A record participation of 182,000 players in various districts of the province was witnessed on the fifth day of the Punjab Youth Festival 2014 and 47,000 remained title grabbers.
The Punjab Youth Festival 2014 has been getting hype with each passing day as record participation of 182,000 players in various districts of the province was witnessed and 47,000 among them were title grabbers.
In 34 Union Councils of Ravi Town, 2223 players participated in various events and 152 were victorious. Imran Akram won the athletics event while Abid Ali finished second. In badminton, Abu Bakar won the event while Usman got second position. Zain XI won the cricket event.
In 47 UCs of Samanabad Town, 6473 players featured in different competitions out of which 283 emerged the winners.
In 23 UCs of Iqbal Town, 727 took part where 35 remained winners. In all, 994 participated in various events of 32 UCs of Nishtar Town out of which 89 were title grabbers. At Wahga Town, 247 players of nine UCs featured in different competitions and among them 50 had smiles on their face.
Shalimar Town saw participation of 5862 athletes of 42 UCs in PYF events where 196 remained successful. In 46 UCs of Data Ganj Bakhsh Town, 237 players won different events out of 6230.
There was massive participation in Aziz Bhatti Town where 3913 athletes of 83 UCs locked horns in PYF events and among them, 397 finished successful. Safdar Ali won the athletics event while Akmal remained runner-up. Shafqat XI won the cricket tape ball event against Ameen XI.
Divisional Sports Council Lahore convener MPA Mian Naseer, MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar and MPA Kanwal Nauman were the guests of honours at the above mentioned events.
On the occasion, Mian Naseer said: “The Punjab Youth Festival has been providing new opportunities to youngsters who will prove to be an asset for the country.”
In different UCs of Bhakkar, Khoshab, Sargodha and Mianwali Districts of Sargodha Division, 13442 players participated in which 3834 were successful. In UCs of Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Chiniot Districts of Faisalabad, out of 10933 players, 3483 were the winners. In UCs of Okara, Sahiwal and Pakpattan Districts of Sahiwal Division, 13289 featured in various events and among them 2456 returned home joyous.
In UCs of Vehari, Lodhran, Multan and Khanewal Districts of Multan Division, out of 13266 participants, 2823 were title winners. Total 7270 players of Sialkot, Hafizabad and Mandi Bahauddin Districts of Gujaranwala Division locked horns in different events where 1746 were declared winners.
Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur Districts of Bahawalpur Division saw participations of 12384 players and among them, 5378 had smiles on their faces. In UCs of Rajanpur, Layyah, DG Khan and Muzaffargarh Districts of DG Khan Division, out of 16658 athletes, 2384 notched up the titles.
