13 Pak players send entries for BJO

KARACHI: As many as 13 junior players have sent entries to participate in the British Junior Squash Open that is to be held in Birmingham, England, from January 2-6 next year.

According to the entry list, the players from Pakistan who entered in the championship are Zaina Zaidi (u-19), Zara Zaidi (u-15), Mahnoor Ali (u-13), Sohail Adnan (u-13), Mehwish Ali (u-17), Sehrish Ali (u-15), Ahmad Rayan (u-15), Nauman Khan (u-15), Yaha Khan (u-17), Abdullah Nadeem (u-19), Ahmed Ali (u-11), Sakhi Khan (u-19), and Arbaz Zeb (u-11).

Earlier, Secretary Pakistan Squash Federation Amir Nawaz had informed the affiliated units through a letter that participation in the upcoming BJO would be on “self-finance basis”. The federation clearly mentioned in the letter that the participants of the BJO will have to either go on self-finance basis or secure sponsorship from their respective associations.

The PSF Secretary also mentioned the criterion for the participation in the BJO and stated that based upon their current national ranking, players of Under-11, -13, -15, -17 and U-19 categories (top-10 boys and top-5 girls) may participate in BJO-25 on self-finance basis. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan’s players showed disappointing performance at this year’s BJO.