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COEJ Annual Ladies Sports Tournament Birmingham 2006 |
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This year's tournament was hosted by Birmingham Jamaat with 170 participants. The weekend proved to be a very successful one and everyone who participated enjoyed the two days of competition.
The Badminton tournament saw some promising players in the under 13 and under 15 age groups who enthusiastically played their box matches on Saturday morning followed by the more challenging games in the over 16 categories.
Every year the standard of play improves tremendously and this year was no exception. In addition to the usual players, there was an increase in beginners taking up the sport and the challenge at the tournament for the first time. With levels of play rising at a fast rate, the organisers decided to put up a Beginner+ group to encourage the newcomers playing in the beginner group.
Table Tennis participation is also steadily increasing over the years, and there were some challenging matches in all age groups.
The downpour of rain brought the Football tournament indoors, thankfully the centre was large enough to be able to provide us with two indoor gym halls for this. As usual both halls were filled with excitement during the matches with some fast and challenging matches in the older age group.
This year the referees were donated to us by the Girls and Women Football Development team in Birmingham and did a wonderful job of running the matches.
The swimmers had some exciting races in the swimming pool on Saturday afternoon with special cheers for the youngest participant, Zahra Lalji from Birmingham, who swam her width race with great enthusiasm!
The Netball tournament was held on Sunday when we were blessed with beautiful weather which added to the enjoyment of all.
The umpires did a very professional job to get so many matches underway and timing was crucial. The overall umpire highly commended the teams for their sportsmanship and fair play and commented on the very high levels of play seen on the courts that day.
Every tournament ends with an exciting Presentation, which is the highlight of the weekend, where young and old get together to cheer the successes of the teams. This year the presentation ceremony brought an end to the tournament with a special message from the overall co-ordinator for the ladies to keep up the participation and not to stop playing!
Finally a big Thank You to Birmingham Jamaat ladies for the wonderful hospitality.
List of 2006 Winners and Runners Up:
Badminton
| Category | Winner
| Runner-Up
| U13 Singles
| Maryam Bhojani (Leicester) | Sabiha Panjwani (Essex) | | U13 Doubles | Zainab Chatoo (Stanmore) and Sabiha Panjwani (Essex) | Mohadissa Datoo (Stanmore) and Maliha Nazerali (Stanmore) | | U16 Singles | Sayyeda Maryam Gangji (Wessex) | Fatema Ramji (Hyderi) | | 16-20 Singles | Sukaina Ibrahim (Birmingham) | Asma Hansraj (Peterborough) | | 16-20 Doubles | Sugra Ladak & Sukaina Ibrahim (Birmingham) | Sakina Bhimani & Samiya Taki (Hyderi) | | 21+ Singles Beginners | Saira Rumani (Birmingham) | Farah Suleiman (Birmingham) | | 21+ Doubles Beginners | Siddika Hassanali & Tasveera Jessa (Stanmore) | Jamila Ali & Saira Rumani (Birmingham)
| | 21+ Singles Beginner+ | Sukaina Gulamhussein (Stanmore) | Anaar Daya (Stanmore) | | 21+ Doubles Beginners+ | Samana Fazel & Shabana Moledina (Leicester) | Nazma Merali & Zeenat Datoo (Stanmore) | | 21+ Intermediate Singles | Sakina Damani (Peterborough) | Shamim Rahemani (Stanmore) | | 21+ Intermediate Doubles | Shamim Rahemani & Anees Somji (Stanmore) | Fatema Soonsara & Sukaina Tejani (Birmingham) |
Table Tennis | Category | Winner
| Runner-Up
| | U13 Singles | Farwa Jeddi (Essex) | Sabiha Panjwani (Essex) | | U16 Singles | Leila Panju (Stanmore) | Zainab Walji (Leicester) | | U16 Doubles | Leila Panju & Aliya Kanani (Stanmore) | Aliyah Bhimani & Sara Govani (Peterborough) | | 16-20 Singles | Fatema Panjwani (Hyderi) | Fatema Walji (Hyderi) | | 16-20 Doubles | Nuzhat Ismail & Arsheen Rajpar (Birmingham) | Samiha Ismail & Summaya Merali (Stanmore) | | 21+ Singles | Shamim Rahemani (Stanmore) | Sukaina Tejani (Birmingham) | | 21+ Doubles | Shamim Rahemani (Stanmore) & Nikhat Panjwani (Essex) | Mumtaz Ismail & Sidika Rajpar (Birmingham)
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Swimming | Category | Winner | Runner-Up
| | U8 years | Zahra Lalji (Birmingham) | | | 9 years | Faizza Rumani (Birmingham) | Fatema Haji (Birmingham) | | 11 years | Fatema Zahra Ali (Birmingham) | Annar Walji (Leicester) | | 12 years | Maryam Bhojani (Leicester) | Zainab Walji (Leicester) | | U13 years | Zahra Meghjee (Birmingham) | Sakina Kanji (Stanmore) | U16 years
| Fatema Zahra Juma (Stanmore) | Suhaila Chatoo (Stanmore) | 16-20 years
| Sarah Schakarchy (Birmingham) | Faizza Hemraj (Birmingham) | 21+ years
| Naseera Kassam (Stanmore) | Zohra Kassam (Stanmore) |
Football | Category | Winner
| Runner-Up
| U13 years
| Stanmore/Essex | Birmingham A | U16 years
| Stanmore A | Stanmore B | 16+ years
| Leicester | Stanmore C |
Netball
| Category | Winner
| Runner-Up
| Sporting Award | | U13 years | Stanmore/Essex | Birmingham A | Birmingham B
| U16 years
| Stanmore | Hyderi A | Hyderi B | 16-20 years
| Birmingham | Stanmore | Peterborough | 21+ years
| Stanmore A | Birmingham | Birmingham |
Good Luck for 2007!
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