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Written by Shujaat Wasty
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Thursday, 06 June 2013 09:35 |
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 Over 200 participants turned up for the 36th Montreal Muslim Ball Hockey (MMBH) tournament on May 11 at John Abbott College campus in Montreal. For the first time since it was founded 21 years ago, the bi-annual tournament featured two tiers, with five elite teams playing in Tier I and the remaining thirteen teams competing in Tier II.
Tier I finals featured perennial favourites Green Army, who were an all-Montreal team save for Ottawa star goaltender Aneel Anwar Nauth, emerging victorious over a team consisting of mainly Toronto-area players. The first period had Green Army with a slight 2-1 advantage, which they later opened up further and routed their opponents by a score of 7-1. Green Army captain Sophian Mian, well established as one of the top players in Montreal, incurred an injury during the finals but returned to score a goal in leading his team to their sixth ever championship.
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Written by Abdirashid Jama
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 20:45 |
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Maghrib (sunset) prayer has just concluded, yet well over 40 youth, mostly high schoolers, remain seated as they listen to an elderly gentlemen get up and deliver an Islamic sermon relevant to them. They are not seated on the carpets of a masjid (mosque) floor or the seats of a university lecture hall. Instead, they are in the most unlikely of places; a basketball gym. This has been the regular routine on Sunday nights at the Muslim Basketball League
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Written by Shujaat Wasty
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Monday, 24 December 2012 20:06 |
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On Dec. 1, the Montreal Muslim Ball Hockey Tournament celebrated its 20th anniversary with its 35th tournament held at John Abbott College in Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue.
The mainly bi-annual tournament is a volunteer-driven, non-profit event that has been a longstanding tradition for Montreal’s Muslim community. It began in 1992 with five teams at the NDG YMCA and has continued to grow, now regularly attracting up to 20 teams and around 200 Muslim youth and adults, typically aged 15 to 45, from across Quebec, Ontario, as well as Canada and the United States.
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Written by Staff Writer
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Saturday, 03 November 2012 20:19 |
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ThinkFit the city’s only fitness organization for Muslims has opened registration for ten programs. Programme timings and details for featured programmes are as follows:
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Written by Noman Bajwa
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Friday, 14 September 2012 09:29 |
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ThinkFit, the city’s only health and fitness programme designed especially for the Muslim community, made its official launch last month.
The programme made its first big impression on the community with its Eid Ping Pong tournament on August 24, drawing 40 players.
Since 2002, long-time Bells Corners resident Ali Bokhari and a small group of volunteers have operated informally, booking facilities throughout the city to cater to the Muslim Community’s athletic needs -- primarily table tennis and basketball events.
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