Bahrain Road Runners Organize Successful Race at Riffa Views

The Bahrain Road Runners (BRR) successfully organized a 5km race as part of the 3-race series to be held this month under the ‘Riffa Views Grand Prix Series’. The race was hosted at Riffa Views, Bahrain’s premium golf residential development, and saw the attendance of 115 participants in the range of 13 to over 65 years of age.

Race winner Abellatif Aithsine ran across the finish line with a time of 15 minutes 20 seconds, just milliseconds ahead of his compatriot Youssif Nasser. There was an intense fight for the 3rd place between Eddhabi Nassir and Maali Taawer, with Maali inching a second ahead of Nassir in the last 100 meters with a finish time of 16 minutes 4 seconds. The remaining participants came on strong with fast times recorded by all.

The 5km race is the first of 3 races organized by the BRR, under the sponsorship of Riffa Views. Next Friday, 18th of November, the 10km race will start at 7:30am, with the 15 km race to be held on Friday 25th of November at 7:00am. 

Registration for the 10km and 15km races is now open at the BRR’s website (www.bahrainroadrunners.com) and will close on the Wednesdays previous to each race at 6.00 pm. Registrations will not be allowed on the day of the race.

For more information, please contact Hisham Shehabi from the BRR

Riffa Views residents celebrate the success of ‘Bahrain 11′

To commemorate the successful organization and culmination of the First GCC Games, “Bahrain 11”, held in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Riffa Views hosted a Mini-Olympics for the residents of the community. The event featured different sporting disciplines and aimed at promoting and encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle for the kids.

The event’s highlight was the attendance of the official Bahrain 11 mascot “Ghaleb”, which embody the unifying spirit that binds GCC nations together and the collaborative effort behind the GCC Games.

Riffa Views to host legacy Bahrain Road Runners’ races

Riffa Views, jointly with the Bahrain Road Runners (BRR) organized a 5 km Race in the residential community marking the start of the running season. The race saw the attendance of over 60 runners including residents of Riffa Views and members of the BRR.

The 5 km Race marked Riffa Views’ Gold Sponsorship of the BRR 2011-2012 running season, as part of which the legacy 5, 10 & 15 km races organized each November in the lead up to the Cross Island, will be held at Riffa Views. The “Riffa Views Grand Prix Series” to be held on the 11th, 18th and 25th of November expect to attract a large amount of participants including residents of Riffa Views, members of BRR and the public.

Karla Solano, Head of Marketing & PR at Riffa Views, commented on the sponsorship: “Riffa Views promotes a healthy and active lifestyle and as such it was a natural decision to join forces with the BRR, a well established running club with over 400 members. Riffa Views offers a unique and beautiful outdoor setting and our aim is to ensure that the residents benefit from it as much as possible. In the lead up to the Riffa Views Grand Prix Races, the Royal Country Club has organized a running club along with tailored fitness programmes. We trust the events will be very encouraging and exciting for all participants.”

Tariq Algosaibi, BRR Vice-Chairman, commented: “We are very excited about partnering with Riffa Views through this sponsorship, especially since we share very similar values when it comes to promoting health and fitness. BRR’s Grand Prix Series has always been a very popular and anticipated event among our runners and I believe the races will benefit from the new venue this year. Hopefully, this will be just the start of an ongoing relationship with Riffa Views.”

BRR is one of the oldest running clubs in the Middle East with roots dating back to 1972. BRR annually organizes sport events such as marathons, half marathons, triathlons, decathlons, biathlons, as well as other running events which are open to the public.

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