ASPIRE Students Return After Successful Summer Camps
More than 40 New Student Athletes Start a New Year at the Academy
ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence opens its doors to a new intake of Student Athletes next week, looking to build on another successful summer of international camps.
Student Athletes return to the ASPIRE Academy on 2 September 2008 to continue their development both in the sporting arena and in the classroom. More than 40 new Student Athletes will start their journey through the Academy.
Following APSIRE’s first-ever graduation ceremony in June, many remaining pupils have been recording excellent results all over the world in international meetings and standard competition.
ASPIRE Student Athletes collected gold in the decathlon at the 13th Arab Junior Athletics Championships, with four more gold’s at an international meeting in Sweden, in the Long Jump, High Jump, 60 metres and 80 metres.
The 1993 football team beat Chelsea in the play-offs of the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland to finish in sixth place in one of the most prestigious youth tournaments in Europe.
The ASPIRE Table Tennis squad helped Qatar to two silver medals at the Arab Championship, while the Squash squad travelled to Europe to compete in high-level championships in Germany and Holland.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Hackfort, Dean of ASPIRE said: “All of the students that have been on summer camp this year have represented ASPIRE with pride and professionalism. We are looking forward to building on firm foundations for the coming year and working with many new students.”
Founded in 2004, the ASPIRE Academy is playing an increasingly prominent role in identifying and developing talented young sportspeople in Qatar.
