The speech and honoring ceremony was held this afternoon at the Adeni Tennis Club for the winners of the eighth tournament, which was held during the period from 16 to 26 December 2023 AD, under the patronage of Mr. Muqbil Omar Shehab, General Manager of Shehab Insurance and Investment Company, Honorary President of the Adeni Tennis Club, which included (open doubles). Pioneer doubles, premier singles, youth singles under the age of 18) with the participation of the Aden Tennis Club and the Al-Masafi Club.

At the ceremony, which was initiated by Jamal Bahah, Secretary General of the Adani Tennis Club, with a speech in which he welcomed the attendees, expressing his thanks to the sponsor of the tournament, Mr. Muqbil Omar Shihab, General Manager of the Shihab Insurance and Investment Company and the honorary president of the Adani Tennis Club, for his full cooperation and support and the true partnership between the company and the tennis club. Al-Adani, this support gave a wide scope of cooperation and contributed to the implementation of all the club’s activities for the year 2023 AD, and resulted in the success of this tournament. I hope that this cooperation and support will develop during the coming year to organize such tournaments for yellow football, as the city of Aden was the first in this game and which returns. Its history goes back to about 121 years.

Reviewing the achievements of the Adeni Tennis Club in various historical stages.

The Adeni Tennis Club was the oldest tennis club in the Arabian Peninsula and the Arab Gulf countries.

After that, the brothers: Omar Abdel Qader Al-Uqaili, General Manager of Shehab Company in Aden, Jamil Thabet, Advisor to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Farhan Al-Muntaser, Director General of the Federations, Mohamed Hassan, President of Al-Shoula Club, Jamal Omar, President of Al-Rawda Club, and Abdul Karim Al-Sharjabi, Secretary-General of the Football Association in Aden. Ali Ahmed Ali, Deputy Director of Hodeidah Transport Company, and

Zuhair Musami, President of the Aden Tennis Federation and former leaders of the Aden Tennis Club.

They honored the first-place finishers in the tournament with shields, medals, and sums of money.

The first place in the “Pioneers Category” was won by Redha Abdullah and Faisal Al-Sabahi, while the second place was won by Zuhair Mushki and Zaki Mahdi.

First place in the “open doubles” was won by the brothers Sharaf Muhammad Sharaf and Mansour Muhammad Sharaf, second place was won by Badr Louay, and Turki was the winner.

In the “Youth” category, Muhammad Makki won first place, second place was won by Ahmed Al Khaila, while third place went to the player Aziz Adel.

In the individual Premier League, Muhammad Makki won first place, Aziz Adel won second place, and Mansour Muhammad Sharaf won third place.

The honoring ceremony was attended by a large number of ancient tennis pioneers, tennis fans and fans, a number of general directors in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, officials in the Federation and the Youth and Sports Office, club presidents in the capital, Aden, and others...