LAHORE (August 27, 2021): Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh has announced that the trials for the selection of Punjab’s two teams for participation in First Chief Minister Punjab 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship will start on August 28, 2021 at National Hockey Stadium.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday said that Sports Board Punjab’s selection committee comprising General Manager Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Women Wing Ms Tanzeela Amir Cheema, Deputy Director Chand Perveen, Ms Abda Tanveer, Ms Rahat Khan, Secretary Punjab Hockey Association Asif Naz Khokhar, Rana Khalid Iqbal and Shahid Nizami will conduct the trials of young female players belonging to Punjab’s all nine divisions.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh informed that the trials of Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala divisions will be conducted on August 28, 2021 at National Hockey Stadium at 10.00am while the players from Sahiwal, Sargodha and Rawalpindi divisions will appear for trials on August 29. “The trials of three divisions Multan, Bahawalpur and DG Khan will be taken on August 30 at the same venue”.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh further informed that Punjab’s two teams will be announced on August 30 after a lengthy process of trials. “The camp training of selected players will start from August 31, 2021,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that all the 12 participating teams of upcoming First Chief Minister Punjab 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship will be chosen purely on merit and strict directions have been passed on to the selection committee in this regard.