The popular annual Nasser Bin Hamad Marine Heritage Sports Season launched last month has been a success so far, according to a top official.
The eighth, and largest, edition of the initiative, featuring a wide range of traditional maritime competitions – such as swimming, pearl diving, breath-holding, sea-chanting, rowing and fishing – has witnessed a record 300-plus participants of various age groups and communities from Bahrain and the GCC.
“This reflects the popularity of the event, which has become a prominent annual station on the marine sports calendar,” said competitions director Ahmed Al Shamlan in a statement.
He praised the organisational success of the season which concludes in November.
During the first half of this year’s season, the open water swimming competition and the Al Hayer contest for the extraction of oysters – named after Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa – marked a successful start that showcased the high level of preparedness that the Bahrain Inherited Traditional Sports Committee (Mawrooth) has been keen on since day one, said Mr Al Shamlan.
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