Damascus countryside-SANA
The activities of the sixth edition of the Army Show Jumping Equestrian Championship opened today at the Olympic Stadium in the Martyr Bassel al-Assad Equestrian Club in Dimas in Damascus countryside.
During the opening ceremony, a series of military displays embodied the heroism of the Syrian Arab Army and its constant readiness to defend the homeland.
The Director of the Department of Physical Preparation in the Army and Armed Forces, Major General Hatem Abu Saleh, indicated that the Syrian equestrian family participates with our armed forces on the first of August of each year, on the occasion of the Army's Day of Pride, Manhood and Sacrifice, noting the qualitative victories achieved by our valiant army in its fight against terrorism and its supporters.
Major General Abu Saleh pointed out that the equestrian sport is one of the authentic sports and has a history of victories, and the army championship jumping barriers comes as a new episode for the advancement of this sport, indicating that thanks to the continuous training and in light of the great support received by this sport, our riders were able to raise the national flag high in international forums.
The tournament will be held over four days for all categories, and the Army Equestrian Champion is the winner of the last day’s result, noting that the daily results of all riders are recorded during the matches of their categories to calculate their points.
Next Friday, the championship matches will be completed by holding relay competitions for a height of 105 and 120 cm and gradual difficulties for a height of 135 cm with the Joker barrier, whose height reaches 150 cm. Next Saturday, the riders will compete in the Mini Tour and Amator categories for a height of 110 and 120 cm, respectively, in addition to the children's category match 85 cm.
With the Grand Prix match for the 145cm Big Tour category next Sunday, the tournament concludes with the same day being preceded by the two final matches for the 125cm Small Tour and 135cm Medium Tour.
The opening of the tournament was attended by the Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Eng. Hussein Makhlouf, and the media, Imad Sarah, in the caretaker government, and members of the executive offices of the General Sports Federation and the National Union of Syrian Students.
Mohammed Al-Rahil