Media Release

Abu Dhabi, Dec 3: The Sahebaan Community hailing from the districts of DK and Udupi, organised a day long get-together for the community members at Al Wathba Park, in the city on Friday November 27. The event turned out to be a grand success, with over 350 community members of all age groups and from all over UAE participating with great enthusiasm and enjoying the day which was filled with fun and games.

The members of the community enthusiastically assembled at the venue early in the morning and were treated to a hearty round of breakfast and tea.

The event began with Suhail Kudroli welcoming all the community members. Games were kickstarted by Mohammed Asif. To ensure that each and every member takes active participation, all attendees were provided with colored bands thus grouping them into four teams based on the colors Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. This inculcated team spirit and networking amongst all the participants. To break the ice a warm up game of dodge ball was conducted for ladies and gents separately. All the games were played on points system and based on their performance the points were allocated. The group with the maximum accumulated points at the end of the day was declared the winner.

Various fun filled team games were conducted throughout the day for gents such as passing the ball, passing the rope, t-shirt passing and tug of war, but the star attraction was the dizzy bat race which was played again on popular demand.

For the ladies, games such as hoola hoop, passing the ball, bursting the balloon, quiz and tug of war were conducted. Kids were segregated in two age groups namely 3 years – 7 years and 8 years – 13 years. Various games such as three legged race, lemon and spoon, musical hoola hoop, sack race and running race were conducted. The games were thoroughly enjoyed by all with active participation and the get-together turned out to be a memorable one.

The entire picnic was efficiently planned and coordinated by Althaf M S, Ajmal Ahmed, Mohammed Akram, Mohammed Hanif, Faizaan Khateeb, Saleem Sheik and Mohammed Yunus under the direction and guidance of Siraj Ahmed, Mohammed Asif, Suhail Kudroli and and Yunus Sheik. Volunteers namely Amjad Khalife, Mohammed Iqbal, Mohammed Javid and Mohammed Azim aptly assisted team Sahebaan in conducting the event.

The ladies events were planned and coordinated by Reena Althaf, Shamshad Sajid, Asmath Ara Ajmal, Shadman Zubair, Safia Hanif and Mubeena Rafiq under the guidance of Samreen Suhail and Aneesa Yunus. The kids events were managed by Anushka Yunus, Meenaz Nazir, Afroze Mustafa, Reeha Althaf and Aida Ajmal.

A sumptuous lunch was served by Indian Palace Restaurant, Sharjah. Morning breakfast was catered by Spice Land and the audio system was provided by Joel of Abu Dhabi.

The prominent Sahebaan community members namely Abu Mohammed, Zubair Aziz, Rizwan Aziz, Zahiruddin, Mateen Ahmed and Dilshad Nissar Ahmed graced the occasion.

The get-together concluded with prize distribution for the various winners and gifts to the child participants.