Trials To Select Players For FIH Jnr World Cup Qualifiers On Sept 14-15
Muhammad Rameez Published September 05, 2019 | 05:46 PM
With an eye on FIH Junior World Cup Qualifiers, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will hold two-day open trials on September 14-15 to select the talented players for the all-important event
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Sep, 2019) :With an eye on FIH Junior World Cup Qualifiers, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will hold two-day open trials on September 14-15 to select the talented players for the all-important event.
"These trials will provide a perfect chance to budding players to come to limelight and become part of the national junior team that will feature in qualifiers in June, next year," Chairman Selection Committee, Manzoor Hussain Junior told APP on Thursday.
The trials will be held simultaneously at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore and Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium, Karachi. Players from Punjab, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will appear for trials in Lahore which will be supervised by Manzoor Hussain Junior, Nasir Ali and Khalid Hameed. While the boys from Sindh and Balochistan will appear in Karachi where supervision will be done by Kaleem Ullah Khan, Ayaz Mahmood and Waseem Feroze.
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal-winning captain said that he would ensure merit while picking up boys for the team. "Physically and mentally strong boys, who will demonstrate their talent will be picked up for further grooming at a camp which will be set up in Lahore soon after the trials," he said.
He said that only the boys born on January 1, 1998 or after that would be eligible to appear for the trials. "They will produce Family Birth Certificate issued by NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority) before us to take part in the trials.
This certificate is the most authentic document for age verification and no tempering is possible with it," he added.
Manzoor said that it was unfortunate that the trials, which should have taken place a couple of years before were taking place now. "If you see at other nations, they have completed their fifty per cent preparations for these qualifiers. I believe we should have arranged these trials in 1917. Unfortunately, we are late but still it will be our effort to prepare a formidable side by providing rigorous training to the boys." He expressed the hope that a large number of youngsters would appear for the trials. "For me it will be very encouraging if we manage to attract even 400-500 boys for these trials. That will mean hockey is still alive in Pakistan and only sincere efforts are needed to put it back on the track." "We've natural talent for hockey. We've produced several greats in this game in the past. I don't see any reason that we can't do that again,", added Manzoor who also helped Pakistan win 1982 World Cup final against Germany by scoring a historic goal while dodging six opponent defenders.
He said he had met President PHF Brig (r) Sajjad Khokhar and Secretary PHF Asif Bajwa the other day and it was heartening that they sincerely wanted to uplift Pakistan hockey through a talent hunt programme. "We have commonality of views to raise the standard of national game. Our past glories in the game will return when we will work together."/395
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