PHL Embassy in Manama Participates in Bahrain Sports Day
Photo taken after the 2-kilometers walk with Philippine Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver (11th from left), Consul Maria Paz G. Cortes (1st from left) and Ms. Cynthia Depalobos (6th from left).
19 February 2018 MANAMA – The Philippine Embassy in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain participated in the Bahrain Sports Day held at the Bahrain Table Tennis Associations (BTTA), Isa Sports City, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain.
The event was participated by members of the Diplomatic and Consular Missions accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Among the activities participated in by Post representatives are table tennis, badminton and the 2-kilometer walk.
The Bahrain Sports Day is a national event organized every year and involves all segments of the Bahrain society. This event has brought all the attention of the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), which seeks to activate the Olympic noble principles. These principles aim to promote public health among the communities by having a sport day open to all sectors of the country in an initiative to motivate people to work out and instill the culture of sport as a healthy lifestyle.
It is also a move that aims to promote the principles of community sport and expanding the number of participation in different activities to assert the famous proverb ‘A sound mind in a sound body’.
The event was organized by Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) under the patronage of Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Chairman, and Bahrain Olympic Committee President. END
Philippine Ambassador Alfonso A. Ver during his game with the representative United Arab Emerates Embassy.
For more information, visit www.manamape.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/Pasuguan-ng-Pilipinas-sa-Kaharian-ng-Bahrain-149811622057841/.