Qatar Petroleum (QP) highlighted the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle as it organised a wide range of activities for its employees and their families as part of National Sport Day.
Around 6,000 staff members and their families took part in the annual event, which was led by Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, QP president and CEO, with the participation of QP’s vice-presidents and
senior officials.
HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada visited the venue of QP’s sports activities, where he was welcomed by al-Kaabi and other top QP officials.
Dr al-Sada toured the venue and expressed his appreciation of the wide range of QP activities to celebrate National Sport Day.
In his comments, al-Kaabi said: “Qatar Petroleum’s participation in National Sport Day is an important testament to our commitment to the development of sports and our efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle.
“It is heartwarming to see the level of engagement and harmony among all QP staff members and their families not just in celebrating this day, but also in embodying the strong and united QP family.”
The company’s activities at Aspire Park included a mini-football tournament, table tennis, tug-of-war, a volleyball tournament, an obstacle course, human foosball
and a walking marathon.
Children of all ages also had lots of fun as they played various games, including penalty shootouts, free throw shooting, a spoon race and sack race, sumo wrestling, as well as an inflatable climbing wall. There were also on-stage activities, such as an aerobics class as well as a jump rope demonstration and
workshop.
In addition to QP’s National Sport Day celebrations in Doha, hundreds of employees attended sports activities and competitions held in Dukhan, Halul Island and in offshore production stations.
In Dukhan, QP employees and their families engaged in fun-filled competitions in table tennis, basketball, cricket, golf, badminton, darts, beach volleyball, Petanque, rugby and sailing. A “kids zone” was also set up for children’s activities, and also organised were gym workouts, Zumba and aerobics for fitness enthusiasts.
Meanwhile, QP employees and contractor staff on Halul Island competed in a 3km marathon and tug-of-war, while offshore staff at a number of locations marked National Sport Day with various games such as darts, table tennis, billiards, ‘babyfoot’ or foosball, and arm wrestling.
The winners of the sports tournaments and competitions were awarded with trophies and medals.