March 13th, 2017: Teams from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have scored more successes in the latest inter-university sports festival, hosted recently by Gulf Medical University (GMU).
The CUD men’s basketball team fought through to the finals of their event, ultimately finishing as runners up against the University of Sharjah. The men’s tennis team, meanwhile, emerged as champions in their own event during the six-day festival. The latest successes come on the back of a recent competition win by the men's football team.
It was the CUD duo of Patrick Saba and Shahmir Gill that beat Manipal University in the semi-finals of the tennis competition to reach the grand finale of the event. Both players went on to win their games against opponents from BITS Pilani to lift the tournament trophy.
The two triumphant teams returned to the University campus to share their success with President, Pr. Karim Chelli, and Sports, Manager, Mr. John Sherratt, before adding the two cups to the ever-growing collection in the CUD trophy cabinet.
The annual GMU Sports Festival is the largest inter-university festival of its kind in the region. The CUD team members were among more than 2000 students from 28 different colleges and universities, competing in 226 events across 10 categories.
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