Dubai goals to just about triple the variety of residents actively engaged in sports activities to 2.6m by 2033 below a wide-ranging new technique launched by Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports activities Council (DSC).
The Dubai Sports activities Sector Strategic Plan 2033 units out a long-term imaginative and prescient to ascertain the emirate as one of many world’s main sports activities locations, anchored by group participation, main occasions and expertise improvement.
The Plan, overseen by the Dubai Sports activities Council, is constructed round 4 central pillars:
- Neighborhood
- Occasions
- Golf equipment
- Expertise
Sport in Dubai
It consists of 19 programmes and 75 initiatives designed to create a sustainable, accessible and high-quality sports activities ecosystem throughout the emirate.
Khalfan Jumaa Belhoul, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports activities Council, stated: “This Plan goals to boost group well-being and general high quality of life. Our aim is for Dubai to be probably the most energetic and sports-friendly metropolis on the planet, and we are going to work to triple the variety of individuals actively engaged in sports activities in Dubai to achieve 2.6 million by 2033.
“The Plan consists of three main group programmes designed to diversify sports activities actions for all segments of society. These vary from particular person programmes for senior residents to public actions in parks and neighbourhood amenities throughout Dubai, culminating in an annual collection of occasions and tournaments devoted to Folks of Willpower to boost their social and sporting participation.”
Ladies, youth and group sport
The Plan will place important emphasis on ladies’s tournaments, youth actions and college sports activities programmes.
13 main group initiatives can be launched, together with the expanded Sheikha Hind Ladies’s Sports activities Initiative and the brand new ‘Dubai District Video games’, guaranteeing each resident has entry to sports activities alternatives throughout the emirate.
The Sheikha Hind Ladies’s Sports activities Initiative will evolve right into a year-round programme providing ladies’s championships, occasions and well being campaigns, focusing on greater than 200,000 contributors over the subsequent two years.
It can start with the first-ever World Triathlon Ladies’s Cup on December 7, adopted by a packed collection of ladies’s sports activities competitions catering to totally different nationalities and age teams.
The Plan additionally goals to extend the variety of college students collaborating at school sports activities to 70,000 yearly — a 3.5-fold rise — by way of an enlargement of the Faculty Video games Programme, which is able to characteristic 26 sports activities competitions held over 107 days and draw an anticipated 25,000 contributors in designated tournaments.
A flagship initiative, the “Dubai District Video games”, will promote wholesome existence and group engagement by way of tournaments in:
- Soccer
- 3×3 basketball
- Volleyball
- Badminton
Greater than 3,800 contributors aged 18 and above will compete over 16 days from 4–19 December throughout a number of places, with finals scheduled for December 17–19 at a central venue but to be introduced.
Every workforce will characterize the residential district its members belong to, with competitions unfold throughout eight zones:
- Central Zone: Jumeirah, Zabeel, Ras Al Khor
- Northern Zone: Bur Dubai, Deira Corniche
- Western Deira (Deira 1)
- Jap Deira (Deira 2)
- District 1 (Mohammed bin Rashid Metropolis)
- Mushrif
- Southern Zone: Jebel Ali, Hessian, Mina Jebel Ali, Al Maktoum Metropolis
- Jap Zone: Saih Al Salam, Wadi Al Safa, Hind Metropolis, Hatta, Al Faqa, Margham, Al Awir
The competitions will happen in two phases: zone-level matches that crown the highest three groups in every zone, adopted by city-wide finals the place qualifiers compete for the title of “Dubai Champions”. The video games will happen in top-tier amenities, giving athletes and spectators an expert expertise.
Sports activities for all
The Plan additionally consists of year-round youth sports activities centres, annual actions for Folks of Willpower, and sports activities competitions for labour communities throughout 10 places overlaying 12 sports activities.
Innovation in sports activities city planning is one other key focus, with sports activities amenities to be built-in into new communities and upgrades made to older areas to make sure equitable entry. The Dubai Sports activities Council is coordinating with Dubai Municipality and the Roads and Transport Authority to embed sports activities areas into future city improvement initiatives.
