Qatar sailing championship to begin on October 1

The 2013 Qatar Open Sailing Championship and Qatar International Match Racing Championship will begin in Doha on October 01. The opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday at 1800hrs while the official competitions will be kicked off on Wednesday. According to the organizers, the championships will bring together 144 sailors from  16 nations including Czech, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Bahrain, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, India and Qatar. The Qatari squad includes Saleh Telfat, Maryam Al Sulaiti, Abdurrahman Aljinah, Yousef Al Baker, Gharisa Al Muftah (4.7), Eman Abuyousef, Mohamed Al Mohannadi, Faris Al Bakri (Radial), Mohamed Al Jaidah, Waleed Al Sharshani, Abdul Rahman Al Mudahka (Standard), Ali Al Muftah, Abdurahman Al Nasr, Jassim Al Muhannadi, Ghanim Al Sewaidi, Mohamed Al Sewaidi, Rashed Telfat, Isra Al Sulaiti, Kheireddine Bouchema, Adam Bettihthamou, Samir Bettihthamou (Optimist), Jassim Al Sulaiti, Fahad Al Malki (470), Amro Ahmed, John Hesse, Jan Wind, Skylar Sherman. Amr Yosry, Ali Altamimi, Fahad Al Malky and Essa Khan (Match Racing(. Source: Qatar Olympic Committee