Athletic tournaments and games are consequential at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU). For years, sports have been one of the most accessible methods for NDU students to unleash their athletic potentials.
Under the supervision of the Department of Athletics at NDU, 16 teams competed (Basketball Men, Basketball Women, Rugby Men, Chess, Swimming, Table Tennis for men and women, Volley Ball Badminton Taekwondo, Judo, Athletics, Table Tennis for men and women , Futsal and Shooting Sport) in the Uni-League Tournament and the international Lebanese University Sports Federation (FSUL) Championships, which are the Qualifications for World University Games (the Universiade), taking place from March 2017 till May 2017 in Taipei. In fact, 2017 marks NDU’s quarter -century involvement in this athletic activity.
“Be part, share, and enjoy,” said Elias Boutros, senior officer, Office of Student Affairs (SAO) at NDU. He added that for several years, NDU has been the leader among other Lebanese universities participating in such tournaments simply because the coaches at NDU are the best at what they do, and they have an uncanny ability to bring out the best in students.
Amidst star athletes, cheering crowds, and proud parents, NDU students achieved remarkable results.
Uni-League Tournament results:
i) Volleyball (Men): NDU took second place after playing in the finals against USEK.
ii) Futsal (Men): NDU reached the semi-finals against USJ.
iii) Table Tennis (Men): NDU took first place; Antonine second.
iv) Table Tennis (Women): NDU took second place; LAU Beirut first.
v) Tennis – Semi-finals (Men and Women): USJ took first place; LAU Jbeil second.
FSUL Championships - Qualifications for World University Games in Taipei NDU athletes’ results:
NDU Taekwondo – Men
Weight Category:
i) 63 kg: Pavel Haddad (second place).
ii) 74 kg: Jamil Labaki (third place).
iii) 80 kg: Tarek Moussally (second place).
iv) 87 kg: Jack Sfeir (third place).
v) 87 kg: Elias Matar (first place).
NDU Taekwondo – Women
Weight Category:
i) 53 kg: Celine Saab (second place).
ii) 67 kg: Anna Maria el Khawand (first place).
Tennis – Men
i) Michel Saade, NDU (first place).
ii) Najib Fakih, USEK (second place).
iii) Emilio Khoury, NDU, and Jad Slaiby, LAU Jbeil (third place).
Tennis – Women
i) Bruna Khoury, NDU (first place).
ii) Jennifer Khawaja, NDU (second place).
iii) Mayssa Ismail, UL, and Nadia el-Kurdi, BAU (third place).
Table-Tennis – Men
i) Missak Boyajian, AUB (first place).
ii) Habib Antoun, Antonine (second place).
iii) Ralph Hamdar, NDU, and Anthony Arida, USEK (third place).
Table-Tennis – Women
i) Mayssa Bsaybess, NDU (first place).
ii) Nina Markarian, LAU Beirut (second place).
iii) Minerva Abboud, USEK, and Anna Markarian, Haigazian (third place).
Badminton – Men
i) Ernest Abboud, USJ (first place).
ii) Ascar Num, LAU Beirut (second place).
iii) Jean Paul Katerjian, NDU, and Robin Makhoul, NDU (third place).
Sharp Shooting – Men
i) Elias Richa, AUL (first place).
ii) Omar Omeich, AUB (second place).
iii) Nehme Mahfouz, NDU (third place).
Judo – Men
Weight Category:
i) 73 kg: Michael Merheb (first place).
ii) 81 kg: Kevin Nicolaos (first place).
NDU students are encouraged to inject every ounce of passion they have into their University sport of choice, but more importantly, they owe it to themselves to create as many opportunities for success as possible!
Future tournaments will be taking place from August 16, 2017, till September 1, 2017.