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UAE National Sports Day

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Zayed Cricket Stadium plays official host for Abu Dhabi’s celebrations with 47 free activities and demonstrations for all.

UAE Sports day

UAE National Sports Day will be celebrated on Thursday March 7th 2019, where the focus will be on everything sports and fitness related. Everyone from children to seniors will be invited to participate for free, as Abu Dhabi continues the sporting season with some fun activities and demonstrations.

The event is one of the biggest in Abu Dhabi’s community calendar and this year will be held at Zayed Cricket Stadium located in Khalifa City A. On UAE National Sports Day, the stadium will be showcasing over 40 different sporting activities, with everything from Jiu Jitsu and Archery to Taekwondo and Football.

UAE National Sports day will run from 9:00 until 23:00, with the UAE Walk for Tolerance 2019 taking place at 9.30am which will see VIPs and dignitaries in attendance. The 2.5 km walk will take guests around Abu Dhabi Cricket’s impressive facilities with members of the public encouraged to join in.

Skydive Dubai will be offering an adrenaline fix on the day, encouraging spectators to ‘look up’ as they fly from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and jump from their plane right into the stadium.

Throughout the day attendees will be able to perfect their footie skills with a penalty shoot-out from PASS Abu Dhabi, get their skates on to learn how to play roller hockey with Roll on Wheels Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Ice Sports Club, or if they fancy being a modern-day Robin Hood there are also archery lessons on offer from Ada’ Archery Range.

For guests who prefer more skill based challenges, they can take part the Touch Rugby ‘Hit the target’skills test organized by Middle East Touch, Human chess from Abu Dhabi Chess and Culture Club where challengers can attempt to beat the chess master, or enter the Capital Netball – Netball stars’20 skills’ challenge.

Included on the day will also be demonstrations of Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball) from the Filipino Expatriates Sepak Takraw Association, Muay Thai/Kickboxing from the UAE Muay Thai & Kickboxing Federation and the Equestrian vs K9 Jump Off challenge which will see horses from the Dhabian Equestrian Club and Dogs from the Abu Dhabi Police K9 unit competing against each other.

The females of Abu Dhabi will be well catered for on the day with a ladies’ running sessions organised by Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy and special fitness classes arranged by the Abu Dhabi Ladies Club. The UAE Women’s National Team will also be inviting guests to learn how to play table football on the day.

The Future Falcons will be promoting golf to the young attendees at the event, showing tips and tricks for the best shots, as well as having a longest putt/closet to the hole competition.

For more information about the 2019 UAE National Sports day, guests can visit www.UAEsportsday.ae or follow @UAESportsday on Instagram for regular updates.

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