Algeria Memory Championship – 7th edition 2018

The Algerian National Open championship in its 7th edition was held on Saturday, March 24th, 2018. The event was organized in the beautiful city of “Tiaret”, precisely in the lecture hall of the most luxurious hotel “Bouazza Hotel”.

The Championship was under the supervision of Dr Riadh Bensaoucha -founder of the Algerian Memory championship, founder of the Arabian Memory Championship and also the official representative of the World Memory Championship in the Arab World, in the presence of the international Level 2 Arbiter Ahmed Lamine Chala who was in charge of managing the Events inside the hall, Mr Lakhder Achour as chief arbiters, Ms Asma Benaceur as responsible of the organizing.

The Championship was organized by “the Algerian Memory championship Foundation”  represented by Dr Riadh Bensaoucha – General Director of the Foundation – in cooperation with Benaceur Memory Training Center – Tiaret,  and the Directorate of Youth and Sports – State of Tiaret.

21 arbiters from different Algerian states participated in the arbitration of the Championship after being trained by Level 2 Arbiter Ahmed Lamine Chala on March 23th at Benaceur Memory Training Center – Tiaret, and a group of 15 organizers contributed to the organization.

67 competitors participated in the 7th edition (29 females and 38 males), 66 of them from Algeria and 01 from Tunisia who is Salsabil NOISRIA. The competitors were consisted of: 23 Adults, 26 juniors and 18 Kids, 19 had previously competed in memory championships, while the others were new competitors.

The results of the Events were as follows:

  1. Names & Faces:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Aya Inssaf BOUALI (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).
2nd place: Amina KHELIFI (Adult), Oumnia Riham BOUALI (Junior), Djihane HENNI (Kids).
3rd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Khaled Abdelah HALAF (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

2 – Binary Numbers:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR (Junior), Mustapha BELFATMI (Kids).

2nd place: Hakim BELOUAD (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Moudjib MAILBI (Kids).
3rd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Djihane HENNI (Kids).

3 – Random Words:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Soumia Mimouna BAHI (Kids).
2nd place: Mebarka KEBIR (Adult), Oumnia Riham BOUALI (Junior), Fatima Zohra BENACEUR (Kids).
3rd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR  (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

4-Speed Numbers:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).
2nd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Nadir IOUAGE (Junior), Mohamed Zakaria SI MERABET(Kids).
3rd place: Amina KHELIFI (Adult), Khaled Abdelah HALAF (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

5- Random Numbers:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).

2nd place: Amina KHELIFI (Adult), Nadir IOUAGE (Junior), Mohamed Zakaria SI MERABET (Kids).
3rd place: Khadidja AKROUT (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR  (junior), Mustapha BELFATMI (Kids).

6– Historic and Future Dates:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).
2nd place: Hakim BELOUAD (Adult), Abdellah Aness BENCHOHRA (Junior), Djihane HENNI (Kids).
3rd place: Abdessamed LARBI (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

7- Random Cards:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).

2nd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Nadir IOUAGE (Junior), Mustapha BELFATMI (Kids).
3rd place: Abdessamed LARBI (Adult), Salsabil NOISRIA (Junior), Djihane HENNI (Kids).

8- Abstract Images:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR  (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).

2nd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

3rd place: Khadidja AKROUT (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Mustapha BELFATMI (Kids).

9 – Day Calculation:

1st place: Hakim BELOUAD (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Alaa LARBI (Kids).
2nd place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR  (Junior), Djihane HENNI (Kids).
3rd place: Abdessamed LARBI (Adult), Nadir IOUAGE (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).

10- Spoken Numbers:

1st place: Hakim BELOUAD (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Mohamed Zakaria SI MERABET (Kids).
2nd place: Amina KHELIFI (Adult), Walid HENNI (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).
3rd place: Mebarka KEBIR (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR  (Junior), Moudjib MAILBI (Kids).

11- Speed Cards:

1st place: Nasser AZIRI (Adult), Abderahim SAKER (Junior), Mustapha BELFATMI (Kids).

2nd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE (Adult), Abdellah Aness BENCHOHRA (Junior), Sadjida DAOUDI (Kids).

3rd place: Amina KHELIFI (Adult), Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR (Junior), Kawther IOUAGE (Kids).

Arab New Records:
Five new Arab Records were broken as follows:

– Hakim BELOUAD (Adults) Arab Record in Day Calculation (176 Days/5min)

– Walid HENNI (Juniors) Arab Record in Day Calculation (130 Days/5min), Random Numbers (304 Numbers/15 min)

– Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR (Juniors) Arab Record in Binary Digits (336 Numbers/5min).

– Kawther IOUAGE (Juniors) Arab Record in Historic & Future Dates (17 Dates/5min).

And Thus the first three places were as follows:

 Adults:
The Algerian memory Champion of 2018 : Nasser AZIRI, with a total of 4515 points.
2nd place: Hakim BELOUAD, with a total of 3071 points.

3rd place: Fatima Zohra ROUANE, with a total of 3014 points.

Juniors:
The Algerian memory Champion of 2018: Walid HENNI, with a total of 3055 points.
2nd place: Mohamed Imad Eddine BENACEUR, with a total of 2417 points.

3rd place: Abderahim SAKER with a total of 2318 points.

Kids:

The Algerian memory Champion of 2018: Kawther IOUAGE, with a total of 1560 points.
2nd place: Mustapha BELFATMI, with a total of 1086 points.

3rd place: Sadjida DAOUDI, with a total of 103 points.

The results were announced on the evening of March 24th, 2018, where the ceremony began with honoring the Governor of Tiaret state by a shield, he was received by the President of the Department of Tiaret, and then Honoring Mr Mourad BENAMEUR Director of Youth and Sports of Tiaret State by a shield, after that Honoring Ms Asma BENACEUR Director of BENACEUR Memory Training Center by a shield.

Then the “SHIELDS OF TRUSTFULNESS” were given to of the Champion Nasser AZIRI, the Champion Hakim BALUAD, the Champion Ikram BANASEUR, the Arbiter Kamal LARARI.

The most active Memory Trainers in Algeria were also honoured. Mr Abdelkader FACI received the Golden Medal. Trainer Fouad DABBAB received the Silver Medal and Trainer EL Mehdi SOLTANI the Bronze Medal.

The Kids, Juniors, and Adults winners were honoured with Medals and the others Competitors were honoured with the memory championship caps as a promotional gift.

For the first time, there was a tribute with the “GOLD MEDAL of GIVING” to:

The international Level 2 Arbiter Mr Ahmed Lamine Chala, Mr Lakhder Achour the chief arbiters, Ms Oum Elkhir BENAOUI Level 2 Arabic Arbiter, Media Officer of the Championship Mr Bouziane AMALOU, Mm Aicha LOUMANI, the Tunisian Competitor Salsabil NOISRIA, the Arbiter Kadour KHELID, the Representative of CHOROK channel, the Representative of ENAHAR channel, Media representative of the Directorate of Youth and Sports of the State of Tiaret.

Then came the time of handing the National Memory Masters certificates, and the Arab Records Certificates, and then the cups to the best 3 Competitors in Kids and Juniors category.

In the end, the cups were awarded to the winners of the adult category. The rewards were handed over to the first three winners. Nasser AZIRI was declared the Algerian Memory champion of the year 2018 and he received the golden trophy.

The day before the Championship was an opportunity for a Tourist tour for the competitors. The destination was to “Ibn Khaldun Cave” in the Al-Ajdar area in Tiaret, wh Where competitors enjoy their time, to keep that journey in their memories forever.

You Can See the Summary of Championship :