Nine members of Oman Sail’s youth sailing team will represent the nation at the 1st Youth GCC Games, being held in the United Arab Emirates from 16 April until 2 May. Oman's sailors will compete in three event classes, Optimist, ILCA 4 and ILCA 6, which will be held at the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports
Omani sailors are celebrating a clean sweep of class of victories at the competitive UAE Regatta Championship held in Abu Dhabi. Young racers from both the youth and national teams produced a series of impressive results to top the leaderboard in each of the four classes they competed in. Oman Sail’s Optimist youth team sailors
Young sailors from all four Oman Sail schools will gather in Sur this week for the fifth edition of the Oman Sailing Championship, the highlight of the national youth racing season. A total of 130 sailors – many of them new to the sport – will race each other over the course of the eight
A four-strong Oman Sail youth team have made impressive progress while racing against a highly competitive international fleet at the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships. Each of the sailors – all aged 16 or 17 and selected from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme – posted a number of strong results during the intense six-day regatta
A well-prepared Oman Sail youth team is heading into the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships confident they can hold their own against a competitive international fleet in Poland. The team consists of four young sailors – all aged 16 or 17 – selected from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme based on their performances at recent
A young Oman Sail team is heading into the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships with the goal of finishing in the top group at the event in Gdynia, Poland. Aged between 16 - 17, the four selected sailors from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme will be part of a competitive 280-strong international boys’ fleet which
Oman Sail’s young Laser 4.7 sailors have taken a significant step forward in their development with some strong performances at the Asian Sailing Championships in Jakarta. Three members of the Omantel supported youth programme competed at the Indonesian venue, racing against an international field in a competitive 38-strong fleet. Abdulmalik Al Hinai again showed his
Oman’s young sailors have made history with the Sultanate earning a place at a Youth Olympic Games sailing event for the first time ever. A sailor from the Oman Sail youth squad will represent the country in the Men’s Windsurfing Techno 293+ class at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this
The final Ranking Race selection event has concluded with two Omantel youth squads chosen to represent Oman at international sailing competitions later this year. Mussanah Sport City was the venue for the 3rd Ranking Race regatta of 2018 which saw young sailors from all four Oman Sail sailing schools compete for a place in the
The School Olympic Days sailing event has been hailed as a great success after 72 young sailors took to the water at Mussanah Sport City. The two-day regatta – held in ideal sailing conditions – resulted from a new partnership between Oman Sail and the Ministry of Education after sailing was approved as an extracurricular
Sailing is to be included as a new sport as part of the School Olympic Days event being organised by the Oman Schools Sports Association at the end of March. Oman Sail will organise a two-day regatta in Mussanah Sport City which will see around 90 Omantel-supported youth sailors racing in Optimist and Laser 4.7
Young Omani sailors are celebrating success after a great team performance at the Kuwait Optimist Championship held in Kuwait City. The eight strong squad – all members of Oman Sail’s Omantel Youth Programme – overcame shifty wind conditions and strong currents to post impressive results in the competitive 35 boat fleet. Al Moatasem Al Farsi
Oman’s Youth Windsurfing Team completed their first ever Asian Windsurfing Championships on a high after putting in strong performances at the Singapore event. The young team showed great potential while holding their own in a competitive 40-strong Under-19 Techno Plus boys’ fleet, in what Oman Sail’s Head of Performance Koray Ezer described as a “life-changing
The Oman Sail team taking on some of the world’s best youth sailors in Hong Kong this week have all earned their place during a season-long series of training and racing events, including a world championship. Representing the Sultanate at the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) 2017 Asian and Oceanian Championship are Al Moatasem Al
Extremely competitive and close racing saw many of the classes decided by a single point as the Oman Sailing Championship drew to a close this week. The most important national youth event in the 2017 calendar saw 81 sailors aged from 10 to 17 years old – many of them part of the Omantel Youth
There were some clear winners at Oman Sail’s Ranking Races in Mussanah with the best sailing talent in the country striving for top honours and forging strong pathways for the future. As part of the Youth Programme, sponsored by Omantel, Around 60 youngsters aged between 10 and 16, representing Oman Sail’s four sailing schools
Young sailors competing at the 2016 Oman National Sailing Championships have been warmly welcomed at Oman Sail’s Sailing School in Sur where the championships are being staged for the third time as they reach the halfway point of the competition. Around 65 talented Omani youngsters from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme have had to
A new set of young sailing champions will be crowned next week when Oman’s young sailors will compete in the 2016 Oman National Sailing Championships in Sur. Around 60 Omani sailors, between the ages of 10-17, representing Oman Sail’s four sailing schools at Al Mouj, Bandar Al Rowdha, Mussanah and Sur, will be in
Al Moatsem Hamood Al Farsi, the young Optimist sailor who was Oman’s best prospect at the recent Optimist World Championships in Portugal, was top of the leaderboard in Oman Sail’s July Ranking Regatta at Mussanah Sports City this week. The 14 year-old Al Farsi, a member of the Mussanah Sailing School and the best
Trained and nurtured under the Omantel Youth Programme at Oman Sail, seven of Oman’s most promising young sailors will take a step towards fulfilling their Olympic dreams when they compete at the Kiel Week international regatta in Germany next week. Sixteen-year-old Zakariya Al Wahabi, who two years ago became Oman’s first ever Optimist national champion,