Horse Racing - 28th and 29th October 2015

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Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club will be having the first horse racing events for the new season, this week for this season.

1st Race Meeting

Date:  Wednesday 28th October 2015

Time: 5pm to 8pm

Number of Races: 6

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

2nd Race Meeting

Date: Thursday 29th October 2015

Time: 5pm - 8.45pm

Number of Races: 7

Venue: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club

(GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for equestrian)

Qatar Optimist Asian and Oceanian Championship - 25th to 30th October

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Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation (also known as Doha Sailing Club) is hosting the Qatar Optimist Asian and Oceanian Championship at Katara Cultural Village. Its open for public to watch and entrance is free!

Dates and Timings: Sunday 25th October to 30th October 2015 from 11am onwards

Venue: Doha Sailing Club - Katara Cultural Village (Location Map at www.rush360.qa search for DSC)


This Sailing Competition is for Children aged 8 to 14 and the kids look very confident and cute sailing, displaying their talents and courage. 120 youngsters from 17 countries battle it out for the top spot.

Highlights - World Superbike Championship - Round 13 & QSBK Round 2

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Losail International Circuit witnessed yet another spectacular World Superbike Championship!

The final FIM Superbike World Championship race of 2015 was won on the final lap after another race-long fight as Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), who took his second win of the year – the fifth of his WorldSBK career – beat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team). In securing 2nd, the Welshman also claimed the runner-up spot in the final standings ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who came home third. Leon’s winning margin was 0.110s and his victory gave Aprilia a double win in the season finale, just as they had one year ago under Qatar’s floodlights.

Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike) completed his debut WorldSBK year with another strong showing, the Dutchman finishing fourth after running in the leading group for the first 12 laps, before dropping back a little in the closing stages.

The other big news of Race 2 was Jonathan Rea’s first DNF of the season, which put an end to his hopes of setting a new outright points record in the series; the 2015 World Championship had to pull out on lap 6 as his KRT machine suffered a technical problem.

Sylvain Guintoli was fifth on his last race for Pata Honda. The 2014 champion ended the night’s second 17-lap encounter a fraction of a second ahead of Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing), who took a season’s best sixth.

Seventh was Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), who equalled his previous best result of the season, while 8th to 10th went to Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati), David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia).

The final point scorers in Race 2 were Christophe Ponsson (Team Pedercini), Gianluca Vizziello (Grillini SBK Team), Gabor Rizmayer (BMW Team Toth), Imre Toth (BMW Team Toth) and Alex Phillis who scored his first WorldSBK championship point.

Xavi Fores (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team) did not compete in Race 2 after withdrawing through illness while Alex Lowes retired his Voltcom Crescent Suzuki at the end of the opening lap. Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was able to start the second encounter but he too to finish for the second time today.

WorldSBK Qatar - Race 2

1 - Leon Haslam Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils

2 - Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Superbike Team +0.110

3 - Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team +0.388

Final standings

1 - Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team 548

2 - Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Superbike Team 416 (-132)

3 - Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team 399 (-149)

(As provided by World Superbike Press Office)

The 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship had its very last moment on Monday, October 19th as the top World Superbike and Supersport riders and teams, along with the WorldSBK, FIM and media representatives gathered together for the annual Prize-Giving Ceremony at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha.

Additionally our local and regional riders also showcased their skills and talent at Qatar Superbike Championship Round 2 which was held along with International event.

The second race of Qatar Superbike had the same winners as race one, with the win of Alex Cudlin and Al Naimi and Al Malki second and third respectively.  In the first two laps of the race, Al Malki took the lead  but in the third lap, he came into the third position, with Al Naimi in second and Cudlin in front position. 

In the veterans category, the podium was also the same as first race, with Ian Maud first in the category and Christopher Bell and Martin Bexon second and third.

In the Qatar Supersport race 2, Abdulaziz Bin Ladin won again in this championship and he increases the lead ahead of Fahid Al Sowaidi. The Saudi Arabian rider who started on pole, took the lead until the checkered flag and gave no chance to Fahid Al Sowaidi to overtake him.  Al Sowaidi ended in second place and Ahmed Al Muyini came third, same podium as in the first race.

American rider Shelina Moreda was the first women in her category in the second race of the day.

The next round for Qatar Superbike and Qatar Supersport will be on 6th and 7th November.

Our sincere thanks to the managment and staff of QMMF and Losail Circuit as well as Dorna WSBK Organization for their continues support rendered to Rush360' Qatar team. 

Here are some moments captured at WSBK and QSBK at the event, Enjoy!

National Street Drag Round 1 - 2015/2016

Drag Racing is a famous motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles that are made specifically for this purpose compete, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance. 

Qatar Racing Club is the home of drag racing in the Middle East. QRC provides racers access to the best drag strip in the world, which allows them to unleash the power of their tuned street cars and bikes in a league based competition. The different classes include 4 Cylinder – Stock, Modified | 6 Cylinder – Stock | Modified | 8/10/12 Cylinder – Stock | Modified | SUV – Stock | Modified | Bike – Stock | Modified | Street ET Bike ET

Here are the schedules for Round 1 this Thursday 22nd October and Friday 23rd October 2015

World Superbike Championship - Round 13 - Pirelli Qatar Round

Picture Courtesy of QMMF

Losail International Circuit is ready for an action packed weekend and a thrilling Sunday for the final round of the Eni FIM Superbike World Championship under floodlights, 

Dates: 16th - 18th October
Venue: Losail International Circuit (GPS Location at www.rush360.qa search for Losail)
Tickets: 100QR for 3 days action.
Tickets available at QMMF office until Thursday 15th October and during the event at the ticket booths of the circuit
Event Schedule:

Superbike World Championship (also known as SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is the worldwide Superbike racing Championship which was founded in 1988. It is a category of motorcycle racing that employs highly modified production motorcycles, as opposed to MotoGP in which purpose-built motorcycles are used.

The Superbike World Championship season consists of a series of rounds (13 rounds this year) held on permanent racing facilities in different countries . Each round has two races and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for riders and one for manufacturers.

The final round is held at Losail International Circuit this year and hosted by Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation.

Qatar first hosted the championship in 2005 and from then on wards it was held annually  till 2009. After a four years of absence since then the championship returned o Losail in 2014. Here is the full history.

An event not to be missed. See you there!

VCU Community Classes - Silk Painting - Rashmi Agarwal

Famous fine silk artist Rashmi Agarwal will be conducting Silk Painting Classes at VCUQatar

Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop for in-person registration.

Course participants will learn basic and more advanced Silk Painting techniques, i.e. various stop flow methods, 'Serti' technique using water based resists and gutta, wax effect, free flow techniques, and embellishing works with salt crystals.


Start: Friday, 9 October, 2015

End: Friday 27 November, 2015

Lessons: 8 

Days: Fridays

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Location: VCUQatar, Rooms 177

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 850 / US$ 233.50

Class Outline

• Stretching the silk on adjustable frame, use of pencil lightly for drawing design onto the silk and applying resist on silk
• Apply of Silk paints and use of salt technique and wet on wet technique effect
• Removal of salts, fixing paints, washing and ironing
• Start of new painting with another technique, i.e. Stop-flow, or No-flow primers technique and also white blending effect technique
• Use of wax technique including Batik
• Removal of wax for all and fixing wax designs with heat and Introduction of silk craft with silk pencil colour bar.
• Completion of silk craft item and start of new painting it with clear resist technique and no flow.
• Clearing and completion of clear resist painting and theory notes and certificate distribution

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/36-silk-painting 

End of the Week Workshop - MAPS at Katara

Qatar based Art Community-"MAPS" Members are full of potential and creativity. They are sharing their skills by giving various Art Workshops at Katara Art Studio, Building 19 from 10th Sept- 26th Sept. 2015. Here are the details:

Silk Painting

Silk painting is the application of paints or dyes directly onto silk fabric using an exciting array of watercolour techniques. The colours are brilliant, vibrant and translucent and merge on the fabric which remains soft to touch.

Date and Time:
Thursday 10th September 2015 5pm to 8.30pm

Cost:
Kids above +10 and others are welcome and cost per participant is QR 200.
All Materials are sourced by an Artist.

Intructor:
Rashmi Agarwal

Workshop Outline:
Introduction of Silk Painting and difference between Dyes and Paints
Learn how to stretch silk on a frame and fixation
Preparation and designing of drawings on Silk and application of Gutta
Salt techniques and Gutta-resist agent in silk painting
Introduction of different colour mixing and textured effects
Other techniques
Wet on Wet Effect with water droplets;
Fixation of Colours and Silk.


Batik - Basic and Advance
Batik is a popular art and a craft and wonderful creative medium. The art of decorating cloth in this way, using wax and dye, has been practiced for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there. The word batik originates from the Javanese tik and means to dot.

Date and Time:
Saturday 12th September 2015 5pm to 8.30pm

Cost:
Kids above +10 and others are welcome and cost per participant is QR 200.
All Materials are sourced by an Artist.

Intructor:
Rashmi Agarwal

Workshop Outline:
Introduction of Batik Making
Introduction of Batik history, tools and batik colours and dyes
Transferring design to Cloth
Preparing and mounting the Fabric
Introduction to the Tjanting and how to use it
Temperature Settings & Application of Wax
Basics Techniques
Blending techniques
Direct dye application technique
Introduction of Spiral and web-like crackle
Finishing process: washing and wax removal
Finishing & ready to take home

Ebru and Marbling Art- Basic

Ebru Marbling is the art of creating colorful patterns by sprinkling and brushing color pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to paper.

Date and Time:
Thursday 17th September 2015 5pm to 8.30pm

Cost:
Kids above +10 and others are welcome and cost per participant is QR 175.
All Materials are sourced by an Artist.

Intructor:
Sana Hussan

Workshop Outline:
Brief introduction of Ebru Art.
Introduction of different Art forms of Ebru and its name in other countries
Short power point presentation to explain its Origin and Difference between traditional and modern methods.
Preparation of Ebru Art Bath and Water ( Traditional and modern method)
Introduction of Tools and brushes.
Create different marble patterns on water surface.
Transfer Marble art on paper.
Practice different patterns and try to create unique marble design


Ebru and MArbling Art- Advance

Ebru Marbling is the art of creating colorful patterns by sprinkling and brushing color pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to paper.

Date and Time:
Saturday 19th September 2015 5pm to 8.30pm

Cost:
Kids above +10 and others are welcome and cost per participant is QR 175.
All Materials are sourced by an Artist.

Intructor:
Sana Hussan

Workshop Outline:
Brief Introduction of Ebru art and Marbling.
History of Ebru Art and its origin.
Method by preparing traditional water.
Modern method of ebru art by Marbling kits.
Tools introduction used for Ebru.
Colour preparation.
Preparing Marble surface to use as Picture background.
Creating different objects on marble surface with vibrant pigments/colours.(birds, flowers, fish etc.)
Transfer the Ebru art on a Paper.
Parctice and create more intricate and unique designs. (Brain storming session to encourage students to create from their imagination)
Scenery with Ebru Art (Advance).

For registration and all other information please contact 

Tel: +974 44080235/44080233

e-mail:  education@katara.net