Pak Contingent Off To Birmingham For British Junior Squash Championship

Pakistan squash contingent departed from Islamabad on Tuesday to participate in the forthcoming British Junior Squash Championship-2019 at Birmingham.

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Dec, 2018 ) :Pakistan squash contingent departed from Islamabad on Tuesday to participate in the forthcoming British Junior Squash Championship-2019 at Birmingham.

The Pakistan squad is comprised of Haris Qasim, Farhan Hashmi, Asad Ullah Khan, M. Ashab Irfan and Anas Ali Shah. Air Commodore (Retd) Aftab Sadiq Qureshi along with coaches Mohammad Yasin and Fazal Shah also accompanied the players.

"The championship would be played from January 2 �6.

However, the federation has sent the players earlier to attend a 10-day training session in UK," the spokesman of Pakistan Squash Federation said.

He expressed the hope that the players would perform well and produce outstanding results during the championship.

"Abbas Zeb, Mohammad Hamza Khan, Noor Zaman and Humam Ahmad, who are currently playing in US Junior Championship would also join them in training at UK before playing British Junior Championship, 2019,"he added.

Abbas Zeb will play in under 19 category, while Hamza Sharif, Haris Qasim, Farhan Hashmi and Asad Ullah Khan will contest in under 17 age category. Muhammad Hamza Khan, Noor Zaman and Muhammad Ashab Irfan contest in under 15 category, whereas Anas Ali Shah and Humam Ahmad will play in under 13 age group.