LAHORE (August 26, 2021): Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said the upcoming First Chief Minister Punjab 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship will provide a suitable platform to promising female hockey players of the country to demonstrate their talent; he said this while presiding over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.
The meeting was convened to review the preparations of upcoming First Chief Minister Punjab 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship scheduled to be staged at National Hockey Stadium from September 7-12, 2021.
Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Deputy Director Rauf Bajwa and Deputy Director Chand Perveen attended the important meeting.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh also visited National Hockey Stadium to assess the arrangements of grand 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship. He directed the concerned officials to upgrade and renovate the existing facilities at National Hockey Stadium prior to the important championship.
While addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh informed that the trials for the selection of Punjab teams will be held on August 29 and 30 while the trials of other participating teams will be held on August 27 whereas the camp training of selected players will start from August 31, 2021.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh further said that Sports Board Punjab will hold memorable opening and closing ceremonies for the mega women hockey tournament.
It is pertinent to mention here that as many as 12 under-25 teams will participate in the tournament being organized as part of 2023 Oman Women Hockey World Cup preparations. Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will field two teams each in the tournament while Balochistan, Islamabad, Army, HEC, Wapda and Railways will send one team each for the grand hockey tournament.