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AFF elects Al Hemaidi as executive committee member

DOHA, August 07: Saleh Amer Al Hemaidi – Secretary General of Qatar Fencing Federation (QFF) was elected as an executive committee member of the Arab Fencing Confederation (AFC) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 in Tunisia.

Al Hemaidi's new position came after the successful backing and support of His Excellency Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani – Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and President of Qatar Fencing Federation.

The AFC meeting was attended by the Secretary-General of Arab Sports Federation, Othman Al-Saad and the head of the Tunisian Fencing Association Lutfi Ammar, alongside the delegates representing 14 AFC who were present at the meeting.

The associations include Qatar, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, (new member), while Yemen was the only country that did not attend the meeting.

The meeting was aimed at electing members of the new Executive Committee of the AFC and in a bid to set dates for Arab fencing championships for 2007, 2008, 2009.

Executive members of Arab Fencing Confederation are as follows:

1- Mr. Abdul Raheem Al-Saeed – Kuwait (President)
2- Mr. Wannas Bin Omer – Tunisia (1st Vice – President)
3- Mr. Fadel Adel – Iraq (2nd Vice – President)
4- Mr. Saleh Amer Al-Hemaidi – Qatar (Member)
5- Mr. Bander Bin Usman Al-Saleh – Saudi Arabia (Member)
6- Mr. Noor-ul-Din – Morocco (Member)
7- Mr. Suhail Al-Qarees – Lebanon (Member)
8- Mr. Dawood Subhi Al-Metawali – Palestine (Member)
9- Mrs. Firyal Al-Salehi – Algeria (Member)
10- Mrs. Mervat Hassanein – Egypt (Member)