Athletics

QPPSSA is dedicated to designing, implementing, and promoting high-quality inter-school sporting events and activities for member schools and participating students. The association promotes fair play, provides a quality sports programme, encourages pupils to perform to the best of their ability, upholds the values of QPPSSA and participating schools, and offers fair opportunities for students to take part.

ANNUAL CALENDAR

The PAAC6 League is committed to fostering a vibrant and inclusive environment where students can develop their athletic skills, character, discipline, and teamwork. We believe that sport plays a fundamental role in shaping well-rounded individuals and teaching essential values such as perseverance, respect, and fair play.

Our league promotes healthy competition where every student, regardless of background or ability, can participate, challenge themselves, and grow. Through our events, effort is celebrated alongside achievement, and every participant is encouraged to pursue their personal best in a spirit of mutual respect and camaraderie.

We support the holistic development of student-athletes through opportunities for physical fitness, mental resilience, and social engagement. By embracing diversity and inclusion, PAAC6 builds a community that values sportsmanship and integrity, both on and off the field.

AGE DIVISIONS

• Grade 6
• Grades 7–8
• Junior Varsity
• Varsity

CALENDAR

GAAC stands for the Gulf Athletics and Activities Conference, an elite conference made up of like-minded international schools across the GCC. GAAQ co-founded the conference with seven other schools in 2024.

GAAC connects schools across the Middle East through a variety of sports and arts activities, providing transformative international experiences for student-athletes. Member schools form an inclusive community that values effective communication, supportive collaboration, diversity, and bridge-building through academic and intellectual pursuits, sports competitions, and cultural arts conventions.

CALENDAR

Supported by the Qatar School Sport Association and the Qatar Olympic Committee, GAAQ is proudly taking part in SOP for the current year.  With competitions from Grades 2 – 12, athletes represent GAAQ in a variety of sports that are typically celebrated in the Olympics such as:

• Soccer
• Volleyball
• Taekwondo
• Fencing
• Track & Field
• Swimming

A red and navy flying Raptor represents our GAAQ philosophy – flying high!  Raptors are birds of prey (like eagles, hawks, falcons and ravens) that are notable and historically valued in Qatar, especially the falcon.  We are proud to belong to the GAAQ Raptor family.  GO RAPTORS!