Thursday, October 29, 2009

United Bikers set to start new season

29 October 2009

By Mohammed Al-Kinani

JEDDAH – Prince Sultan Bin Fahd, President of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW), gave the green light to the United Bikers team to start their season with a tour to southern region.The team of 30 motor bikers begins Thursday a three-day tour from Jeddah to Al-Baha on a multipurpose visit. According to Ezzidine Khalaf, head of the team, member of the committee of the Saudi Motorcycle and Cars Federation and member of the Arab Union for motorcycle racing, the tours aim to support and encourage the rapidly growing Saudi tourism industry. “Our trip will cover many areas in the southern part of the country where we will visit tourist sites, some charity organizations, disabled children’s centers and orphanages,” Khalaf said. He added that it would be a good chance to correctly introduce motorcycle sport to youths in all cities they go through along their 900-km drive. The team will return to Jeddah Saturday morning and they will represent Saudi Arabia in Bahrain Drag Race Championship 2009 on Oct. 18 - 24. “Two of our team mebers will take part in the first round of the three rounds of the championship. We have Hattan Al-Abbadi and Mazen Mandoura, who are capable of producing good results in the standard class challenge,” Khalaf said. He noted that the Saudi bikers are well known in the gulf for their good results.“Winning the first place in the last season in Qatar, Hattan Al-Abbadi has proved his prowess,” he added. Members who will represent the team in the Bahrain tournament are Ezzidine Khalaf, Mohammed Lanjawi, Mohammed Khogair, Mohammed Al-Ghamdi and Ghassan Saftah.

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