eXtra also number one in basketball

12/11/2012

• eXtra‘s company basketball team wins MBPA Basketball Invitational Tournament

Khobar, Saudi Arabia; December 11, 2012: eXtra, Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing big box consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, announced today that its company basketball team has won the Eastern Province’s Al-Munirah Basketball Players Association (MBPA) Invitational Basketball League for the second year in a row.

Competing against nine other companies, eXtra lost just one game on the way to final. In an extremely close decider, eXtra’s team beat the opposition by 79 points to 76 to take the championship.

Mohammad Galal, Chief Executive Officer, United Electronics Company (eXtra), said: “We at eXtra believe that extra recreational activities after work hours are an important part of our members lives to ensure a balanced lifestyle and we will continue to support these activities to help build a healthy aspirational work environment.”

Galal added: “On behalf of everyone at the company, I congratulate each member of the team for representing eXtra with such distinction. We look forward to cheering the team on again next season when they will hope to continue their fantastic run of results.”