KARACHI: As many as 10 top teams of the country will vie for glory when the inaugural Chief of the Naval Staff all-Pakistan Hockey Tournament pushes off at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Jan 21.

The outfits that recently featured in the 62nd National Hockey Championship at the same venue have been drawn into two pools.

Pool A: PIA, Navy, Police, Pakistan Steel and Customs.

Pool B: National Bank of Pakistan, Wapda, Army, PAF and SSGC.

The tournament is being held under the aegis of the Naval Sports Directorate which has been successfully staging the CNS golf and squash events since long.

According to an announcement, Cdre Ather Saleem has been named tournament director while Ansar Mahmood will act as assistant tournament director.

Cdr Shakil Haider, director sports, Naval Headquarters, will be the organising secretary.

The above officials will be assisted by a three-member team of tournament officers namely Dr Abdul Majid, Mubashir Mukhtar and Mohammad Akram.

The seven-member panel of judges includes Haider Hussain, Abdul Rauf, Irshad Haider, Syed Hassan Askari, Akhtar Ali, Mohammad Rafique and Mohammad Rasheed.

The event concludes on Jan 28.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2016