Lahore, Bahawalpur bag boys and girls U-16 Inter-Division ‘Lahore Lahore Aye’ Festival Hockey titles respectively
LAHORE (MNP) Lahore division boys’ hockey team thrashed Multan team by 5-0 to clinch U-16 Inter-Division ‘Lahore Lahore Aye’ Festival Hockey Championship title at the Mini National Hockey Stadium on Monday. M Yaseen scored two goals while M Adeel, Yahya Ali and Abu Sufyan netted one goal each for the champion team.
The third position of U-16 boys’ hockey was clinched by Faisalabad which outplayed Bahawalpur by 3-1.
It is worth mentioning that Sports Board Punjab is holding U-16 Inter-Division Hockey Championship as part of ‘Lahore Lahore Aye’ Festival on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi.
Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail was the chief guest at the closing ceremony of U-16 Inter-Division Hockey Championship.
Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Rana Nadeem Anjum, Divisional Sports Officer Bahawalpur Amir Hameed, Divisional Sports Officer Sahiwal Rauf Bajwa, Deputy Director Sports Chand Parveen, Tehsil Sports Officer Nasir Malik, provincial coaches Razia Malik, Zarina Waqar and Shaista Qaiser and other senior officials were also present on this occasion.
Besides them, PHF Secretary Olympian Rana Mujahid, Olympian Asif Bajwa, Olympian Shahbaz Senior and Olympian Kh Junaid, former captain national women hockey team Rahat Khan and a large number of young hockey players and officials were also present on this occasion.
Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail awarded the champions trophy to the Lahore captain Ali Sattar. He along with PHF Secretary Olympian Rana Mujahid, Olympian Asif Bajwa, Olympian Shahbaz Senior and Olympian Kh Junaid, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Rana Nadeem Anjum also distributed medals among the top players.
