The Arab Women’s Sport Tournament, AWST 2018, has announced the launch of its new website, with features and operations transforming all its services and offerings into a digitally-integrated framework.

The updated tool has been released in time to facilitate entries for next year’s event in Sharjah, and position AWST as the first women’s sporting event in the Arab world to 'go green', operating on a paperless basis converting all of its operations to become environmentally-friendly.

The updated version of AWST site features a user-friendly and intuitive registration system for athletes and clubs who wish to compete in the forthcoming tournament, which takes place in February, 2018. The registration process has become simpler for competition registrants to use and for the Supreme Organising Committee, SOC, responsible for overseeing the tournament to access.

The website allows visitors to find results of any competition, match or round live, saving them time and effort of searching for results on other websites that are dedicated solely to sports. Its new features include the designing of participants’ user IDs directly through the website, with the result that once a participant provides their information they are able to receive their ID immediately.

Nada Askar Al Naqbi, Deputy Head of AWST’s SOC and Head of its Executive Committee, said, "AWST will be the first environment-friendly sporting event in the Arab world and will prioritise the conservation of resources. We have replaced paper registration forms with ones that are completed and submitted through the website. Other required documents can be uploaded as necessary and archived electronically. They can be easily accessed without the need to print them out, thereby saving paper, ink and power."

"The website was designed to accommodate any further developments easily without the need for radical changes to its structure or design. A smart application will be launched at a later date to provide the same services as the website, with a simpler interface for smart phones," she noted.

The fourth edition of AWST will run from February 2nd to 12th next year under the auspices of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and Chairperson of Sharjah Women’s Sport Foundation. It is expected to see a wide participation of sport clubs from across the Arab world.