Flying
Al
Jazira Aviation Club
Al Jazira Aviation Club was founded
in 4/5/1998. The club tries to promote
and consolidates the existence of light
and very light aviation in the UAE.
Due to the importance of aviation, this
club plays an important role to promote
and encourage the youth and those who
are interested to join this field. Through
aviation you can see the nice mountain
chains and the lying coasts of RAK,
the desert and the natural life. In
fact, the Al Jazira Aviation Club is
accredited by the Civil Aviation General
Assembly in the UAE and it is a number
of USA Aviation Assemblies.
Shooting
RAK
Shooting Club
It is located in Al Dehaisah area; about
20 minutes drive from Ras Al-Khaimah
International airport. It was inaugurated
on 04-06-1992. The Ras Al-Khaimah Shooting
Club has 1500 members from different
nationalities. A branch has been established
in Shouka. The club has different types
of weapons and many shooting ranges
play fields for the children and a cafeteria.
Diving
Emirates
Maritime Sports & Diving Centre
You can discover the underwater magic
and the secrets of the Gulf. See and
enjoy the beauty of the bottom and also
diving on the coral reefs and drowned
shipwrecks and so many other places.
You can see through the Emirates Maritime
Sports and Diving Centre which makes
training in diving and have all the
equipment for rent to visitors plus
the arrangements, for diving tours.
Water
Skating
Ras
Al-Khaimah Water Ski Club
RAK Water Ski Club is located in the
Khuzam area. The club secures all the
necessary required means and equipment
and makes them available for those who
like to enjoy the water ski sport. As
it is a general establishment it doesn’t
aim for profit. The club gives very
low prices to encourage water ski hobbyists
to practice their favourite sport.
Camel
Racing
United Arab Emirates gives the camel
races a very great importance because
it is one of the public sports known
a long time ago inherited within the
group of the public heritage. These
races which are carried out continuously
and in the form of tournament found
the greatest care and attention by morale
and financial aid and support of His
Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al
Nahyan UAE President and his brothers,
the Members of the Supreme Council and
ruler of the Emirates.
The
well arranged, organized, designed,
prepared and well equipped camel race
tracks are spread all over the UAE.
Not only in the Emirates but also in
the small villages and the desert areas
which are inhabited by Bedouins who
are caring very much about authentic
Arab camels. The annual closing festivals
are carried out in Abu Dhabi, Dubai,
and RAK. Hundreds of vehicles are presented
from the Governments, Companies, Establishments,
banks and trades of the private sector
as a share in these occasions and to
encourage their local brothers, the
camel owners and the camel trainers.
In
RAK Emirate a modern camel racetrack
has been established at Al Sawan area
with a length of 10 km and a circular
shape. A main modern platform is constructed
there at the finishing point of the
racetrack.
Camel
races in RAK are carried out according
to the annual program prepared by the
UAE camel race union, from mid September
up to the end of April annually. Two
golden cups have been allotted as an
incentive for the competition to show
the capability of the full-blooded Arabic
camels. The first from His Highness
Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi Member
of the Supreme Council and Ruler of
Ras Al-Khaimah allotted for camels of
(Yatha’a) age. The second cup of
H.H. Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi
Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of RAK
allotted for the camels of Lagaya age.
These competitions are carried out within
the final race in RAK. This kind of
sport attracted the visitors and the
staying people, because they like to
know the camel roots and how to be treated.
