We look at the sporting events lighting up the UAE over the next seven days including the World Championships of Beach Ultimate, Dubai Desert Bowl for American football fans and the unique Dubai Desert Traithlon.
The Julius Baer Gold Cup Polo will feature the world's best polo players who will battle it out for the top place and stunning prizes. Be sure not to miss out on this family-friendly event at the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club, Arabian Ranches.
Venue: Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club, Arabian Ranches
Website: Dubai Polo Gold Cup
Brought to Dubai by the Beach Ultimate Lovers Association (BULA Beach Ultimate) and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), Beach Ultimate is a sport that invovles the rules and styles of Football, American Football and Basketball to create an amazingly original activity. This sporting event hopes to bring together upto 60 teams and huge number of participants to play around the Jumeirah Beach Residence area and will be the first of it's kind to be held in the Middle East.
Venue: The Beach, JBR
TENNIS AT THE PALACE
Thursday, March 12 – Saturday, March 14
Tennis stars of the past come together in Abu Dhabi for the first edition of Tennis at The Palace. Set in the lavish surroundings of the Emirates Palace Hotel, it will be a quintessentially British garden party featuring tennis from Grand Slam legends. Richard Krajicek, Pat Cash, and Younes El Aynaoui will be among those rolling back the years.
Venue: Emirates Palace
Website: Tennis at the Palace
Yas Racing Series returns to Yas Marina Circuit on 13 March for Round 3 and includes a range of local, sustainable motorsport championships. Competition will be tough as a full grid of UAE drivers face off over two races, competing for leaderboard supremacy as the championship reaches its halfway mark. Also featuring is the UAE Time Attack, a highly dynamic race series that sees production-based sports cars compete for the fastest single lap.
Venue: Yas Marina Circuit
Website: Yas Marina Circuit
The inaugural Dubai Desert Triathlon will showcase a unique combination of two of the triathlon disciplines, running and cycling, in unison with the traditional sport of endurance horse riding. The event will kick off at 6am with a cycle ride of 25 km followed by a 5km trail run and then an endurance horse ride of a 25km loop through the spectacular desert. All starting and finishing in the DIEC (Dubai International Endurance City).
Venue: Dubai International Endurance City
UAE DESERT BOWL
Friday, March 13
It is an all-Dubai affair as the Dubai Stallions take on the Dubai Barracudas in the UAE Desert Bowl. The final will take place at Dubai Sports City and is always well attended by the thriving American football community that exists in the Emirates. It will be a fantastic night of entertainment with a rock and roll concert and the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Pee Wee finals.
Venue: Dubai Sports City
Website: Dubai Desert Bowl
