KARACHI: The City School PAF Chapter won the netball boys tournament held here at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday.

The match was organised by the Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).

The final match was played between The City School PAF Chapter and Shah Wilayat School teams which was won by former by 9-4.

Mohammad Zain Mehdi, Jazib Hussain and Safeer Hussain displayed outstanding performance for the City School PAF while Mohammad Usman performed superbly for Shah Wilayat School.

The third position match was played between Kaliyana Academy and Karachi Cadet School teams. Kaliyana Academy won the match by 3-1 goals to secure third position. Technical officials Nayab Razia, Shazia Yousuf, Adnan Ghouri, Jamaluddin and Shahzad Ahmed supervised the matches.

Riaz Bari, General Manager Medicam Group and Rafique Pirdaza, Director PSB Coaching Centre, Karachi were the chief guests on the closing ceremony and distributed the trophies and certificates among the players and teams.

Earlier on Tuesday, a netball boys training and coaching program was organised by the PNF in which fifty players and students participated.

The PNF officials delivered their lectures during the program and also demonstrated the playing techniques. PNF president Mudassar Arain imparted lecture on netball rules while Khalid Pervaiz spoke about the netball techniques. Mohammad Anwar later spoke about the importance of of physical fitness while Shazia Yousuf and Nayab Razia demonstrated the netball playing tactics.

After this session, the participants also played practise matches and implemented the rules.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2016