IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East championship Bahrain organizing committee praise Zain Bahrain’s Support

Press release

Published February 17th, 2016 - 05:20 GMT

Dr. SH Saqer Bin Salman Al Khalifa and Suzy Al Zeerah

The Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain organizers visited Zain Bahrain’s Headquarters to present the telecom operator with a trophy as a token of appreciation for the company’s sponsorship and support which was instrumental to the success of this year’s edition.

“We thank the Ironman team for this kind gesture. Zain has always been committed to supporting activities, events, and initiatives that involve the youth and Ironman is an example of such initiatives,” said Corporate Communications Manager at Zain Bahrain, Samya Hussein.

The Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain was the first ever in the region and was held under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports ad President of Bahrain Olympic Committee.

Background Information

Zain

Zain is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly. Today, we are a leading mobile voice and data services operator with a commercial footprint in 8 Middle Eastern and Africa countries with a workforce of over 6,000 providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 50 million active individual and business customers as of March 31, 2019.