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The follow of ice hockey in Morocco dates again to an precedent days, earlier than the creation of the primary ice rink in 2005, when a superb variety of Moroccans residing in Europe and North America determined to launch this self-discipline on the nationwide stage giving beginning the identical 12 months of the primary hockey membership (Capitals Rabat) and two others in 2007 in the identical metropolis.
A 12 months earlier, in 2006, the primary determine skating college was inaugurated in Rabat bringing collectively devoted coaches and supervisors with a purpose to instill in practitioners the basics of this self-discipline in response to academic and bodily guidelines meant for every age class.
Lastly, and after 11 years of follow below the management of the Moroccan Nationwide Ice Hockey Affiliation (ANMHG), the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation (FRMHG) was created on February 8, 2016, fulfilling the dream of a number of followers of this sport.
To this finish, Mr. Khalid Mrini, founding father of this sport in Morocco, was elected president of the FRMHG whose main goal was the creation of a nationwide championship, arrange the Throne Cup, improve the variety of golf equipment, increase the variety of gamers and make sure the presence of Moroccan hockey in worldwide occasions with a purpose to develop it and guarantee higher follow.
The FRMHG succeeded in its first problem, after 5 years of labor inside the framework of the ANMHG, to host the primary African Ice Hockey Cup in Rabat, after attracting many younger folks from working-class neighborhoods who got here in a primary time to find this new self-discipline earlier than turning into champions.
On this regard, the president of the federation, Khalid Mrini, declared that the group of the primary African Cup, which noticed the participation of Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt, in addition to Morocco, nation host, was the fruit of a number of years of arduous work which aimed to boost consciousness of this sport, entice younger folks from working-class neighborhoods, prepare them and encourage its follow by way of the distribution of sports activities tools and tools.
Throughout an interview with MAP, Mr. Mrini confused that the federation was ready, in a short while, to consolidate the follow of ice hockey in Morocco, significantly after the opening of one other ice rink in Casablanca, permitting the creation of eight further golf equipment, which had 600 members, and different tracks inside the framework of native areas in Salé and the Yacoub El Mansour district in Rabat.
He specified that the curiosity of younger folks in ice hockey, specifically those that practiced curler skating on a person foundation within the streets and parks, inspired the federation to seal partnerships with areas outfitted with ice rinks, sports activities organizations worldwide gamers and sure main international locations in ice sports activities together with the Czech Republic, by way of its embassy in Morocco, which made it doable to profit from sports activities tools.
Alternatively, the FRMHG signed a partnership settlement with one of many giant procuring facilities of Casablanca to make the follow of hockey extra accessible and to permit the coaching of the nationwide workforce on its ice rink, he stated. -he provides.
“Regardless of the efforts made to provide extra affect to Ice Hockey in Morocco, this self-discipline nonetheless suffers from an incredible lack of acceptable infrastructure to follow this kind of sport in addition to the monetary assets to make it progress,” indicated Mr. Mrini by exposing the totally different actions organized by the federation, particularly the nationwide championship, the Throne Cup and participation in worldwide tournaments and occasions.
Nonetheless, the optimum follow of ice hockey in Morocco, in response to the president of the FRMHG, ought to start with the development of contemporary rinks assembly worldwide requirements, which might entice lovers of this self-discipline and encourage worldwide our bodies to grant it the dignity of organizing worldwide competitions or one among its stations.
Moreover, the technical administration of the FRMHG carried out steady monitoring of the members of the nationwide workforce, regardless of the closure of the ice rinks at the moment obtainable as a result of preventive measures adopted by the competent authorities to restrict the unfold of the Covid-19 pandemic. , by way of the institution of coaching applications that embody principle and follow, in addition to medical and psychological assist for gamers, talked about Mr. Mrini.
Subsequently, the president of the federation, after calling for higher consideration to be paid to the game of ice hockey and to place in place the mandatory services and tools, additionally wished to recall that regardless of the closure of the ice rinks, he acquired greater than 12 thousand purposes to affix the skating college or the programs it organizes for the advantage of younger folks in several age classes.
It must be famous that ice hockey matches are performed between two groups on a flat ice floor utilizing a small disc of frozen rubber (76.2 mm in diameter), referred to as a puck or puck, to cut back friction on the ice when hit with a hockey stick. Nonetheless, gamers’ clothes consists of skating sneakers and a protecting helmet in case of a fall.
Ice hockey is widespread in all European international locations and North America, and just lately within the Center East and Africa. The United Arab Emirates has turn into a member of the Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 2001, Kuwait in 2009 and Morocco in 2010 as an affiliate member.
2024-06-27 00:27:38