Sports Board Punjab to conduct U-16 hockey and mat wrestling trials at district and divisional level from Oct 13 to 15 following successful completion of tehsil level trials under Talent Hunt Programme

Sports Board Punjab will conduct the under-16 hockey and mat wrestling trials at district and divisional level from October 13 to 15, 2023 following successful completion of tehsil level trials under Talent Hunt Programme.
The under-16 hockey and mat wrestling tehsil level trials were held from October 8 to 10 on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail. Thousands of players from all nine divisions of the province participated in these trials in three categories - school, club and open with full devotion.
Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail, in a statement on Thursday said that these under-16 trials of Talent Hunt Programme are being organized as part of Sports Board Punjab’s revolutionary 2-year Annual Sports Calendar Programme. “This programme will help a lot in finding promising male and female athletes from far flung areas of the province”.
Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail said that the sports calendar will prove to be a revolutionary measure for the promotion of sports culture in the province. “It will help a lot in preparing a pool of talented athletes in different games. A useful system at the grassroots level could play a key role in the development of sports in the province,” he added.