'Be A part Of' President's Cup trophy tour

Martyn Thomas 16:54 23/04/2014
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  • Defending champions: Al Ahli will take on Al Ain in the May 19 final.

    Football fans around the country are being urged to ‘Be A Part Of It’ after the UAE Football Association (UAE FA) launched the official President’s Cup trophy tour from Friday until May 17.

    Kicking off at Fujairah City Centre, the biggest prize in the domestic game will then visit five further cities in four emirates before the May 18 final between Al Ahli and Al Ain at Zayed Sports City.

    With two of the biggest and best supported clubs in the UAE contesting the much-anticipated showpiece, the idea behind the trophy tour is to give as many people as possible an experience of the stand-out date on the domestic football calendar.

    In each city, the imposing President’s Cup will form the centre piece of an interactive zone where fans can get their photo taken with the trophy, have their face painted, take part in goalscoring and other competitions or simply relax and watch some football highlights or play video games.

    “This is an important event related to His Highness the President (Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan), so it has a very important and prestigious position for us and this is why this time we came up with this idea,” UAE FA president Yousuf Alserkal said.

    “We (want to) reach out to the public, we are not waiting for the spectators to come to the stadium, we are not aiming to attract spectators to come to the stadium because the two teams that qualified, Al Ahli and Al Ain, anyhow they have good crowds.

    "They will attract a good crowd but we want also to reach out to the others who will not have the chance to come to the stadium.”

    Following its appearance in Fujairah the President’s Cup will move to Manar Mall in Ras Al Khamaih, (Monday and Tuesday), Buhairah Corniche, Sharjah (May 1-3), Dubai Mall (5, 6), Al Ahli club (7), Al Ain Malll (9, 10), Al Ain club (11) and finally four locations in Abu Dhabi (13-17), including the Corniche for the two days before the game.

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