BCF to hold 13th Bearys Sports Festival 2017 on January 27
Dubai: The Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) UAE and its BCF Trust (Mangalore) will be holding its Annual 13TH Bearys Sports Festival on Friday, the 27th of January, 2017 at the Gulf Medical University’s Ground in Ajman. This was recently announced by the BCF – Dubai.
Over the years, the BCF Sports day has been synonymous with super exciting games, putting the best to test, has been a platform to promote talent and has also been recognized as among the most sought after events witnessing large gatherings of members of the Beary community in the UAE.
With its tagline this year being “Team Spirit of Encouragement & Championship”, the event promises to bring in a day filled with games, challenges, fun and entertainment for Men, Women and Children, with an encouragement to team spirit and raising Champions in sports from the Bearys Ethnic Group.
The BCF Cricket Trophy 2017 kicked off with its preliminary games on the 6th of Jan, 2017, and continued on the 13th 2017. The finals will be held on the morning of 27th Jan, 2017 at the Thumbay Grounds, Ajman. More than 28 teams from across the U.A.E. have already enrolled for the tournament.
Other games to be held on the Sports day include Volleyball, Football, Kabaddi, Athletics, Tug of War, Junior Football and Indoor games such as badminton, Foosball, Billiards and many other exciting games for both seniors and juniors.
Ladies Games and events include: Cookery competition, Mehdi design competition, Athletics and other exciting challenges including games for children.
While the cricket finals will kick off at 7 AM, all other games will commence by 8 AM on the Sports Day.
Lunch and refreshments will be available at the venue.
The BCF Sports Festival promises to continue delivering the best possible platform to all Bearys in the UAE to exhibit their talents and also provide them with an opportunity to meet fellow Bearys, amidst a lot of fun and entertainment. For more details on specific games and events and how you could enroll and participate, you may contact the following BCF representatives:
Cricket: Abdul Ghafoor: +971 56 755 6166, Rafeeq Mulki: +971 50 515 6284, Nawaz Kotekar: +971 50 841 7475
Football: Abdul Ghafoor: +971 56 755 6166, Nawaz Kotekar: +971 50 841 7475, Abdul Sattar: +971 56 725 4999
Volleyball: Iqbal: +971 55 221 8351, Rafeeq Mulki: +971 50 515 6284
Kabaddi: Mohammed Kissar: +971 55 361 8220, Abdur Rahman Sajipa: +971 55 760 6600,
All other games: Afeeq Hussain: +971 55 646 3435, Ataullah: +971 52 986 8826
Ladies games and Events: Mumtaz: +971 50 764 9016, Shehnaz – 0502552734
Delicious lunch will be served at the Bearys Sports Festival with live cooking. Tea, coffee, snacks and cold drinks will be available throughout the day during the Bearys Sports Festival–2017.
During the event raffle draw prizes and several other exciting prizes will be announced.
There are many events and games for children and ladies. Children who are under the age of 5 years, 10 years and 15 years, can participate in the running race, lemon & spoon, tele-match, three-legged race etc.
For Boys under 14, there are games like football, 100 Mtr running race, lemon & spoon, three legged race.
For ladies, the Bearys Cultural Forum will be organizing cookery competitions which will include preparation BBQ delight and any Sweet dishes. For both the above categories of cookery competitions, high weightage will be given for presentation and taste. All the Beary ladies are invited to participate in the cookery competition.
Dr B K Yusuf, President, BCF will preside over the programme. Thumbay Moideen, Chief Patron-BCF., Chairman, Thumbay Group will be the Chief Guest of Honour.
Zafarulla Khan, Chief Advisor, BCF., Chairman Zain Group of Hotels, Fathaulla Saheb Thonse, Advisor, BCF., Managing Director-Barsha International Group will grace the programme as Special Guest of Honour. Talib Darwesh, the Vice President of Darwish Group, UAE has kindly consented to be the Special Guest of Honour during the BCF’s Sports Festival.
BCF Sports festival 2017 Chairman- Abdul Rehman Sajipa and his team members are organising this gala 13th Bearys Sports Festival 2017. All Bearys along with their families have been cordially invited to attend and participate in the 13th Bearys Sports Festival and help make it a grand success. BCF also extended a warm welcome to representatives of all Karnataka social organizations based in the UAE to kindly grace the event.