Today, 150 falcons competed in the qualifying heats for the Al Melwa 400m competition on the third day of the Fifth King Abdulaziz Falcon Festival. Which is organized by the Saudi Falcon Club at its headquarters in Mulham, north of Riyadh, in the presence of a large number of falconers and interested parties.
Today, fierce competition continued between a large number of participating falconers during the three qualifying rounds of the Al Melwa competition, where Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Duaij managed to capture first place in the Free Qarnas Saudi Owners category with his falcon gunpowder. in the first half, with a time of 18.924 seconds, he was followed by Hamed bin Dahwi Al-Salbi with his falcon “Al-Halawi” and falconer Khalid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi finished third with his falcon “H18”.
The second half of the Free Qarnas Saudi Owners category was won by falconer Ghadir Suleiman Al-Shammari with his falcon “Adam” with a time of 18.1544 seconds. Auni came in third with his falcon “Matruk” and Rashid came in first. time 18.736, followed by Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Mutairi with his falcon “Saadoun” and Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Shammari finished third with his falcon “Congratulations”.
The Saudi Falcons Club honored the first three winners who qualified for the final rounds of the King Abdulaziz Cup of the Al Melwa (400m) competition for each of the three qualifying rounds that took place today, and the club announced that the Festival has introduced two new rounds in competition of Al-Melwa, bearing the name (Royal Sword), the total value of their prizes is 1,850,000 rials, in which falconers who have passed the qualifying rounds and received the crown in the final rounds compete.