QSports Leagues - Qatar's Newest Platform For Social & Recreational Sports Launched

Online, July 14, 2011 (Newswire.com) - QSports Leagues was officially launched on June 06, 2011 with the first game of its inaugural 6-a-side Indoor Football Leagues.

The first league is sponsored by Fitness First Gym and supported by the Qatar Olympic committee, with 12 teams, made up of a mix of local Qatari and expatriate working professionals, college students and sports enthusiasts will last for 11 weeks, while the second league, the Al Wakra 6-a-side Indoor Football League, also supported by the Qatar Olympic Committee, will see 8 teams competing for the top spot.

QSports Leagues is a new and first of its kind platform for sports enthusiasts in Qatar. QSports allows both individuals as well as teams to sign up for any active sports leagues through its interactive online website www.qsportsleagues.com

Ghanim Al Mohannadi, co-founder of QSports Leagues, while thanking the Qatar Olympic Committee for its support, strongly believes that to promote active and healthy life style, participation in recreational sport must be encouraged at the grass root level by offering an easy, affordable, and accessible platform for people to join sporting activities. "In line with Qatar's vision of becoming the sporting capital of the world, QSports intends to fill a vital gap by pro-actively engaging locals, expats, students, and corporate to have FUN, get FIT and make FRIENDS, through sport."

"It's no longer necessary to pay thousands of riyals to join expensive clubs for sports," says Ghanim. "Sporting activities should be affordable and above all fun. The tremendous response to QSports with over 500 members in our first week of operations is evidence that people want to engage in sporting activities"
QSports Leagues will offer exciting prizes to the winning team in every league through its sponsors. Qatar Olympic Committee and Fitness First, our current league sponsors, with their generous support have sponsored sports venues including trophies and free 2 month membership for the winning team in addition to free T-shirts for all players, respectively.

"We are delighted to be associated with the QSports initiative. It's a great opportunity for people in Qatar to showcase their sporting talent and have fun at the same time", says Dean Wantenaar, Senior Club General Manager of Fitness First, Qatar.

About Fitness First

Fitness First is a leading global health and fitness provider, with 490 clubs operating in 18 countries. From a single club opening in the UK in 1993, Fitness First has expanded through Europe, Australia and Asia through a combination of existing businesses plus continued investment in new club openings.

The Group operates 474 clubs with around 1.3m members and broadly based internationally and are strongly positioned in all major markets.

In addition the Group has franchised the Fitness First brand and operating model with a further 16 clubs operating under the Fitness First brand in the Middle East during the year.
Fitness First Qatar is located on the top floor of the City Center Shopping Mall.