United Madrasah Championships celebrates ten years

Emdad Rahman

THE UNITED MADRASAH Championships organised by Newark Youth London has celebrated ten years of holding its annual sports day.

The championships took place at the Mile End Stadium and were led by the founder Arif Abdurrahmaan and Newark Youth London trustee Zia Rahman, leading nine activities alongside Emmanual and Shanur Miah.

This year seven schools from Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs such as Newham and Hackney participated in athletics, javelin, shot putt, relay racing 100m-200m, long jump, high jump and triple jump activities.

Madrasahs in attendance included:
•Mazahirul Uloom London
•Darul Hadis Latifiah
•London East Academy
•Jamiatul Ummah
•Hafs Academy
•Lantern of Knowledge

Overall, the London Islamic School (LIS) won most of the trophies. After ten successful years, the organisers plan further developments, including a girls school sports day Madrasah championships to take place in the future.

Founder Arif Abdurrahmaan commented, “The space for physical education activities at Madrasahs is limited and over the years this championship event has enriched the lives of the students while encouraging interaction with other young people, which is essential for their personal growth and development, mental health and well-being along with academic excellence.”

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