National Women’s Softball C’ship to begin in Karachi on May 28

KARACHI: The 15th National Women’s Softball Championship will be played in Karachi from 28th May to 1st June. The five-days event will be hosted by the Sindh Softball Association (SSA).

Women’s softball teams from Pakistan Army, Pakistan WAPDA, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Police, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh have been invited to participate in the championship.

The executive committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Softball Federation of Pakistan President Asif Azeem was attended by Federation Patron Ronak Lakhani, Senior Vice President and CEO of Essa Laboratories Dr. Farhan Essa Abdullah and others.

The executive committee decided to hold the event under floodlights considering the weather conditions in Karachi. A softball umpiring course will be conducted before the championship and a new logo of the federation was approved. In addition, the Women’s Asia Cup performance of the national baseball team players who won the bronze medal in the qualifiers and the medalists of the Special Olympic Winter Games was appreciated.

On this occasion, the patron of the federation, Roanok Lakhani, said that due to the continuous steps taken for the development and promotion of softball in Pakistan, this sport is rapidly gaining popularity.

Appreciating the patronage of the championship title sponsor, Essa Laboratories, in the sports, Roanok Lakhani said that no sport can flourish without sponsorship. Providing opportunities for young players to play is a national service.