‘Norway Football Fields’ in Mafraq and Sareeh inaugurated

AMMAN –– Two new football pitches at Mafraq’s Hay Olimat School for Girls and Sareeh Club were inaugurated today. The pitches are two of eight Norway Football Fields constructed or renovated in northern Jordan, host to the largest number of Syrian refugees in the Kingdom. Supported by the government of Norway and the Football Association of Norway (NFF), the Norway football fields are implemented in cooperation with the Jordan Football Association (JFA) and the Ministry of Education. In two consecutive ceremonies, the Sareeh Club and Mafraq school football fields were inaugurated by HRH Prince Ali, JFA president and FIFA Vice President and Mohammad Thneibat, Minister of Education, according to a statement issued by the office of Prince Ali. Representing Norway at both launches was Per Omdal, honourary president, of NFF. “We are very appreciative to our colleagues and friends from Norway for their generous support in building and restoring football pitches in northern Jordan,” Prince Ali said. The other Norway football fields include two in the newly opened Azraq Refugee Camp, one in Ramtha, two in the Zaatari Refugee Camp (inaugurated in November 2013) and another field in the Mafraq School for Boys, which is expected to be ready in June, said the statement.