Thursday 10 / July / 2025
Muscat: The Board of Directors of Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) held a meeting on Sunday under the chairmanship of Sheikh Saif bin Hilal Al Hosni, Acting OOC Chairman, in the presence of the Board members. Opening the meeting, Sheikh Saif extended heartfelt congratulations to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
He also congratulated the Omani people, the sports audience and OOC employees on the occasion of the Holy Month and thanked all General Assembly members for the fruitful results reached at the meeting which was held last month.
The meeting discussed several important matters, including the formation of the OOC’s elections Supervisory Committee as assigned by the General Assembly members.
The election supervisory committee shall consist of Ziyad bin Ali Al Balushi, Sheikh Usama bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Rawas, Jamal bin Salim bin Saif Al Nabhani, advocate Adil bin Musallam bin Sulaiman Al Mahrooqi and Mohammed bin Alyas Faqir as members.
Elections
The elections committee will determine the date for nominations for the post of OOC Chairman and the date on which the electoral General Assembly shall convene to elect the OOC Chairman.
The position has remained vacant since the resignation of Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Zubair.
The board also set up the elections appeal committee comprising Sheikh Younes bin Ahmed bin Hamad Al Yahya’i, advocate Ismail bin Hamad bin Amor Al Hinai and Mohammed bin Salim bin Ibrahim Al Qasmi as members.
The meeting made some amendments to the OOC’s supporting committee as follows: Khalid bin Ali Al Aadi, OOC Treasurer is appointed chairman of Marketing Committee; Fareed bin Khamis Al Zadjali, OOC Board member is appointed chairman of Oman Sport and Active Society Committee; Mohsin bin Hamad Al Masroori, OOC Board member is appointed chairman of Planning & Follow-up Committee; and Saada bint Salim Al Ismailia, OOC Board member is appointed Vice-Chairman of Olympic Solidarity Committee.
The Board approved the appointment of Ahmed bin Faisal Al Jahdhami as Chef de Mission to the 1st World Beach Games scheduled to be held in San Diego, United States, from 10 – 14 October 2019.
Recommendations
The meeting also discussed the recommendations raised to it by the supporting committees, including the Planning & Follow-up Committee which raised a number of recommendations concerning the upcoming participations of Oman Olympic Committee in the 1st World Beach Games scheduled to be held in San Diego, United States, from 10 – 14 October 2019 and the qualifiers for the 33rd Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 July – 9 August 2020 and the outcome of reviews with respect to the Olympic Champion Project towards the executive stage and the mechanisms capable of making such a project a success.
