PHF finalises junior championship preparation

KARACHI: The PHF has finalised the preparation for the 35th National Junior Championship, including the list of the officials.

The PHF has appointed Col Sikandar Ghumman of Lahore as tournament director and international hockey player Qasim Khan of Police as organising secretary.

The qualifying round of the national championship will complete in Peshawar on Monday (today). The final round will be held in Lahore from March 2.

The PHF has promised that a handsome amount of prize money would be given in the championship.

PHF president Brig Khalid Khokhar, when contacted, confirmed that a handsome amount would be awarded in the junior championship and the distribution would be the same as was in the senior championship held in Karachi a few months back.

The PHF president also confirmed that prize money would also be given in the national women junior championship, starting in Lahore form March 1.

Olympian Naveed Alam will be PHF coordinator. Asif Sohail will be the media coordinator. The ATD will be Shafique Bhatti from Lahore and Anjum Rasheed from Sialkot. Umpire Manager will be Rashad Mehmood Butt of Railways.

AUM: Rana M Liaqat of AG Punjab, Muhammad Asghar of TUF, Pervaiz Akhtar of Faisalabad.

Umpires: Amir Hamza and Haroon Rashid of PAF, Afsar Ali of Peshawar, Sohail Akram Janjua of Pak PWD, Anwar Hussain of Army, Mahmood Ali of PIA, Yasir Khurshid of Lahore, Abdul Manan of Hyderabad, Faisal Ismail  of Karachi, Faisal Sayyam of Quetta, Ghulam Mohiuddin of Lahore, Zahid Hameed of WAPDA, Shabbir Ahmad of Faisalabad, Muhammad Wali of Quetta, Irfan Ali of Khairpur. Tournament officers: Shahid Rabbani of NTDC, Muhammad Akram of Karachi, Hasan Akhtar of PIA, Ahsan Jalil of Jhang, Khalid Muneer of Karachi, Allah Dad of Jhang, Asim Abbasi of Karachi, Hasan Askari of Nawabshah, Mubashir Chaudhry of HBL.