Dubai: Al Ahli Club have promised an even better showing next season after making a clean sweep at the year-end cycling awards in Sharjah last weekend.
"This is just the start for us. We are focused on what we want to achieve in the future," Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Amri, manager for the cycling team, told Gulf News after accepting the overall champions trophy from Shaikh Faisal Bin Humaid Al Qasimi, president, UAE Cycling Association, at the Zayed Velodrome.
Al Ahli won everything on offer at the season-ending presentation, the boy's juniors, the men's and the overall trophies. "Honestly, we are not surprised with the clean sweep as we have worked hard for this through the year," Al Amri said.
The club official said that much of the success for the cycling goes to board member Ahmad Al Kamali, who backed the squad at every step during his tenure. "The club gave us everything and they backed us at every step. We had the best equipment and an even better will to work hard towards our objectives," Al Amri said.
The victorious club squad will now start preparing for the Arab Cycling Championships to be held in Saudi Arabia on October 15-21.
The team will go on a 25-day-long training camp in Morocco from July 15 and then return to Dubai to continue the preparations for the major competition. "There are also plans to take part in a couple of tours on the Asian circuit as these are bound to help us gain the necessary experience and exposure before the Arab competition," said Obaid Saeed, the new cycling supervisor at Al Ahli. "We are seriously contemplating a new concept of having three or four outstation professional cyclists training with us in an attempt to raise our level," he added.
