'Winter Games': Efforts to Form Kuwaiti Ice Hockey Team for Athletes with Disabilities
The Kuwait Winter Games Club is working to form an ice hockey team for athletes with disabilities for training, as stated in a press release.
Translated by Alqyas from Al-Anba — Original source
Fahid Al-Ajmi, president of the Kuwait Winter Sports Club, said the club is currently working to involve players with disabilities in winter sports competitions to represent Kuwait in international events for athletes with special needs.
Al-Ajmi told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Monday that the club will launch this initiative by forming a Kuwaiti ice hockey team comprising young Kuwaitis from this cherished group, and will subsequently include others in other winter sports overseen by the club, namely ice skating, curling, and speed skating.
He clarified that the club has already begun holding intensive meetings with several schools enrolling students from this group to identify players interested in participating, and to train them in the basics and techniques of the sport. He called on all interested individuals to contact the club’s management.
Al-Ajmi noted that the club aims to prepare 20 ice hockey players in the first phase for participation in the 9th Asian Winter Games, to be hosted by Almaty, Kazakhstan, in winter 2029, with their participation in subsequent events to follow in due course.
He explained that the club will hire a specialized technical staff to train the athletes at the club’s ice rink in the Bayan area, and will provide the players with the necessary equipment for the sport. He expressed hope that more Kuwaiti youth with disabilities will join this initiative and benefit from the facilities available to them for practicing winter sports.
He emphasized the club’s commitment to launching this initiative to provide opportunities for youth with disabilities, to channel their free time into sports, and to showcase their abilities, considering it the club’s duty to support Kuwaiti youth in pursuing winter sports.
