Despite rumors that surfaced a while ago regarding the Sultanate withdrawing it’s invitation to host a cycling event as part of the Merckx organized cycling season due to the health concerns raised during the Swine Flu threat period, the Amaury Sports Organization confirmed that the inaugural Tour of Oman will commence as scheduled on the 14th-19th of November.

The details to the event are scarce at the moment, and will be announced in Paris early next year, but we are aware that the tour will contain multiple stages with races both inside, and outside Muscat on a course of 6 days.  The race, the brain child of legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx,  is part of a series that includes tours in Australia, Spain, Qatar and other countries. The tour, Eddy Merckx hopes, will spark interest in cycling in the region and jump-start it’s globalization. He has been heard showing keen interest towards the inclination stages in the mountains, because, while the Tour of Qatar will likely have the same climate, it will not share Tour of Oman’s topography.

More details when available.

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The Modern College Of Business & Science celebrated the National day on Saturday, the 21st of November. The college’s student body organized a ceremony which included a heritage exhibition, plays, traditional music and folklore dances.

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The Royal Omani Symphony Orchestra will be playing a concert at the Oman Auditorium Hall in Al-Bustan Palace Hotel. The program will include classical pieces by Mozart, Blumin Haydn and other classical composers.

The event presents an opportunity for classical music connoisseurs to enjoy an orchestral live performance. The hotel is also preparing special set menus for concert goers in the Al-Khiran Terrace Restaurant & Vue by Shannon Bennett Restaurant.

The tickets for the event will cost 10 Rials, and dinner reservations for the set menu have to be prebooked.

Concert program & further event details on ROSO’s Facebook Fan Page

Masirah, the reigning champion of this year’s iShares cup is back at form again, and banking more titles. This time, first place in the first (out of three) legs of the Extreme Series Sailing Asia cup that started on the 20th.

Masirah, managed to secure the first place position in the fourth day of the leg, where they took over British Telecom, leaders at the day before, and managed to beat them with time to spare with a final score of 104 points.

The team had on board bowman Khamis Al-Anbouri, who recieved high praise from skipper Pete Cumming that lead Masirah to victory in iShares.

The Wave, Oman, also a participant has also finished this leg on the race at 5th position, after having running into a disqualification, an unfinished race, and slight  bad luck.

The next leg of the race will be held in Singapore and will start on the 11th of December. It’s worth noting that the last leg, will be held in Muscat. The event, a first of it’s kind, will be no less than a celebration of the success, dedication and the hard work the teams, and staff from Oman Sail have been delivering.

Congratulations Oman Sail.

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Cars are getting more personal!

Yesterday while was driving by Al-Shatti Road, I found out that the Tche Tche Cafe has opened. The launched without making any fuss and so veryy little people knew that it did.
We were told by the staff that they launched on Tuesday, the 19th of November. Only a day earlier, and so we had to go in and check the place out.

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