LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh has said that Sports Board Punjab is going to launch a lawn tennis academy at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) Tennis Stadium on November 2.
Arshad, in a statement on Thursday, said expert coaches will impart training to boys and girls of 4 to 12 years age group under the supervision of Pakistan’s former Davis Cup skipper Rashid Malik at the academy.
“The registration process will commence on Friday (today) under the supervision of Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti and Deputy Director Sports Chand Perveen,” he said.
“Our State of the Art Tennis Stadium is equipped with all modern facilities and we are quite upbeat that we will be able to produce several world class tennis players through our Lawn Tennis Academy,” he added.