15 Jan 2022
The Ministry of Interior team Wins all Competitions
Showjumping: Al Bastaki Takes Home Grand Prize of 4th Round
The Ministry of Interior team has maintained its momentum in the 2021/2022 showjumping season as its athlete Haitham Al Bastaki took home the grand prize of the 4th round of the showjumping season, held in Al Raffa, Sakhir.
This round was patronised by HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the General Sports Authority and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), while the winners were crowned by Mr Ghalib Al Alawi, Secretary of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) and Mr Tawfiq Al Salehi, Director of the Media Office and Information Centre of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Head of the PR and Media Committee at BREEF.
The grand prize winner finished the 140cm hurdle event in 51.81 seconds, but his run to victory saw him commit eight faults. The Ministry of Interior team occupied all the podium places as Al Bastaki’s teammates Hussain Dadallah and Mayoof Al Rumaihi finished second and third respectively.
The runner-up crossed the finish line in 51.55 seconds, posting a better time than the first-place winner. However, the 12 faults during his display proved costly. Al Rumaihi made 12 faults too, clocking 54.15 seconds.
Furthermore, Sultan Al Rumaihi of the Ministry of Interior team made a great performance in the third competition of the 4th round to win first and third places. His time of 27.10 seconds narrowly defeated the runner-up Abbas Yousif who clocked 28.65 seconds. Al Rumaihi’s second attempt on a different horse saw him complete the contest in 29.33 seconds. The event included 110cm hurdles.
Moreover, Mayoof Al Rumaihi had an exceptional day as he triumphed in the fourth and fifth contests before finishing third in the main event. He topped the podium thanks to the time of 39.00 seconds he posted in the fourth competition while crossing the finish line in 31.41seconds proved enough to allow him to clinch his second victory of the day.
The participants had to jump over 120cm hurdles in the fourth competition, and 130cm hurdles in the fifth contest.
