Barwa Bank employees who took part in sports day
Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shariah compliant banking service provider, celebrated National Sports Day with employees, family and friends joining to participate in the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) 3k run last Tuesday.
This was followed by football matches and a cricket awards ceremony organised by Barwa Bank, at Qatar Sports Club.
Barwa Bank responded to the National Sports Day by organising a range of fun sporting activities to engage both Barwa Bank Group (BBG) employees and their families and join with the local community to celebrate the occasion.
The day got off to a great start with Keith Bradley, head of banking, Barwa Bank winning first place at the QCB race, while Amgad Younes, COO, Barwa Bank came 5th.
Also held was the final of an employee football tournament, launched on the January 12 for all BBG employees and their sons under 18 years old, with the finalists FC Barcelona and OPS Support battling it out for first place. Barcelona team won the tournament, OPS Support was second and Liverpool third. Best goal keeper was Abdullah Darwish from team Liverpool and Best player was Antabawi from Barcelona.
Prizes were given to teams by Bradley, Younes and Eslah Assem, Acting CEO, First Finance.
There was a grand awards ceremony for the first Annual BBG Cricket Sixes Tournament held from January 22-24 between a total of six teams. The tournament winners, the Pakistan Panthers were presented with the Winners’ Trophy while runner-ups, the Asian Kings were also recognised.
“National Sports Day offers Barwa Bank a wonderful CSR opportunity, both in building employee spirit and to make a significant contribution to the nation’s well-being by doing our part in promoting sports and healthier life-style. Sports are all about being motivated and today was a testament to Barwa Bank’s ongoing commitment to enable and empower not only our own staff, but our customers and the people of Qatar in general, to aspire and achieve more in every aspect of their work and life,” Bradley said.
Barwa Bank’s commitment to sports in Qatar is at the heart of the bank’s CSR activities since its debut. The bank organised the first Ramadan indoor football championship in Qatar in collaboration with Qatar Charity and is currently sponsoring Ziyad Rahim, Head of Market Risk at Barwa Bank, who will compete in the Marathon des Sables (MdS) during April 6- 16.
The event raises money towards the treatment of Noma, an acute gangrenous infection that affects the face. Barwa Bank has also sponsored a local Squash tournament and will continue to collaborate with the Qatar Squash Federation to support this popular sport.