The trials for the selection of different Sports Board Punjab (SBP) teams for the participation in Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games got underway at different venues of provincial capital on Monday.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Chief Sorts Consultant SBP Hafeez Bhatti, Administrator Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall Mustafa Shah and other officials also witnessed the trials.
While talking to media, Director Admin M Kaleem said that hundreds of male and female U-22 athletes from all divisions of the province are participating in the trials and the best players will be selected purely on merit for the Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games scheduled to be organized at Islamabad in the last week of December 2024.
The karate (Girls & Boys) trials were conducted at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall while State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex hosted the boys’ swimming trials.
Similarly, the weightlifting (Girls & Boys) trials were organized at Pakistan Sports Board Coaching Center while the boys’ wrestling trials were arranged at Punjab College Muslim Town.
More than 100 participants took part in boxing male and female trials, 80 participated in judo male and female trials, 125 in male and female taekwondo trials, 30 females participated in swimming while 43 male and female appeared in squash trials.
After first day trials, following players were selected for Inter-Provincial Quaid-e-Azam Games:
Boxing:
48kg weight category: Farhan Chaudhry (Lahore), Allman (Rawalpindi)
-51kg: Ahmed Iqbal (Lahore), Michael Harry (Faisalabad)
-54kg: Shahzad Khan (Lahore), Taib Akram (Gujrat)
-57kg: Rohail Khan (Lahore), M Salman Khan (Gujranwala)
-60kg: M Ali (Lahore), Hamza Shakir (Rawalpindi)
-63.5kg: Ibrahim Subhani (Sahiwal), Daim Parvez (Lahore).
-67kg: M Bilal (Faisalabad) M Zulqarnain (Gujrat).
71kg: M Hanan (Lahore), M Arman (Faisalabad).
Judo:
Women judo First team:
40kg: Nimra Shahzadi, 48kg: Eisha Siddque, 52kg: Hifza, 57kg: Urooj Fatima, 63kg: Aima Butt, 70kg: Saira Asif, Open weight: Madiha
Women judo 2nd team:
40kg: Areeba Ibrahim, 48kg: Ehaal Fatima, 52kg: Sehar Ijaz, 57kg: Sehar Shafiq, 63kg: Amna Shams, above 70kg: Areeba Imran
Men judo First team:
50kg: Ahsan, 55kg: Faraz, 60kg: Zaid-ul-Hassan, 66kg: Shahid, 73kg: Murtaza, 81kg: Ahad Ali, -90kg: Hasnain Ali, +90kg: Saifullah
Men judo 2nd team:
50kg: M Zaki Goraya, 55kg: Junaid, 60kg: Atif, 66kg: Faraz Ameen, 73kg: M Daniyal, 81kg: Umer Haider, -90kg: M Shuaib Khalid, +90kg: Ismail
Men’s Karate:
Individual kata: Zulqarnain (Sahiwal)
Team kata:
Zulqarnain, Salamat Ali, Abdullah (Sahiwal),
Below 50kg: Zunair Amjad (Lhr)
Below 55kg: M Umer (Lhr)
Below 60kg: Subhan Ali (Lhr)
Below 67kg: Sujjal Zafar (Rawalpindi).