Dubai: The 2nd edition of Dubai Schools Games, launched by Dubai Sports Council, will continue up to next June.  

The Tournament is organized by ESM Company and held under the sponsorship of Gems Educational Schools Group.

The swimming competition of the Tournament took place on 9th & 10th May 2022 at Hamdan Sports Complex with participation of more than 870 male & female swimmers of different age groups, who competed in 28 swimming challenges.

The Repton School gained 552 points and won 1st place in the general rank of preliminary schools, followed by Gems Schools & Jumeirah Schools with 532 points.

The Gems Wellington International Schools got 1st place in the general rank of secondary schools with 913 points.     

The padel tennis competition will be held on 14th & 15th May at W.B.A Academy, while the basketball competition is scheduled from 23rd to 26th May at Dubai Sports World. The badminton competition will be arranged upcoming June and the Gymnastics competition to be organized on 18th June.    

Participants in the 2nd edition of Dubai Schools Games compete in 13 sports competitions; these are: basketball, padel tennis, people of determination games, gymnastics, badminton, golf, cricket, indoor cricket, swimming, tennis, rhythmic Gymnastics, chess and electronic games. 

Dubai Schools Games Tournament is organized with massive participation of various schools. Participation in this Tournament is free for all schools and students of multi-nationalities, different levels & categories and various ages from 9 to 19 years old. Talents scouting program is implemented in all sports competitions. Representatives from Dubai clubs attend the competitions to scout promising talents and follow their performance & progress. 

The Tournament is organized as part of DSC’s efforts to develop sport in the school sector, confirming the eminent role of schools to boost the sports movement in the State, since schools are considered as the solid base of the sports pyramid, from where promising talents are scouted to support clubs and national teams to win titles and attain international achievements. School sports competitions are the preliminary step in scouting & boosting sports talents before moving to join clubs.  

DSC organizes this Tournament to increase the level of awareness in schools with the importance of the exercise of sport & physical activities in order to enhance physical & mental health and enjoy luxurious life. The Tournament also cements relations between schools & clubs and increases the numbers of Dubai clubs’ associates via increasing the numbers of those who exercise sport in schools and scouting sports talents who contest tough school competitions, held with participation male & female students of various ages & multi-nationalities. Clubs catch this opportunity to scout the best talents in various sports games.  

The Tournament provides unique opportunity for all school students to show their talents & sports abilities. Sports file are created for each player who participate in the Tournament, so that he can utilize this file when he moves to the university stage or when he joins a sports club in the future.

Dubai Schools Games is a model for sports cooperation between DSC & the private sector. It is according to this fruitful cooperation, several initiatives have been launched; parts of which are the Corporate Sports Tournament, Football Academies Championship and CEOs Golf Tournament besides several other sports competitions.