Secretary, Punjab Hockey Association, former Olympian ,Rana Mujahid said on Monday that hockey event of Punjab Youth and Sports Festival will help in promoting hockey at grass root level.
“This event is of greater significant as it focuses on reviving hockey at early level and there is dire need to organize such events on regular basis,” he said at a news conference here on Monday at National hockey stadium. Sports Board Punjab has assigned the task to PHA to organize hockey event of the festival. He said the event will involve hockey teams at tehsil, district and division level and by that way new talent will be identified.
Mujahid expressed his gratitude to Punjab Government and Sports Board Punjab for giving Punjab Hockey Association the responsibility for organizing the hockey event of the festival.
He acknowledged the vision of Punjab Chief Minister ,Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif for engaging Youth in a healthy activity by coming up with an idea to hold the festival.
He said Punjab Hockey Association will organize hockey event in a befitting manner by forming various committees at all levels where the matches will be played.
“We will be holding a meeting of all the divisional sports officers on October six to finalise the arrangements of the event,” he said.
He further added: “PHA will extend all out cooperation to SBP for making this event a big success.”
He said all the matches of the hockey event of the festival will be organized under the supervision of experienced and qualified technical officials and all the international rules will be followed in all the matches. “ PHA will soon announce the match programme of the event at different centres across the province.
