Congratulations to Riadh Bensaoucha for so successfully organising the 5th Arabian Memory Championships.
The 5th Arabian Memory Championship this year was with International standards for the first time, it was held on August 29th-30th, 2016 in Algiers, Algieria at the Higher School of Sport and its technologies, Organized by Dhaka Train for Training and coaching the representative of The Arabian Memory Championship Foundation in Algeria, the Championship was Managed by Dr. Riadh Bensaoucha and Mr Salah Eddine Djilah.
The Championship was supervised by the Chief Arbiter Phil Chambers and Managed by two Arbiters Level 2, Riadh Bensaoucha and Ahmad Lamine Challa. the Arbiters team was Composed from 45 Arbiters from 5 Arabic Countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya), and the Arbiters was Trained for the Arbitring job the day before the Championship by the 2 Arbiters Level 2.
The participants in the Championship were as follows:
- 121 Competitors from 9 Arabic Countries (Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Mauritania, Iraq, Palestine).
- 43 Kids, 37 Juniors, 41 Adults.
- 68 Males, 53 Females.
- 38 Old competitors, 83 New Competitors.
The Championship was at a good level of organization with great presence of media to cover the event, the Champions were as follow:
- First place: Yahia Nasreddine RASSINE from Algeria with total of 5174 points
- Second place: Tamim GATANESH from Libya with total of 3600 points
- Third place: Ali GATANESH from Libya with total of 3066 points
The results by categories is as follow:
1- Adults:
– First place: Yahia Nasreddine RASSINE from Algeria with total of 5174 points
– Second place: Ali GATANESH from Libya with total of 3066 points
– Third place: Nasser AZIRI from Algeria with total of 2709 points
2- Juniors:
– First place: Tamim GATANESH from Libya with total of 3600 points
– Second place: Ahmed Abdelhafidh EBSHESH from Libya with total of 2442 points
– Third place: Mohammed Omar EBSHISH from Libya with total of 2439 points
3- Kids:
– First place: Asma DILMI from Algeria with total of 1600 points
– Second place: Soumia BOUAOUINA from Algeria with total of 1589 points
– Third place: Khadidja BOUAOUINA from Algeria with total of 1119 points
In this championship, we have 30 new Arabic records ! as follow:
1- Adults (5 New Arabic Records):
– Yahia Nasreddine RASSINE from Algeria: Random Words (188 Word /15 min), Names & Faces (102 Names / 15 min), Random Numbers (944 Numbers / 30 min), Random Cards (598 Cards / 30 min), Speed Numbers (320 Numbers / 5 min).
2- Juniors (10 New Arabic Records):
– Tamim GATANESH from Libya: Names & Faces (97 Names /15 min), Speed Numbers (160 Number / 5 min), Abstract Images (186 Images / 15 min), Historic Future Dates (39 Dates / 5 min), Speed Cards (52 Cards /01:09 min).
– Mohammed Omar EBSHISH from Libya: Random Words (115 Words /15 min), Speed Numbers (146 Number / 5 min), Historic Future Dates (35 Dates / 5 min).
– Ahmed Abdelhafidh EBSHESH from Libya from Libya: Speed Numbers (170 Number / 5 min), Speed Cards (52 Cards / 02:16 min).
3- Kids (15 New Arabic Records):
– Asma DILMI from Algeria: Random Words (80 Words / 15 min), Speed Numbers (96 Numbers / 5 min), Historic Future Dates (16 Dates / 5 min), Spoken Numbers (18 Numbers / 1 sec), Speed Cards (52 cards / 03:08 min).
– Soumia BOUAOUINA from Algeria: Binary Numbers (897 Numbers /30 min), Random Numbers (280 Numbers / 30 min), Random Cards (132 Cards / 30 min), Speed Numbers (110 Numbers / 5 min), Speed Cards (52 Cards / 03:04).
– Khadidja BOUAOUINA from Algeria: Speed Numbers (110 Numbers / 5 min), Speed Cards (52 Cards / 03:09 min).
– Mustafa ELRGAIBE from Libya: Speed Numbers (92 Numbers / 5 min).
– Sara SOUALILI from Algeria: Spoken Numbers (19 Numbers / 1 sec).
– Ahmed Yacine GUERFI from Algeria: Names & Faces (45 Names / 15 min).
The next day of the Championship was for tourism with the Champions of memory and with the Chief Arbiter Phil Chambers in The shrine of the martyr and the Garden of scientific experiments Elhamma and Beachfront Alsablatt