Sialkot thrashed Gojra to lift the second PHF Inter Academy Hockey Tournament trophy here at the Sialkot Hockey Stadium, Sialkot. With this big 7-1 win, Sialkot got to the top of the leaderboard followed by Gojra and Bahawalpur. The day started with the classification encounter between Bahawalpur and Lahore which saw Lahore take the lead through Mohammad Waqas on penalty corner in the 14th minute but that lead was short lived when Madid Ali leveled the score in a similar fashion in the 21st minute of the match.
The teams remained one-all till the half time and winning goals of the match from Bahawalpur came in the 40th minute of the match when Bahawalpur’s Muneeb-ur-Rehman found the ball right in front of the Lahore’s goal mouth. Later in the day, Sialkot beat Gojra in a one-sided affair 7-1. The hosts of the tournament added four goals against Gojra in the first 35 minutes of the match through Nohaiz Zahid (16th minute field goal, Ali Raza (two goals, 21st & 30th minutes in the fields) and Mohammad Ali (23rd minute) on a penalty corner. Gojra opened the second half with a 32nd minute penalty corner goals through Mubashir but after that they did not find a breathing space and Sialkot’s Amir Sohail got two goals in the 36th and 51st minutes while Hammad Zafar scored in the 50th minute.
Member National Assembly Khawaja Muhammad Asif was the chief guest and distributed the prizes among the winners. Also present on the occasion were Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq (MPA), Olympian Muhammad Asif Bajwa Secretary General PHF, Mr. Khawar Anwar Khawaja President District Hockey Association, Tournament Director Amir Shafique, Organising Secretary Ajmal Khan Lodhi, Tournament Officers Muhammad Shafique Bhatti & Chaudhry Ansar Jora, Umpires M. Mushtaq, Rana Sajid & Mubarik Ali and Officials DHA Sialkot. The chief guest also announced Rs 50,000 for the winners Sialkot and Muhammad Asif Bajwa, Secretary General PHF gave Rs 200,000 to the winners while third position Bahawalpur Academy would get monthly amount of Rs 2500. Runner up Gojra Academy will get monthly Rs 3000.
