Armed Forces Officers Club Tour

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Location for the Officers Club

Main Building (Hotel)

The construction of the main Club building commenced in 1987 and Mr. Taillibert set up an office in Abu Dhabi to supervise the work and the project envisioned. Ten years later the Armed Forces officers Club and Hotel buildings were completed. The renowned architect, Mr. Taillibert, submitted a project summary to the 1995 cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva. In the officers club there are 600 elegantly appointed guest rooms and luxurious suites are embraced by an impressive, inner garden, which is one of the world’s largest assemblies of one hundred and forty two species of plants in an indoor location. 

QATAR

Alexander Gordon Higgins

Alexander Gordon Alex Higgins was a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland; he was known also as Hurricane Higgins and he earned this nickname for his speed of play. He brought the game of snooker to a wider audience and contributed to the peak in the eighties. Higgins had won 20 titles and in 1978 he beat Cliff Thorburn to win the Masters and, Steve Davis wrote a documentary about Higgins in Clive Everton's TV and he described that he had an exciting style. His doubles partner was Jimmy White and he played against a lot of players; Ray Reardon was one of them. Higgins passed away at the age of 61 years old.