Lahore: Opening match of the Army Hockey Championship was played today between Lahore Zone and Quetta Zone in the National Hockey Stadium Lahore. Both teams battled it out for a draw with 2 goals each.
Waqar Zafar of Lahore Zone and Nadeem Sarwar Quetta Zone scored 2 goals each for their teams. The championship is being organised by Lahore Corps at the National Hockey Stadium synthetic pitch.
Army Hockey Championship will be held on a single league basis from 9th to 15th November 2010.
Pakistan Army is one of the leading organisations in contributing towards our national game.
With its golden history starting from 1948 till date, legends like Brig Atif, Brig Hameedi, Brig Zafar Heyat, Naseer Bunda, Rasheed Senior, Capt Bashir, Col Zafar Ali, Col Mudassar Asghar, Maj Munir, Capt Saeed, Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokar, Col Shahid Jaffery and many other veterans have represented Pakistan.
