Riyadh Stars team win Saudi Arabia’s 1st Women’s Hockey Championship

RIYADH: Hockey team Riyadh Stars have won the Kingdom’s first Women’s Championship and received their award from Saudi Hockey Federation’s President Mohammed Al-Mandil on Monday.
Al-Mandil handed the cup and gold medals to the winners of the tournament, which took place at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh from Sept. 10-11.
Riyadh Najd took second place and collected silver medals, while the Jeddah Pearls team were third.
Al-Mandil also crowned Najd Falcons winners of the Hockey Championship (men’s category), while the Arab Legends team came second and the British School third.
Asmaa Al-Shami was the female tournament’s best goalkeeper while Kayra Ingerir won the award for top scorer. Lian Eshki took the best player award.
Ahmed Nabil was named best goalkeeper in the men’s category, while Khalid Mahfouz received the top scorer award after scoring 10 times. Peter Patrick took the best player award and Muayyad Mansour collected the best goalkeeper prize in the youth category. Rakan Al-Nawaisir won the best youth player award.
Al-Mandil said that the event had achieved its goals and that the first edition of the Women’s Championship had been a resounding success.
He added that the federation intended to expand the organization of such championships, and stressed his appreciation for the support the body had received from the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic Committee.

Riyadh Stars team win Saudi Arabia’s 1st Women’s Hockey Championship