Junior hockey

Published September 20, 2003

LAHORE, Sept 19: Former Olympian Tariq Aziz, has been named as tournament director for the All-Pakistan Juniors NBP Trophy hockey tournament to be held in Faisalabad from Oct 5 to 15.

Capt (retd.) Nadeem Ahsan has been appointed as tournament officer.

Manzoor Hussain Junior, Muhammad Ashfaq and Khalid Bashir are the judges.

Rashad Mahmood Butt is the umpires manager.

On the basis of their performance, talented players will be picked to appear in trials on Oct 16 and 17 at Faisalabad in order to select potential players for induction in the pool of national juniors.

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