Secretary Sports Muhammad Aamir Jan Inaugurates Hockey Tournament
Muhammad Rameez Published February 15, 2018 | 09:45 PM
Secretary Sports Punjab, Muhammad Aamir Jan inaugurated 9-a-Side Shezan Hockey Gold Cup here at the national Hockey Stadium on Thursday
LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Feb, 2018 ) :Secretary Sports Punjab, Muhammad Aamir Jan inaugurated 9-a-Side Shezan Hockey Gold Cup here at the national Hockey Stadium on Thursday.
In his media talk on this occasion, Aamir Jan said hockey is our national game and we will utilize all our strength and recourses for its revival. "Pakistan has ruled the hockey world for a long time and with some collective efforts we will be able to formulate a strong hockey team in the near future as well".
He also announced to hold Under-16 Hockey Championship in all districts in near future to trace fresh talent. "We will pick 33 talented young hockey players from the championship and then they will be trained in top class academies.
We are quite confident to give Pakistan hockey team sufficient back-up strength through our solid efforts," he elaborated.
Amir Jan said: "Effective school hockey is key to revival of this sport in Pakistan and we are focusing to engage all the leading schools in hockey events on regular basis".
Secretary Sports Punjab said the event will also help in identifying new hockey talent. "Sports board Punjab played key role for organizing multiple sports events and establishing several sports venues across the province," he added.
The 3-day event is being organised by Lahore's two leading hockey nurseries, Dar Hockey academy and Rana Zaheer Academy under the supervision of Pakistan Hockey Federation. Following are the participating teams, Brig (retd) Manzoor Hussain Atif, Munir Ahmad Dar, Ch Ghulam Rasool, Tanveer Ahmad Dar, Saeed Anwar and Afzal Manna.
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