United Arab Emirates held its first sports tournaments
Mapei led industry players from construction sites to the football field.
With a notable objective of strengthening the existing ties and relationships within the industrial and construction community in the United Arab Emirates, Mapei Construction Chemicals LLC, the local subsidiary of the Mapei Group in UAE organized a truly enjoyable sports tournament for their customers.
In February, 2017 they held the first annual Football Tournament at Sportsmania, Jumeirah Lake Towers. The tournament was successful in creating a sense of fellowship between the attendees and concluded with the announcement of the three winning teams: Ready Mix Beton in first place, Al Falah Ready Mix in second, and Consolidated Construction Company (CCC) in third.
The tournament saw thirteen 5-a-side teams competing against each other. Al Falah Ready Mix, Ready Mix Beton, Danube, Isam Kabanni, Trojan, Beirut Building Materials (BBM), Emirates Marble, Alec, CCC, JK White Cement, Floorworld, MAPEI Doha and MAPEI Construction Chemicals LLC pulled together their corporate teams and had their employees transformed into football players for one afternoon.
Guests and competing teams enjoyed the opportunity to watch and participate in live sport matches with the spirit of promoting the importance of sports in the local community. The overwhelming interest in the tournament already cemented the initiative within the construction field and all the registered participants were in attendance and talk of next year’s event is already in the air.
After the success of the football tournament, in March 2017, Dubai’s subsidiary was eager to organize its 1st Cricket Tournament which saw eleven teams competing against each other.
The performing of all groups in both sports tournament were excellent and the audience turnout was unbelievable. Hard work and passion are the company’s main values and so is for any sports professional or enthusiast. The popularity of these tournaments is no surprise, as MAPEI has had an unparalleled reputation for its involvement in the world of sport.
Not only by providing cutting-edge materials and technologies to build sports facilities, but also for sponsoring the Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI), to their sponsorship of the Italian professional Football team U.S Sassuolo Calcio, currently playing in Italy’s Serie A, and finally, establishing the MAPEI Sport Center in Italy.
This facility, born in 1996 and devised by MAPEI’s CEO Giorgio Squinzi, was created to give strong support to athletes in training, using technical, scientific and ethical approaches. Recently, the facility expanded its action field to also focus on cycling, basketball, golf, and ski, amongst other sports. The main objective of the Center’s team of experts is to assist and support the athletes, ensure that they reach their best shape, and to increase their skills and abilities, all while developing a strong sports culture based on ethics and integrity.
