Junior hockey trials from Sunday

Published October 24, 2008

KARACHI, Oct 23: Two-day trials to select national junior probables for the training camp being held in preparation of the Test series against Indian juniors will be held here at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium (HCP) on Oct 26 and 27 at 3.00pm.

The trials will be supervised by the national selection committee, headed by Hasan Sardar, and chief coach, Pakistan junior team Qamar Ibrahim.

The selected boys, to be given TA/DA according to Pakistan Hockey Federation’s finance rules, will join the national training camp commencing from Oct 28 at the HCP.

The following players are requested to report for the trials along with playing gear, kits and bedding:

GOALKEEPERS: Imran Shah (Steel Mill), Imran Butt (PIA), M. Khurram (NBP), Sajid Ali (Railway), Farhan (Railway), Waseem Ahmed (Steel Mill), Amin Yousaf (Police), M. Iqbal (Navy), Fahd Afridi (KESC), Kashif (Punjab), Waqas (Sindh), Kamran (PIA).

FULLBACKS: Kashif Ali (PIA), M. Ateeq (NBP), Imran Abbas (PIA), Khalid Bhatti (Police), Wasif Siddiqui (NBP), Adnan Javed (PIA), M. Nawaz (NBP), Ehsan Akram (Police), Ejaz (NWFP), Umar (Punjab), Rana Akram (Punjab), Hafiz Rehman (Punjab), Sher Zaman (Railway).

HALF BACKS: M. Irfan (PIA), Zaheer Ahmed (PIA), Aamir Shahzad (PIA), Fareed Ahmed (HBL), Khurram Shahzad (Steel

Mill), Kashif Javed (NBP), M. Rashid (Navy), Kashif Idrees (Railway), Shahid

Saleem (Army), Khalid Ali (Navy), Usman Tariq (Punjab), Umair (KESC), Zeeshan (KESC), Rafaqat (PIA), Rashed (Police), Adnan (Railway), Junaid (NBP), Kashif (NWFP), Shabbir (Punjab), Aamir Ali (Quetta), Iftikhar (Steel Mill), Adeel Akram (Punjab), Mudassar Abrar (Punjab).

FORWARDS: Adeel Hussain (HBP), Inayatullah (PIA), M. Toufiq (NBP), Abdul Haseem Khan (NBP), Shafqat Rasool (PIA), M. Zubair (PIA), Nasir Shahzad (HBL), Rizwan (Army), Hassan Akhtar (PIA), Azlan Khan (HBL), Ramzan (Army), Yasir (NBP), Irfan Jr. (Police), Rana Umair (Police), Waqas Butt (Army), Khurram Shahzad (Rialway), Rashid Zaheer (Navy), M. Imran (Steel Mill), Aamir (Army), Imran Malik (Steel Mill), Naveed Naseer (Punjab), Shakeel (Punjab), Asif Baig (Police), Shahbaz (HBL), Zubair Ahmed (NBP), Bilal Qadeer (Railway), Salman (KESC), Zeeshan Akram (Navy), Kamran (Railway), Kashif (Railway), Junaid (Steel Mill), Irfan (Steel Mill), Muzamil Bhatti (Punjab).—Agencies

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