Saab Warriors lift Hidayah Saqco Champions League Trophy 2018

Media Release
April 8, 2018

Jubail: SAAB Warriors have emerged champions in the recently held Hidayah Saqco Champions League 2018 cricket tournament by defeating Khober United in the final match at Dywidag ground, here.

Both the teams showcased sportsmanship proving cricket to be a gentleman’s game. With the certainty of gameplay, the SAAB Warriors managed to hold back the Khober United and clinched the cup. 

As a token of respect to both the countries, Hidayah Foundation chairman Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte, the main sponsor Mr. Altaf Saqco, Hidayah HQ team, Guests & spectators lined up in the ground with both the teams for the national anthem OF KSA & India, followed by the final toss of the event, KU won the toss and elected to field.

SW scored 96/4 in allotted 8 over match. Chasing 96, KU only managed to reach 83/3 in their allotted 8 overs. With fantastic game spirit displayed by both the teams, SW won by 13 runs and Mr. Thayib of SW was awarded the man of the match.
In the semi-final (1) SW v/s KU, SW won the toss and elected to bat and scored 67/ 6 in an allotted 7 overs. KU chasing it ended up with a nail biting finish of 66/1 making SW move to the finals with 1 run victory. (Man of the match was awarded to Ashfaq from SW).

In the semi-final (2) KU v/s Amaco. KU won the toss and elected to bat and scored 96/4 in allotted 7 overs. Amaco was only able to chase 69/6 in 7 overs and lost to KU by 27 runs (Man of the match was awarded to Basith from KU).

In this two weeks of spectacular cricket tournament organized by Hidayah Foundation Jubail unit, 12 teams had participated with the Main sponsor as Saqco, Powered by Expertise, Al-Muzain, White Stone, and Real Tech.  Co-sponsors  as Plant solutions, Trident, Sasco, Roof tech, Sanivate, Toekoms, Energia, Exelon, Kmt, United Tech, Table 4, Fabrptech, Albatin, Kotech, Arab Energy, Blue Mart, Saab, Face, Amaco, Spark Arabia, Spectrum, Elounge, Samcon, Gulf Asia, & Deal Arabia.

The post-match closing ceremony began with the recitation of verses from the Quran by Master Danish Mohammed Haneef, Hidayah youth global coordinator followed by a briefing of Hidayah Foundation by Mr. Asif Deals, Chief advisor of Hidayah Foundation who also welcomed the dignitaries and guests to the dais. A documentary on Hidayah Foundation activities was presented emphasising on over all development of the most deserving. 

Khasim Ahmed HK, founder chairman added to the briefings and thanked all the well-wishers. Chairman Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte motivated all the players, entertaining the crowd and also thanking Mr. Imran, President of Jubail Unit along with the core team Mr. Asif Deals, Mr. Nazeer, Mr. Shahjahan, Mr. Sameer, Mr. Farooq, Mr. Khaleel, Mr. Basheer, Mr. Sattar and the entire Hidayah Family for their constant support and effort invested for the success of the event.

Felicitation was done for recognizing the help and support they have done towards expatriates who were facing hardship in the Kingdom also rendering support to the neediest back in India.

1.    Mr. Das Poojary (was felicitated by Mr. Altaf Saqco & Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte)
2.    Mr. Ashraf Karnire Expertize (was felicitated by Mr. Altaf saqco, Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte, Jnb. Khasim Ahmed HK, Jnb. Haneef Haji)
3.    Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte (was felicitated by Mr. Altaf saqco , Jnb. Haneef Haji , Jnb. Khasim Ahmed HK, Mr. Ashraf Karnire Expertize)
4.    Jnb. Haneef Haji, president of Hidayah HQ (was felicitated by Mr. Imran hertz, Jnb. Jnb. Zakariya Jokatte & Jnb. Khasim Ahmed HK)
5.    Jnb. Abid Asghar, administrator of Hidayah HQ  (was felicitated by Mr. Asif deals, Mr. Shahjahan)

Guests Mr. Hyder United tech, Mr. Abid Gulf column, Mr. Ashkaf Plant solutions, Mr. Shahul Qanberg, Mr. Thahir Coaltech, Mr. Salman Saab, Mr. Habib Spark Arabia, Mr. Shakil Makavi, Mr. Amjad Hidayah Dammam, Mr. Anwar Hidayah Dammam, Mr. Farooq from Jamiyatul Falah, Mr. Noor Mohammed DKSC, Mr. Umer fabrotech, Mr. Das Poojary, Mr. Firoz Jeddah restaurant, Mr. Siddiq mirza , Mr. Ashraf Indian social forum, were honoured by Hidayah Jubail team with a Hidayah foundation memento along with other volunteers of Hidayah Foundation Jubail, Mr. Sattar, Mr. Sameer, Mr. shakir were honoured for their hard work during the event.

Mr. Kaleel MK, Mr. Sameer Lucky star & Mr. Shahjahan, executed prize distribution and the raffle draw ceremony with 3 huge prizes. Mr. Rajesh from Kerala, Mr. Farooq from Mudigere, Mr. Ansif from Mangalore won the lucky draw.

Umpires were honoured by gifts and mementos, commentator M/c Mr. Safwan was honoured for hosting the final show of the tournament.

Mr. Nazeer hertz, Mr. Ibba bajpe, Mr. Farooq and Mr. Salim Udupi were honoured for their rendering support throughout the tournament and care taking the ground and team arrangements which made the matches function smoothly.

Score board and A.V management was taken care by Mr. Junaid, Mr. Jawad, Mr. Shakir, Mr. Tafseer & Mr. Shahjahan  were awarded by gifts for their entire support.

Entire Transportation was taken care by Mr, Arif Sasco , Basheer Falak , Musthafa Sasco , Farooq Arab Energy they were thanked by hidayah jubail president Mr, Imran 

Photographer Mr, Nazeer Kaloor was presented with a gift for rendering his support 

Ground staffs from Dywidag Mr. Rashid, Mr. Jogender, Mr. Yadav & Mr. Shyam Prasad were gifted for their rendered support.

Security staffs from Dywidag Mr. Ifthikar & Mr. Hussain were gifted for their support.

Following players were recognized based on thier individual performance:

Man of the series – Mr. Saleem from Amaco
Best bowler – Mr. Ashfaq from SAAB Warriors
Best batsman – Mr. Anis from Khobar united
Best fielder – Mr. Faizal SAAB warriors
Best wicket keeper – Mr. Imthiyaz SAAB warriors

Finally to the winners, SAAB Warriors won the hearts of cricket lover & Hidayah Foundation – Jubail won the hearts of the people ending the event of Hidayah Foundation Champions League 2018 with a high note.

To conclude, Mr. Ashkaf Vice president of Hidayah Jubail in his vote of thanks conveyed best wishes to all guests, well-wishers, supporters, members, participated teams, media, caterers, Dywidag & transportation.

Hidayah SAQCO Champions League Trophy 2018 – more photos

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Media Release
May 14,2020

Dubai: A non-profitable social organization, KSCC is delivering a great service to the community during this pandemic situation.

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club is a civil organization registered under Community Development Authority (CDA) involved in implementing various UAE government initiatives, blood donation drives, health campaigns, sport events, charity works, awareness programs and much more.

KSCC is currently actively liaising with Dubai government authorities in discharging the needs and requirements of the people in these challenging covid-19 pandemic times. It is also involved the activities such as logistics, coordinating stores, mobilizing isolation centers, equipping quarantine facilities and volunteering services.

During these testing times, KSCC is also facilitating the Guidance to the general public, follow-up up to 122 covid positive cases, counselling the affected, assisting the references and providing the ever-necessary emotional support by setting up a team of 24 reserved persons for call center helplines.

As per the request from DHA (Dubai Health Authority) KSCC has successfully organized the blood donation drive and donated upto 141 units of blood with the help of KSCC members & supporters.

Apart from above, KSCC is also engaged in serving needy by distributing the food provisional kit (Yestahloon) from the very 1st day of lockdown till day by their special task force team under guidelines of CDA, and also taking into consideration the month of Ramadan, team is successfully distributing Iftar food & provision kit with the help of donors.

In the 1st Phase, KSCC covered 2421 beneficiaries by providing 440 provisional food kits, 435 food pack and 529 Iftar kits.

As per the CDA guidelines, club is also engaged in following up the health condition of senior citizens living in UAE.

KSCC special team is also engaged in clearing documentation and formalities related to dead body repatriation until its final procedures and handing over to relatives with help of UAE governments authorities. Total 5 dead bodies are repatriated in their 1st phase of service.

KSCC is also having a center controlled special task team to assist all above activities during the covid-19 pandemic to continue the services to general public.

KSCC thanks all Government authorities, Members in different task team, supporters and Sponsors company MAERSK, MALABAR GOLD & DIAMOND and TAMIL ENTREPRENEUR for their support and also request extend their support to consolidate the above demanding service and deliver our best possible assistance not only because it is the month of Ramadan, but also our responsibility to reach out to the poor and needy, during this fight against Covid-19.

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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