KARACHI: The three-day trials to select budding players for the talent hunt programme of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF)-Jahangir Khan (JK) Academy begin at the PSB Coaching Centre on Thursday, says an announcement.

The trials will be held for boys under-13, under-15, under-17 and under-19, girls under-19, men and women.

Players who are interested to appear in the trials have been asked to report to head coach Maqbool Shah on Oct 12 at 9:30am with their original birth certificates and B form for age verification.

The selected players will undergo rigourous training programme including physical and court training which starts on Oct 16.

Top two players in each category will be entitled to get monthly stipend, equipment and travelling facilities for three months.

Published in Dawn, October 12th, 2017

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