Canoeing championship at Hanna Lake

E-Paper | March 15, 2026

QUETTA: The team of Pakistan Customs, Quetta, has won the Balochistan Sports Festival Canoeing Championship 2014.

A four-day training camp and three-day championship were held by the Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy (HDWSA) at Hanna Lake under the patronage of the Pakistan Canoe and Kayak Federation (PCKF) and Balochistan Canoeing Association in collaboration with the provincial sports ministry as part of the sports festival.

The HDWSA and the Quetta City Canoeing Club stood second and third, followed by the Loralai, Ziarat and Qillah Saifullah clubs.

Muhammad Abu Bakar Durrani of Pakistan Customs Sports Board clinched three gold medals and was declared the best athlete of the championship. In all, 63 seniors, boys and girls participated in the championship.

Other medal winners included Muhammad Umar Durrani, Muhammad Yousaf, Ziauddin Kasi, Musawir Khan Khilji, Izatullah Kakar, Sardar Mohammad, Neha Ayaz, Tahmina Mehak and Kulsoom Jaffar.

Hayatullah Khan Durrani, secretary general of the Pakistan Canoe and Kayak Federation and director of the Asian Canoe Confederation, lauded the cooperation extended for the competition by Csaba Szanto, an expert from the International Canoe Federation.

The chief guest, Lt Gen Nasir Khan Janjua, Commander, Southern Command, awarded certificates, medals and commemorative souvenirs to the position holders.

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Mar 29, 2014 10:26pm

Thank you Dawn for this positive article on the sport of canoeing. It's a great sport and builds upper body strength especially arm muscles. As a long time canoe enthusiast, it's wonderful to see both males and females participating in such sports, which can be competitive or leisure pastimes. Next time Dawn, how about a video link and pics for this competition?

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