Dubai Duty Free Summer SportsFest a resounding success
Winners of the DDF Summer SportsFest pose with the officials during the presentation ceremony.
The winning team scored an overall score of 34 points and won two gold, two bronze and two silver medals to receive the title as overall winner.
Commenting on the event, Dubai Duty Free Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin said, “Congratulations to all the winners of our first ever Summer Sports Festival, it has been a very tough competition and it has been a wonderful experience for all of us. I would like to thank the Sports & Social Club Committee of Dubai Duty Free for organising this event which was a great opportunity to interact with our colleagues through sports. I am looking forward to seeing even greater competition and more participation for the second edition of our Sportsfest next year.”
The inter-shift and inter-department competition, which kicked off on Aug.19, saw a total of 144 competing squads representing seven teams from Concourse A, Concourse B, Concourse C, Concourse D, Terminal 2 & AMIA, Back Office and Cash Office, Distribution Centre (DC) as well as The Irish Village who joined the T2 & AMIA team. All teams played their best in five different sporting events including basketball, volleyball (men & women), football, badminton (men & women) and cricket.
The finals and prize ceremony were attended by Dubai Duty Free management and staff headed by Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi, Salah Tahlak, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services, Bernard Creed, Senior Vice President – Finance, Mona Al Ali, Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Michael Schmidt, Senior Vice President – Retail Support and Kumar Ananthan, Vice President – Finance.
Winners
Men’s Badminton
Concourse D Mambas
Women’s Badminton
Back Office & Cash office Dragons
Men’s Volleyball
DC Stallions
Women’s Volleyball
Concourse B Phoenix
Cricket
Back Office and Cash office Dragons
Football
DC Stallions
Basketball
Concourse B Phoenix
