oman Olympic Committee.

Khalid bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Oman Olympic Committee, said in the opening of the book: “This annual book is an opportunity for Oman Olympic Committee to communicate with the various bodies of the National Olympic Movement and with its partners from institutions and agencies working in sports. He adds, “If the aim of this yearbook is to document the activities carried out by the Oman Olympic Committee, it is at the same time a mean for recording the most important milestones, achievements, and events witnessed by Omani sports in 2019.”

The electronic version of the book “Highlights 2019” will be available on the Oman Olympic Committee website (www.ooc.om).

(ONA)