Course On Drug-Free Sports Winds Up
By Lyna Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - The 4th Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) Sports Medicine & Anti-Doping (SMAD) Course held its closing ceremony yesterday.

HRH Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah, President of the Brunei Darussalam Olympic Council, opened the course.

The closing event was officiated by Awg Hj Jemat Hj Ampal, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, on behalf of Pehin Dato (Dr) Hj Awg Hussain, Minister of Culture Youth and Sports.

The course was very timely with the recent launching of the National Health Promotion Convention officiated by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam, the minister's closing speech said.

As part of promoting a healthy lifestyle campaign, awareness of drug-free sports is one of the steps to be given priority in the efforts to achieve the goal.

As the Sultanate has recently signed the Copenhagen Declaration on World Anti-Doping Code, the presence of distinguished professionals in sports medicine over the past few days had certainly given some valuable insights particularly in the various aspects of the global code on doping, he said.

Most importantly, said the minister, the introduction of the ISSF Sports Medicine and

Anti-Doping Course four years ago had strengthened collaborations to join in the global call for anti-doping in sports.

"Upgrading and instilling awareness in our people especially in sports medicine profession, in every aspect of doping in sports, and the danger it represents," is one of the objectives of the course. It is pertinent for every athlete to be reminded that one can still excel in sports without resorting to illegal drugs.

It is now timely and appropriate for a national programme on drug-free sports to be formulated and implemented for the benefit of our young athletes, a programme which would produce professional sportsmen and sportswomen who are able to shoulder greater responsibilities to face the evergrowing challenges in the future.

Showing that science and sports medicine have firm and healthy foundations, the 3-day course made it clear that the need for ongoing research into current trends to build upon those foundations and gathering such as this should not be regarded as merely a one-off process but an ongoing initiative, he said.

HRH Prince Sultan bin Fahad bin Abd Aziz, Chairman of ISSF, noted that the organisation of the 4th SMAD course 'in a new format is for the first time under the ISSF Sports Medicine and Anti-Doping committee. It takes over the responsibility of organising and supervising the series of SMAD courses. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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