Lahore boys dominate second day’s sports competitions
By Our correspondent
LAHORE: Lahore teams dominated the 2nd day’s events of Lahore Division Inter-District Under-16 Boys Championship at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Wednesday.
It may be noted here that Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is holding Lahore Division Inter-District Under-16 Boys Championship under the slogan of ‘Green and Healthy Punjab’ and with the collaboration of sports associations.
In football event, Lahore thrashed Kasur by 7-1 at Lahore Football Academy Johar Town. Lahore’s Haroon Zafar struck 4 beautiful goals while M Bilal and Qasim netted two and one goal apiece for the winning team. Usman Rasheed scored the only goal for losing team.
In an important hockey match, Lahore whipped Kasur by a huge margin of 6-0 at Mini Hockey Stadium. Haseeb netted three, Murtaza two while Abdul Mannan contributed one goal for the victorious team.Meanwhile, Kasur edged out Sheikhupura by 1-0 in a hockey match played on Tuesday at Mini Hockey Stadium.
Sheikhupura defeated Kasur by 2-0 in the Volleyball match played at NPSC Gymnasium Hall on Tuesday. Sheikhupura won the first set by 25-9 and second by 25-8 to make it one-sided contest. Lahore team was awarded walk-over against Nankana team which failed to reach the match venue in time. Lahore and Sheikhupura emerged winners in table tennis competitions on the second day of Lahore Division Inter-District Under-16 Boys Championship at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Wednesday. Lahore table tennis team trounced Nankana Sahib quite comfortably by a big margin of 3-0. Lahore boys dominated the match proceedings right from the beginning and did not allow their opponents to settle down throughout the match. Lahore’s Taimur Khan, M Hasan and Abdullah defeated Nankana’s Armghan, Shahzad and Abdul Wahid respectively. Sheikhupura boys also demonstrated excellent game and won their match by 3-1 against Kasur. In badminton event, Lahore team toppled Nankana Sahib 2-0. Lahore’s Saad beat Nankana’s M Ahsan in the singles match with the scores of 21-9, 21-7. Saad and Usman of Lahore teamed up to outplay Nankana’s Ahsan and Hashim in the doubles contest without much trouble. Their scores were 21-12, 21-10.
In another badminton match, Sheikhupura whitewashed Kasur by 2-0 difference. In the singles match, Sheikhupura’s Zubair pulverized Kasur’s Sahil by 21-7 and 21-18 while Zubair in the company of Umer defeated Kamran and Saad of Kasur by 21-9 and 21-8. In taekwondo competition, Lahore’s players dominated the proceedings taking first position in six competitions out of eight events. Lahore’s six players - M Faizan (48kg), Zuhaib Asif (51kg), Jahanzaib Asif (59kg), Jawad Ahmed (63kg), Fareedul Hasan (68kg) and Zeeshan Ali (73kg) got first positions in their respective weight categories.
Following are complete taekwondo results:
45kg: Ahmed Yasin (Sheikhupura), Hamza Ali (Lhr), Fayyaz Umer (Nankana), M Haroon (Kasur),
48kg: M Faizan (Lhr), Ameer Hamza (Sheikhupura), Mureed Abbas (Kasur), Ali Hasan (Nankana)
51kg: Zuhaib Asif (Lhr), Nabeel Asif (Kasur), Furqan (Nankana), M Usman (Sheikhpura)
55kg: M Ali (Sheikhpura), Haider Ali (Kasur), Sarmad Hussain (Lhr), Haroon Tariq (Nankana)
59kg: Jahanzaib Asif (Lhr), M Ali (Kasur), Danish Ali (Sheikhupura), Fahad Manzoor (Nankana)
63kg: Jawad Ahmed (Lhr), Hamdan Ahmed (Kasur), M Sufian (Sheikhupura), M Arshad (Nankana)
68kg: Fareedul Hasan (Lhr), Suhail Ahmed (Kasur), Faisal Manzoor (Nankana), Sheraz Khan (Sheikhupura)
73kg: Zeeshan Ali (Lhr), Raheel Babar (Kasur), Husnain Tariq (Nankana), Babar Ali (Sheikhupura).
The schedule of July 19 matches:
Table tennis: Lahore vs Kasur at 10:00am at Gymnasium Hall
Sheikhupura vs Nankana Sahib at 12:00 Noon at Gymnasium Hall
Lahore vs Sheikhupura at 2:00pm at Gymnasium Hall Kasur vs Nankana Sahib at 4:00pm at Gymnasium Hall
Hockey: Lahore vs Sheikhupura at 3:30pm at Mini Hockey Stadium
Kasur vs Nankana Sahib at 5:00pm at Mini Hockey Stadium
Football: Lahore vs Sheikhupura at 3:15pm at Lahore Football Academy Johar Town Kasur vs Nankana Sahib at 4:30pm at Lahore Football Academy Johar Town
Volleyball: Lahore vs Sheikhupura at 4:00pm at Gymnasium Hall Kasur vs Nankana Sahib at 6:00pm at Gymnasium Hall
Badminton: Lahore vs Kasur at 10:00am at Gymnasium Hall
Sheikhupura vs Nankana Sahib at 12:00 Noon Gymnasium Hall.