Muscat: The Oman Cancer Association (OCA) will organise the Chess Fest 2016 on May 28 to raise funds for their Mobile Mammography Unit (MMU).
According to information received from the OCA on Sunday, the event will organised at the Al Barza Hall of Muscat College in Bausher.
The organisers are expecting a total of 150 participants in various categories. The fest is open to all nationalities and age categories.
The registration fee is OMR. 5, which will directly go to OCA’s MMU account.
The organisers will be giving away attractive prizes for the ‘top three positions followed by category winners and prize for the Best National Student’.
The daylong event will start 9.00 a.m. and it will be officially inaugurated at 10.30 am by OCA’s President and Chairperson Dr. Wahid Ali Said Al Kharusi.
The Chess Fest is an initiative of four interns studying in various colleges both in Oman and abroad. For further details email at ocachessfest.2016@outlook. com or call 96942720, 97778218, 91470058.