Manama, Oct. 4 (BNA): Bahrain will be sending more than 170 of its finest athletes for the Second GCC Games, due to take place from October 15 to 26 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Ghuloom Hussain, a member of Bahrain’s administrative delegation to the Games, said the Bahrain athletes will start collecting their official outfits from the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) before departing for Dammam next week.

Hussain said BOC general secretary Abdulrahman Askar is following up this procedure as well as other arrangements and would spare no effort in providing all that would help the Bahraini athletes achieve unprecedented results.
The delegation also includes director Feras Al Halwachi, deputy director Hamad Al Baker, and members Mohammed Al Zayed, Ebrahim Siyadi and Yaqoub Al Mohsin.

Bahrain is sending 11 sports teams at the upcoming edition of the GCC Games, namely athletics, football, basketball, volleyball, handball, weightlifting, table tennis, bowling, karate, swimming and goalball.

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BNA 1026 GMT 2015/10/04