ALEXANDRIA,
Egypt/PRNewswire/ --
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President of Pharco pharmaceuticals: "Our goals go beyond treatment
and we are geared towards ultimate prevention of illness through
boosting sport."
- The
president of the championship organizing committee: "Choosing the
Alexandria Library holds a positive message to the world."
A
dinner banquet was held at the historic citadel of QaitBay in
Alexandria to celebrate the launch of the first edition of the
six-day Alexandria
Women's Squash Championship with 40 international women
players, including top seeded Egyptians under the sponsorship of
Pharco Pharmaceuticals as part of its social drive.
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Popular singer Nesma
Mahgoub took the lead at the event which was attended
by Alexandria governor, the heads of the Egyptian and African
federations and 32 top seeded players including the top Malaysian
Nicol David. Guests included honorary chairman of the International
Squash Federation Jahangir Khan from Pakistan,
the chairman of Sporting Club and leading sponsors.
In his
address at the opening ceremony, chairman of Pharco Pharmaceutics,
the platinum sponsor of the championship and patron of the campaign
to include squash to the Olympic list of games in Tokyo 2020, Dr.
Seif el Din Helmy reiterated that the goal of Pharco was the
complete eradication of illnesses through boosting sport and
healthy living. According to Seif, "having a dream" was only human
and therefore squash players around the world have a right to dream
of capturing medals for their respective countries. Seif thus
called for bringing squash to the Olympic Games. Seif concluded by
repeating the campaign slogan, "a dream to win a medal" in Arabic,
English and Japanese.
For
his part, the chairman of the championship organizing committee and
organizer of the open Gouna squash championship for the duration of
four years, Amr Mansi, explained that the Alexandria library was
singled because it was an inevitable cultural landmark.
Preliminary rounds began earlier Friday on the courts of the
Sporting Club. The first round was due in the glass court in the
outer courtyard of the Alexandria Library where players competed
for the $100,000 prizes.
First
seeded Egyptian Mohamed el Shorbagy and French player Gautier in
third place dueled in a friendly match.
Pharco
had organized the $
10,000 International Pharco Squash Championship last
February with 17 Egyptian players.
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