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Year’s highlights
– Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of HMEM in Cairo with the participation of Beirut’s Antranig basketball teams, and celebration in Alexandria with a major sports event.
– Beirut’s AYA & Zareh-Nubar scouts invited to Egypt.
Wednesday 3 January
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Banha at the Baladeya club women’s Egyptian league A match result: 34-18
Friday 5 January
– HMEM Nubar Cairo: Khetoum celebration. Armenian traditional buffet
– HMEM Nubar Cairo scouts participate in a “Gentani Badger” at the Paradon of the Artistic club
Friday 12 January
AGBU Cairo: Annual new year youth gathering at the Cairo Artistic club. Live band, dance, cocktail reception organized by the youth committee.
Friday 2 February
AGBU Cairo: documentary movies’ projection at the Emad El Din headquarters, Aznavour in Armenia, Chess master Dikran Bedrossian, Painter Solian and Lake Sevan
Sunday 18 February
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Baskeball match Veterans / women’s team 52-39 on the Simon Stepanian Cup.
Veterans team: Yesai Stepanian, Kevork & Varoujan Ekserdjian, Noubar Choeptchian, Antro & Garo Varjabedian, Vartan Arakelian, Menouash Khorasandjian & Haroutioun Stepanian. Women’s team captain Miss Margo Stepanian and players Mimig Balayan & Nora Alexanian.
Friday 23 February
AGBU Cairo: Mesrobian lecture evening at the headquarters by Mr. Dikran Babikian on the Vartanants war
Sunday 25 February
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Al Salam College friendly 11 men football match at the College de la Sainte Famille in Heliopolis. Result: 5-2.
Thursday 7 March
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Nasr 68-56 in the Egyptian basketball B league
Sunday 10 March
HMEM Nubar Alexandria Excursion to Mariout at the Vartsbedian villa
Friday 22 March
HMEM Nubar Alexandria:
Women’s basketball friendly match: HMEM Nubar Alex / Boghossian school 30-19.
HMEM Nubar Alexandria / Hellenic 42-39
Friday 29 March
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Disco party animated by the Tag Tag band, dinner & dance
Sunday 31 March
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Sports day between Cairo & Alex HMEM Nubar clubs.
Women’s match won by Cairo 34-32. Best players from HMEM Nubar Cairo: Margerite Stepanian and Maro Vosgeritchian, from Alex: Sylva & Adrig Shagian.
Men’s match won by Cairo 50-42
Saturday 13 – Friday 14 April
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Celebration of the 50th anniversary of HMEM with the participation of Beirut’s Antranig and HMEM Nubar Alexandria men’s & women’s teams. The matches are under the auspces of Mr. & Mrs. Hovhannes Kehyaian and Mr. & Mrs. Hagop Ekserdjian.
Saturday 13: HMEM Nubar Cairo / Antranig women’s teams 26-33
HMEM Nubar Alexandria / Antranig (men) 33 – 51
Sunday: HMEM Nubar Cairo / Antranig (men) 64-68
Women’s cup offered by Miss Seta Oknaiain. Men’s cup offered by Mr. & Mrs. Hovhannes Kehyaian..
Disco Party at the club’s amphitheater animated by “The Golden Rays”
Thursday 20 April
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Beirut’s Antranig women’s teams friendly match 51-27
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Beirut’s Antranig men’s team 56-51
First five players of HMEM Nubar Cairo: Herayr, Dikran, George, Vahe & Ara
Friday 21 April
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Beirut’s Antranig women’s teams friendly match 51-15
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Beirut’s Antranig men’s team 69-64
Friday 28 April
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Heliolido 3-1 friendly football match at the College de la Siante Famille
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Muslim brothers basketball match at the Gezira SC 74-59
AGBU Cairo: Mesrobian lecture evening at the headquarters by Mr. Armen Dadour on April 24th.
Saturday 15 June
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Dance & dinner at the club with the Tag Tag Band
Tuesday 25 June
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Handball & Volleyball matches tournament. New handball goals provided by Mr. & Mrs. Yetvart Zorayan.
HMEM Nubar Cairo / El Nasr women’s handball match 2-12
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Heliolido men’s volleyball match 2-0 (15-13, 15-13)
Sunday 7 July
HMEM Nubar Cairo backgammon tournament. Cup offered by Mr. & Mrs. Bedros Apkarian. Winner: M. Kalpakdjian, 2nd: Artin Tertsagian, third: Antro Varjabedian.
Friday 9 August
HMEM Nubar Cairo / Zamalek women’s teams 47-16
HMEM Nubar Cairo ./ Tersana men’s volleyball match 2-1 (6-15, 15-7, 15-9). Captain of the HMEM Nubar Cairo team: Nubar Avedissian
Sunday 18 August
HMEM Nubar Alexandria: 35th anniversary celebration of the club’s scouts movement under the auspices of the club’s scouts movement founder Hovhannes Chorlian. Specially invited for this occasion the scouts of Beirut’s AYA & Zareh-Nubar & Cairo’s HMEM Nubar scouts & guides. In total 110 scouts & guides.
A one week camping at the club is held from 11 to 18 August
Tuesday 20 August
HMEM Nubar Cairo scouts movement: reception of Beirut’s AYA & Zareh-Nubar scouts
Friday 23 – Friday 30 August
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Inter-members basketball matches in six categories under the auspices of George Marangozian, the club’s sports responsible.
Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 August
HMEM Nubar Alexandria: HMEM’s 50th anniversary celebrations with the participation of HMEM Nubar Cairo’s basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, high jump & handball teams as well as 100 guests from Cairo.
– Basketball results: Youth: Cairo: 63 Alex 10. Women Alex 32 Cairo 28. Veterans: Alex 39 Cairo 30. Seniors: Alex 71 Cairo 59
– Tennis results: Final: Shahan Sarafian (Alex) / George Ishkanian (Cairo) 2-0
– Volleyball: Cairo 2 Alex 0.
– Table tennis: Women’s final: winner Hermine Balayan (Cairo). Men’s final winner: Mardig Balayan (Cairo).
High jump: Men’s winners: Jirair Depoyan & Herayr Babigian (Cairo) with 1m50cm. Women’s winner: Adrine Sahagian (Alex) 1m24cm
Grand ball on Sunday in the covered basketball playground animated by “the Birds” band.
Sunday 8 – Sunday 15 September
HMEM Nubar Alexandria: Excursion to Marsa Matrouh. Travel & 7 day stay at the Hotel des Roses 14 L.E
Tuesday 24 September
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Farewell party for basketball player Vahe Karayan
Sunday 20 October
Sports day between HMEM Nubar Cairo & the Sporting Club under the auspices of Mr. Dikran Babigian. Women’s match 37-17 & U-12 match 64-31 both matches won by HMEM Nubar Cairo.
Coach of HMEM Nubar Cairo: Sayed Bahr, assistant Ahmed El Saharty. Captain of the U-12 team: Garo Apkarian
Friday 25 October
AGBU Cairo: Mesrobian lecture evening at the headquarters by Mr. Hayg Jamgochian on Mesrob Mashdots
Friday 25 October
AGBU Cairo: Mesrobian lecture evening at the headquarters by Mr. Aram Movsessian on the Circulatory system
Sunday 1 December
HMEM Nubar Cairo: Excursion to Borg El Monofeya
Friday 6 December
AGBU Cairo: Mesrobian lecture evening at the headquarters by Mr. Levon Der Hagopian: How to be a good sportsman
Tuesday 24 December
HMEM Nubar Alexandria: Reveillon at the “Club de Chasse” animated by “The Birds” band
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 December
HMEM Nubar Cairo scouts movement: Camping at the club