DOHA: The “1st Edition of Balanty Challenge” is a joint initiative between the Qatar Football Association, Qatar Stars League and The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. The objective of our initiative is increase the culture of football among all people. It’s a basically a penalty challenge, one shot gets you through to the next round. It’s meant to be fun and inclusive of everyone, as long as you can kick you can participate. 3000 people in around Doha will compete for the chance to be the penalty champion, (minimum age 12). The winning player will get 30,000 QAR, while the best goalkeeper will win 10,000 QAR. In order to ensure that there is no queuing, you’re given a specific time slot and grouping right up to the final, every time you qualify, there are 6 goals setup at aspire at Aspire on pitch 10-12 from Sunday 27th of April 5pm onwards ; there are 3 professional or ex professional goalkeepers / goal on rotational basis. All kicks times will be during afternoon and early evening to make it more convenient for people. As there will be daily coverage of the event on all forms of media, including national press and TV, we anticipate that as the competition gets further and further with the numbers dwindling, people will be interested and curious as to see who is slowly making his/her way to final prize. It would great to have everyone compete; as the majority of the senior executives of all the organizations will be taking the first shot at the actual event will starting on the 27th April.