Athletes of the Sharjah Women’s Sports Club (SWSC) will be receiving training in sports camps to be held in Poland and Serbia from January 17 to February 1, 2020, in preparation for the fifth edition of Arab Women Sports Tournament (AWST 2020), being organised by the Sharjah Women’s Sports (SWS) from February 2 – 12. The participants will undergo training in fencing, volleyball and basketball.

The SWSCs fencing team, including coaches and the technical staff, will be hosted by Warsaw, the capital of Poland, from January 21 to February 1. The SWSC players will participate in friendly matches with some of the best Polish teams to improve their technique and gain more experience in competing against international teams. The team expects this training to help them prepare for the competitions with clubs participating in AWST 2020.

In Serbia, the SWSC’s volleyball team and basketball team will train with local clubs from January 17 – 26 to improve their performance in the AWST 2020 competitions.

HE Nada Askar Al Naqbi, Director General of SWS, said: “The camps are part of the tactical preparation of our teams for the fifth edition of the upcoming AWST. We believe that engaging our players in training camps in Serbia and Poland will help them hone their technique and prepare them to face up to the competition at AWST 2020.”

“Our female players participating in the camps have proudly achieved great success and won prestigious titles during the previous editions of AWST. This could not have been possible without training under and benefiting from the experience of some of the most prominent clubs in the world, apart from their dedicated efforts. With the added advantage of the training our players will receive at the camps, we look forward to achieving greater success at the upcoming edition of AWST,” she concluded.

SWS was established under an Emiri Decree in November 2016 by H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. It strives to empower Emirati women athletes and encourage their participation in regional and international sports events. It also seeks to establish a modern and integrated system to develop the administrative ecosystem of women’s sports sector according to international standards.