Punjab’s male and female table tennis players are being chosen purely on merit: Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan

Monday, December 6, 2021

Sports Board Punjab (SBP), on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan, conducted table tennis trials for the selection of Punjab’s U-17 male and U-16 female table tennis teams at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) Gymnasium Hall on Monday.

More than 60 boys and girls from all nine divisions of the province took part in the trials. Punjab’s selected U-17 male and U-16 female players will participate in Inter-Provincial Under-17 Boys and Under-16 Girls Table Tennis Tournament scheduled to be staged from Dec 24 to 26 in Karachi.

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan in a statement on Monday said that Punjab’s 14-member contingent including five U-17 boys and two officials and equal number of U-16 girls and two officials will feature in the championship.

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan said Punjab’s male and female table tennis players are being chosen purely on merit because there is no room for anti-merit tactics in our set up. “Sports Board Punjab is providing sufficient playing opportunities to all talented male and female players belonging to all games,” he said.

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan said that Punjab’s table tennis players are expected to excel in the upcoming Inter-Provincial Boys Under-17 and Girls Under-16 Table Tennis Tournament 2021.