The College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) campus celebrated the
National Sport Day. A variety of activities were offered to appeal to
all ages and abilities, including a family swim, billiards tournament,
tennis tournament, and kids zone with a bouncy castle.
The largest turnout was for the annual Terry Fox Run, which drew a crowd
of over 300 people walking, running and cycling a circuit around the
state-of-the-art campus. The Terry Fox Run is an annual event in Canada
to raise money for cancer research. The event has been held on the CNA-Q
campus for 14 years now, raising over QR1,000,000 for cancer research
in Qatar.
The National Sport Day was an opportunity to become inspired to live a
healthier lifestyle, and the campus community was certainly inspired by
student Jamela al-Humaidi. Jamela lost 60kg over the past three years
since starting as a student at the college. She originally sought the
advice of a nutritionist and from there planned her daily eating
routine, cutting out unnecessary calories and started eating much
healthier than she had been doing.
With the help of the college’s recreation staff she learned to swim by
overcoming her severe fear of the water. From there she started using
the fitness room facilities, and is now starting to train in
powerlifting.
The third year Business Management – Accounting student says she has a new lease on life.
“My whole weight loss journey made me realise things I never imagined
that I would be capable of doing. Not only my lifestyle and weight
changed, but also my personality. Because of my journey I was able to
come out of my own shell, in fact my level of confidence boosted to the
max.”
Terry Fox Run at CNA-Q on Sport Day.