Places to play sports for FREE in qatar?????

Dude plz provide some more details how often u guys play....really looking up to get back to my normal routine.

Seems like gal with some serious skills!

Rmy and Hussamf, I hope we're still on for football at 1 PM tomorrow (23 Feb). It's supposed to be bright and sunny. Should be a fun game!

I will be here with an other one. See you on Friday i hope

So I went and met up with Hussamf today, but no one else showed up. What happened folks? Alright well, it was pretty last minute. But we're going to try and have a game next Friday (23 Feb) around 1 PM. Just show up to the Al-Sadd stadium practice fields. It'll be fun!

Hey

u need 2 bring a ball, call me when u get here bec they will throw u off the pitch if u go alone...

u need 2 be at least 10 people though for it to work...

any how

my no is 5292449

so gimme a call when u get to the club and i will tell u where to meet me...

http://hasous.spaces.live.com

"missiles, warships and nuclear weapons cannot establish security. Instead they destroy what peace and security build." Anwar Sadat

I'm ok to play and i can come with 2 persons? Where do you expect to play tomorrow???

I'd like to find a nice lap pool open to the public. I know a couple of hotels have good pools for swimming laps, but the membership fees are huge. I even went so far as to go to the Sports City (former Asian Games) pool the other night to see if they were open to the public -- they're not, they are Aspire-only.

Does anyone know if there is a pool I can use without being a member?

I ditto the swimming request. Its such a shame we can't use the Asian games pool esp after work.

Most the hotel pools 2 small.

Hussamf: Friday, 2/16 sounds good to me. I'll probably be bringing about 5 folks with me. What time will work for you and where exactly should we meet you?

Hi man

So interesting with football if you found a place email me immediatley I'll be a good defence..

What I'm doing is running in the corniche..

I'm coming from the lost Paradise

I'm coming fromthe lost Paradise

we can play on friday;s if u want in the training pitch....

the things is its a bit windy these days...

if u wanna make it happen next friday i am all for it..

let me know..

http://hasous.spaces.live.com

"missiles, warships and nuclear weapons cannot establish security. Instead they destroy what peace and security build." Anwar Sadat

hey guys... lebtarek has a group of 5, taansari a group of +/- 5, and I'm sure there are other guys who want to play football (like me !!!). So let's have a small match together!!!

Maybe tomorrow?

Oh, but I don't know where to play - maybe there is any possibility at Khalifa sport centre?

Hussamf: no possibility at Al-Sadd Club?

Lebtarek, we're a group of 5 (maybe more, depending on where we end up playing) who are also interested in some pick up games of football. Do you know of any good places around here to play?

guys.. i want to play soccer.. we are group of 5.. please call me if you have any ideas to play!!

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Bobo,

I'm really interested as well in playing basketball. Tell me if you found something interesting at Doha Junior High School, or anywhere else.

Hussamf, are you still interested in playing soccer at Al-Sadd? I've got at least half a dozen folks who want to participate. I think we can get some good games going if we organize something soon (and once this rain dies down a little bit!). Let me know what's possible.

Hussam, I like the idea. I'll speak to some of my work colleagues and get back to you about how many in number you can expect from my side. You can certainly count me in for the time being!

Any other folks interested?

Hi, I would like to play soccer! Best days are Friday or Saturday, but in the evening I could play every day...

Just give me a call (5371243) if you have enough people to arrange a small match...

hey people...

if u can bring together an appropriate number of people ( 8 to 10), may be we can play soccer regularlly in Al-sadd club where i work say a couple of days a week...

but i need u 2 get organised in terms of numbers and then tell me what days u wana play to i can take permission to use the club;s facilities..

http://hasous.spaces.live.com

"missiles, warships and nuclear weapons cannot establish security. Instead they destroy what peace and security build." Anwar Sadat

The place opposite Airport mosque one can find lots of people playing soccer.

Hi everyone, I'm new to the Qatar Living forums, and I've actually been wondering the same thing as bobo. Do they still play bball at Doha junior high school on weekends? If so, what are the times?

Its behind Doha stadium, the crowed some of them are old but they are faster than me !!! and yes I play there some times

Could you give me more info? Like where this is and how old the crowd is...You play there?

Yo y don’t u play basketball in Doha junior high school they playin every Friday and Saturday.. wana join??

Ok not sure if you all care but I heard that they are proposing to build some new parks and facilities sometime soon...These should possibly contain sporting areas, so I guess I can wait for that, if I'm still here.

Thanx guys...

NO I am not going to play rugby or gaelic football, but thank you very much.

As for the Qatar University, I know to get past the guards you need someone to get you past. I dont know anyone in QU so forget that idea. But thanx anyways :)

When I find something I will post it so you guys can help out another BoBo who asks.

I saw some boys playing football in an empty area near the MacDonalds off TV Roundabout. You could try there.

You can try the Qatar Univ. campus, just ask where the Qatar Univ. Street is and do down it, it'll just lead you to the main gate for the sports campus of QU. I've been there for a couple of times for soccer,it was very nice...Ive also seen their swimming pool, it's an olympic one and it's beautiful...I can't really remember if i've noticed any basketball courts over there buti'm sure there must be a couple of them at least.

bobo why don't you learn rugby? It is the only really active club for expats around.

They play touch rugby 3 nights a week over summer (although pitch is being dug up for August) and this is a great way to learn.

The season proper starts in september with pre-season training beginning mid august. There are home and away games every weekend until April. Teams are Dubai (3), abu dhabi, sharjah, muscat, Bahrain.

You do have to pay though. However annual membership is about QR700 so it won't break the bank.

Yours is better. You have a football pitch. Darn...

Than our compounds are very similar.

Nah, closer to Costa really.

Are you surround by a lot of Canadians and very close to LandMark mall?

Well I'm calling it a night. I'll keep my fingers crossed and check back here tomorrow. If anyone finds out anything just post it here, I dont care, just post whatever can help me.

I might if one of the security guys is called Washington and another makes Droopy look lively.

I told the story of how I wound up living with my parents again after 9 years under Accomodation 1. I do not enjoy it, and actually I do pay for food, because I feel guilty about living here with them. They don't pay rent, so I don't have to, but I do buy my Mom flowers and stuff and do a lot of the cleaning. So...

DG---- that is something we did not know in qatarliving, well atleast i did not.

Advantages are huge.... no rent, no bills, free meals.. HIGH LIFE.....

Some people have all the luck

Beast666

E46 do you live on my compound?

Beast, remember I do live with my parents so there are VERY BIG downsides to living on this compound.

BoBo, Ramada isn't too expensive and it has a gym, but yes, without access to excerise you will gain the Doha dozen.

It's funny how very little neighborliness exists in compounds. And the kids; some of them are like the Mongol Hordes.

Thanx guys for the tips, which were ummm some what helpful?

dohagirl, if I dont find nothing I might go ahead and ask where you live. It seems like having a fast food joint everywhere and getting fat is the master plan. God forbid we have many sport alternatives here. *Mind the sarcasm*

Compound with GYM, POOL, hooooooo....

I live in a cardboard box, in qatar they call it studio apartment.

Beast666

Move to a compound I have a basketball court, football field, gym and pool for free. :D Course everyone on my compound is old and married so it isn't a good place to meet people. :(

Try a Playstation or Xbox.

Let me know if you find anything remotely football-like.

You can try emailing William Lawson at [email protected]. He's a coach at one of the clubs and does training for kids also.

Down around the Corniche, otherwise there is no place, sorry. You'll have to meet people at the crappy bars like everyone else. Or join a club.