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Cycling has emerged as one of several sports that are gaining popularity and achieving premature success in Bahrain. The success of cycling stems from the passion that Bahraini riders have for this endurance demanding sport with several accolades in regional events. The main factor for this achievement has been the continuous support and interest from the general organization of youth and sport and other organizations that have assisted the Bahrain Cycling Association in the effort of putting cycling on the kingdom’s map. Cycling has certainly taken the limelight through the various international cycling events organized in Bahrain creating an aura of interest among sport enthusiasts.

 

Event schedule:

Date	Description	Venue	Country	Distance
20-11-2008	Technical meeting
21-11-2008	Prologue	Bahrain Equestrian Centre to Riffa Views Note: Award Ceremony at the Riffa Views International School at 9am	Bahrain	8 km
22-11-2008	Stage 1	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	90 km
23-11-2008	Stage 2	Al Azizia Road	Saudi Arabia	90 km
24-11-2008	Stage 3	AlAhsa	Saudi Arabia	131 km
25-11-2008	Stage 4	AlWasail	Qatar	112 km
26-11-2008	Rest	Transfer to Abu Dhabi
27-11-2008	Stage 5	Abu Dhabi to Alain	United Arab Emirates	121 km
28-11-2008	Stage 6	Sohar	Oman	110 km
29-11-2008	Stage 7	AlFujairah	United Arab Emirates	85 km
30-11-2008	Stage 8	Dubai (AlMamzar Corniche)	United Arab Emirates	80 km
Total distance				827 km

 

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Results:

	Yellow Jersey	Green Jersey	Stage winner	Lead Team
Prologue	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Bahrain
Stage 1	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Tareq Ismaeli (Qatar)	Bahrain
Stage 2	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ahmed Qaed (UAE)	Bahrain
Stage 3	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Bahrain
Stage 4	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Bahrain
Stage 5	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Bahrain
Stage 6	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ayman Heji (Saudi Arabia)	Bahrain
Stage 7	Bader Mirza (UAE)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Ayman Heji (Saudi Arabia)	Bahrain
Stage 8	Taha Alawi (Bahrain)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)	Moosa Khalfan (Qatar)	Bahrain
Overall	Taha Alawi (Bahrain)	Ali Hasan (Bahrain)		Bahrain

 

Riffa Views Eden Challenge – What it takes to impress the judges

The Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2009, the schools’ environmental competition that was so successfully launched last year, is already well underway. Registration closed at the end of last month with 80 schools across Bahrain registering 159 entries in the four age group categories – a sizeable increase on last year’s entry numbers.

All of these schools will now be working hard on developing projects that fit within the overall theme of The Riffa Views Bahrain International Garden Show 2009 (RVBIGS 2009) – ‘Water For Life’; their hope being that they will be chosen as a category winner and have their project turned into ‘reality’ and displayed at RVBIGS 2009 on the Riffa Views Eden Challenge stand.

The Eden Challenge judging panel will undoubtedly face a tough selection job in January when all the final entries are submitted. Starting today and continuing over the coming weeks, we will be giving the schools some hints as to what the judges will be looking for when they select the category winners – first up with her comments on what she will be focusing on is Shaikha Munira bint Ahmed Al-Khalifa, who is a Member of the Bahrain Garden Fair Committee, a past Chairperson of the Bahrain Garden Club and has been instrumental in the development of the Bahrain International Garden Show, of which she is a Committee Member.

Shaikha Munira was a member of the judging panel for the inaugural Riffa Views Eden Challenge 2008, so she has experience of the ingenuity and imagination that the various school teams will be putting into their projects. She anticipates that the overall standard of entries for Eden Challenge 2009 will be even higher than Eden Challenge 2008 as schools have the experience of last year to build on to show an even greater degree of creativity and artistic imagination.

She said “In assessing the Eden Challenge entries, I will really be looking for a combination of creativity and artistic use of materials, coupled with a good appreciation for the environment through the delivery of an ‘environmentally friendly’ project”.

Her message to the local artists of Bahrain is that “…their creativity is only limited by their imagination” and it seems that Shaikha Munira is looking for this message to be taken onboard by the schools in Eden Challenge 2009 and fully expects it to be borne out by the multi-various project entries that she and the rest of the judging panel will have to select the winners from. It is a task that she is looking forward to enormously.

Riffa Views Promote Property Ivestment

Riffa Views stated today that the current economic climate and fears throughout the Middle East in regard to property values should make people think wisely and not despair.

At times like these maintaining domestic property values is one of the most important factors in surviving the crisis. Investment in property should be considered as an option to hedge against the decline in other investments and “good property” can do just that.

Historically, golf based, gated communities see far less impact on their prices than other more traditional houses or apartments and Riffa Views are supporting that with an increased awareness and marketing strategy, and the new “diamond” campaign addresses just that. Now is the time to shout about the good value of our property and not to run scared of the current world demise, and to that end we continue to actively promote Riffa Views as the most distinguished address in Bahrain and enhance the value of both the remaining Villas and those already purchased by our owners. Investment in the right property can insulate you from the economic woes and show the largest and fastest increase when the crisis is over.

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