A guy called Andrew emailed me today… I have to agree this is a great site and very very helpful. My family and I will be moving to Al Ain in the next few months. I was just wondering if you know of any Martial Arts places for my son to do? Yes, there is […]
Sport
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex, Dubai
The very impressive Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai contains 2 big swimming pools, one 100 metres long. One side has a window so you can watch racers swimming underwater from the viewing window. Below these 2 pools is a third, underground practice pool which is 100 metres long. Here’s a shot of […]
Al Ain Swimming Club
Mansour Sultan Al Matbouie (right) is the director of the Al Ain Swimming Team at the Al Ain Club. He says, “We are the best team in the UAE: we won the cup this year. We have 12 players in the national team. This season we broke 27 records. We have a swimming school with […]
Sand Golf Club, Al Ain
The Sand Golf Club in Al Ain was the first golf club to be set up here – but there’s no grass: all the ‘greens’ are brown: they’re covered in sand. You walk around with a square of astroturf and whack your balls from there. To get there you travel due east from the Hilton […]
Al Ain Vipers ice hockey team
Al Ain has its very own ice hockey team, the Al Ain Vipers. They run youth teams and a men’s team and provide training from absolute beginner upwards. They are now taking applications for new members from boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18 to play what they call “the coolest game […]
Swimming team at the Hilton Hotel, Al Ain
This is Rami Bou Khodr who teaches swimming at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain… He runs the American Swimming Academy. He is Lebanese, and has lived in Al Ain for the last 2 years. I asked him to tell me more about himself. He said, “I am a teacher and examiner for lifeguard courses from […]
Football at the Palm Resort in Al Ain
For those families with boys – or girls – aged from 3 to 12 who love to play football (soccer), there are opportunities here in Al Ain to play often. Doctor Abdel Noureldin (on the right in the photo), who works at Tawam Hospital, one of a number of hospitals in town, runs a fabulous […]