Wapda has selected 53 young players after completion of a series of trials, conducted in the length and breadth of the country, for the second batch of WAPDA Endowment Fund for Sports, established for elevating the standards of sports in Pakistan.
The players – 10 to 14 years of age – have been selected from the whole country in nine games including athletics, boxing, football, hockey, karate, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
WAPDA Member (Water) Syed Raghib Abbas Shah distributed the selection/scholarship certificates among the selected players in a ceremony held here at WAPDA House on Friday.
WAPDA Secretary Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, Managing Director (Administration) Muhammad Zafar, senior officers of WAPDA and students of WAPDA schools were also present in the ceremony.
WAPDA Endowment Fund for Sports was established in 2010 with an initial amount of Rs. 100 million with the prime objective to arrange regular financing sources to provide sports facilities to the youth with an ultimate aim to enhance medal tally of Pakistan in international competitions. In addition to imparting sports training and coaching by WAPDA Sports Board, Rs. 5000/- monthly scholarship for extra diet and education is also awarded to each selected player from WAPDA Endowment Fund for Sports. Besides, free-of-the-cost medical and transport facilities are also provided to the players.
51st National Basketball Championship from today: The 51st National Basketball Championship will begin on March 24 (today) under the aegis of WAPDA Sports Board here at WAPDA Sports Complex.
The 8-day National Championship, being sponsored by WAPDA, has been dedicated to the strategically important Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project by the National Basketball Federation.
The teams belonging to the four provinces i.e. Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, the Federal Capital Islamabad and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and leading departments vis HBL, PAF, Pakistan Army and WAPDA are participating in the event. Finals of the championship will be played on March 31.
