Flying
Al Jazira Aviation
Club
Al Jazira Aviation Club was founded in 4/5/1998.
The club tries to promote and consolidates the
existence of light and very light aviation in
the UAE. Due to the importance of aviation, this
club plays an important role to promote and encourage
the youth and those who are interested to join
this field. Through aviation you can see the nice
mountain chains and the lying coasts of RAK, the
desert and the natural life. In fact, the Al Jazira
Aviation Club is accredited by the Civil Aviation
General Assembly in the UAE and it is a number
of USA Aviation Assemblies.
Shooting
RAK Shooting
Club
It is located in Al Dehaisah area; about 20 minutes
drive from Ras Al-Khaimah International airport.
It was inaugurated on 04-06-1992. The Ras Al-Khaimah
Shooting Club has 1500 members from different
nationalities. A branch has been established in
Shouka. The club has different types of weapons
and many shooting ranges play fields for the children
and a cafeteria.
Diving
Emirates Maritime
Sports & Diving Centre
You can discover the underwater magic and the
secrets of the Gulf. See and enjoy the beauty
of the bottom and also diving on the coral reefs
and drowned shipwrecks and so many other places.
You can see through the Emirates Maritime Sports
and Diving Centre which makes training in diving
and have all the equipment for rent to visitors
plus the arrangements, for diving tours.
Water Skating
Ras Al-Khaimah
Water Ski Club
RAK Water Ski Club is located in the Khuzam area.
The club secures all the necessary required means
and equipment and makes them available for those
who like to enjoy the water ski sport. As it is
a general establishment it doesn’t aim for
profit. The club gives very low prices to encourage
water ski hobbyists to practice their favourite
sport.
Camel Racing
United Arab Emirates gives the camel races a very
great importance because it is one of the public
sports known a long time ago inherited within
the group of the public heritage. These races
which are carried out continuously and in the
form of tournament found the greatest care and
attention by morale and financial aid and support
of His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
UAE President and his brothers, the Members of
the Supreme Council and ruler of the Emirates.
The well arranged,
organized, designed, prepared and well equipped
camel race tracks are spread all over the UAE.
Not only in the Emirates but also in the small
villages and the desert areas which are inhabited
by Bedouins who are caring very much about authentic
Arab camels. The annual closing festivals are
carried out in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and RAK. Hundreds
of vehicles are presented from the Governments,
Companies, Establishments, banks and trades of
the private sector as a share in these occasions
and to encourage their local brothers, the camel
owners and the camel trainers.
In RAK Emirate
a modern camel racetrack has been established
at Al Sawan area with a length of 10 km and a
circular shape. A main modern platform is constructed
there at the finishing point of the racetrack.
Camel races in
RAK are carried out according to the annual program
prepared by the UAE camel race union, from mid
September up to the end of April annually. Two
golden cups have been allotted as an incentive
for the competition to show the capability of
the full-blooded Arabic camels. The first from
His Highness Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi
Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras
Al-Khaimah allotted for camels of (Yatha’a)
age. The second cup of H.H. Sheikh Khalid Bin
Saqr Al-Qasimi Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of
RAK allotted for the camels of Lagaya age. These
competitions are carried out within the final
race in RAK. This kind of sport attracted the
visitors and the staying people, because they
like to know the camel roots and how to be treated.
