Junior hockey team left for Egypt

Thursday, 11 August 2011

LAHORE: National junior hockey team left for the series against Egypt's senior team after the training camp concluded Wednesday at National Stadium Lahore.

Pakistan outfit will play five matches in Egypt against the senior team of that country from August 6-12.

Chief Coach and Manager of Junior team Rana Mujahid said that the boys were full of potential and talent, adding, "they will display fine performance against Egypt."

He said that the players were selected purely on merit keeping in view their performance during the camp and trials.

The team will comprise of Mazhar Abbas, Muhammad Khalid, Aleem Bilal, Muhammad Mushtaq, Waseem Abbas, Mohammad Kashif Javed, Muhammad Rizwan (Vice Captain), Tasawwar Abbas, Muhammad Suleman, Zohaib Ashraf, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Umar Bhutta (Captain), Arslan Qadir, Ali Shan, Muhammad Adnan Anwar, Rana Umair, Mohammad Dilber and Ahmed Zubair.

The officials of the team are: Rana Mujahid Ali, Coaches: Danish Kaleem and Anjum Saeed, Team Doctor: Asad Abbas Shah.

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Junior Hockey Camp from Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: The training camp of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for junior probables to prepare them for five-Test match series against Egypt will commence from Wednesday at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.

The series will be played from August 6-12 in Cairo, a PHF spokesman said.

The PHF has already announced 31 probables for the camp.

Following will be attending the camp: Mazhar Abbas, Muhammad Safian, Waseem Abbas, Usman Tanveer, Hafiz Rizwan Ali, Asad Bashir, Arslan Qadir, Muhammad Irfan, Sultan Aamir, Muhammad Sohaib, Zohaib Ashraf, Muhammad Suleman, Bilal Qadir, Khurram Shehzad, Ali Shan, Hassan Mansoor, Rizwan Junior, Muhammad Dilber, Mohammad Adnan Anwar, Aleem Bilal, Khalid Bhatti, Mushtaq, Kashif Javed, Usman Rafique, Umar Bhutta, Ahmad Zubair, Mohammad Bilal Khan, Abdul Karim, Muhammad Umair, Abdul Zohaib Khan and Tasawar Abbas.

The federation has also appointed panel of team officials comprising Rana Mujahid Ali as manager/chief coach, Danish Kaleem, Ahmed Alam and Anjum Saeed as coaches. While Dr. Asad Abbas Shah will be the team doctor. 

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Pakistan to take part in hockey tournament in India

LAHORE: The Pakistan hockey team will take part in the four nation tournament in India, Geo News reported. The tournament will feature Pakistan, India, Argentina and New Zealand and will be played from September 19 to 26.

Meanwhile, the schedule for the first Asian Hockey Championships has been announced. The event will be played in Shanghai from September 3 to 11.
Pakistan will play Malaysia on September 3, China on 4, Japan on 6, Korea on 7 and India on 9.

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