National Hockey Championship begins in Sukkur today

Author: Staff Report

KARACHI: The National Hockey Championship, domestic hockey’s premier event, will go into action from Saturday (today) in Sukkur. Syed Khursheed Shah, the opposition leader in the National Assembly, will inaugurate the event. “As many as 16 departmental and 8 provincial teams are participating in the competition which aims at finding new hockey talent,” said a spokesman for the Pakistan Hockey Federation on Friday. “The departmental teams have been placed in four pools while the provincial sides will compete in two other pools,” he added. “It is worth mentioning that two departmental teams, Fauji Fertilisers and ZTBL are making their maiden appearance in the competition and we welcome them in the national hockey fold,” he stated.

Published in Daily Times, December 16th 2017.

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