Sport in Qatar - Oryx Quest, Qatar National Amateur Boxing Athletes, Qatar Oloryx Quest, Qatar National Amateur Boxing Athletes, Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games Ympic Committee, Qatar at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games (Paperback)

Chapters: Oryx Quest, Qatar National Amateur Boxing Athletes, Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Oryx Quest was the name of the first round-the-world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East and was held in 2005 in Qatar. The race, organised by British sailor Tracy Edwards, was regarded as a follow-up to The Race of 2000 and was designed to compliment existing Multihull races. It was hoped that the size of the prize and the potential speed of the participating boats would make it the most-exciting round-the-world race to date. The record prize money was donated by the government of Qatar, which hoped to gain publicity as a tourism destination. On 5 February four multihulled yachts began the route, off Doha. The participants were: Geronimo was the first elimination on 2 March, as a result of hull damage following a collision with flotsam. de Kersauson returned to Australia to have the boat repaired, and to break the record for the circumnavigation of the continent in July. A week later the mast of Cheyenne broke just after the boat had rounded Cape Horn. With two remaining boats, Doha 2006 won the race, finishing with an overall time of 62 days, 21 hours and 1 minute. The more-than-20-year-old Daedalus crossed the finishing line some 13 days later. Media coverage in the Middle East, Far East and Asia (Qatar's key target markets) was valued at $46million dollars and the weekly race programmes made by APP were seen in 600 million homes, making it the most widely watched race in yachting history. The website including the children's 'Ali the Albatross' education pages received over 20million hits. Tracy and her team also put together Qatar's first Sports Education Programme to wh...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=221889