Spirit of Swat festival men table tennis got under way at the indoor hall of the Makan Bagh Sports Complex, Mingora, Swat on Sunday. Major Naeem was the chief guest on this occasion who formally inaugurated the event in which 50 players from Malakand Division, including Buner, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Shangla and Malakand are taking part.
Co-ordinator of the Games Tariq Mehmood, Assistant Directors of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Board Niamat Ullah Khan, Jamshed Baloch, Mir Bashar Khan, Secretary of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Table Tennis. Association Kifayat Ullah Khan, officials, players and a large number of spectators were also present. Tariq Mehmood highlighted the aims and objectives of holding 15 different games, including four for female, ie table tennis, volleyball, badminton and netball.
Earlier, in the opening match top national ranking player Rameez Khan, hailing from Swat, defeated Jamal by 3-1, the score was 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 and 12-10. In the other matches Jawad beat Riaz Khan by 3-0, the score was 11-6, 11-9 and 11-7, Wajid beat Fayyaz Khan by 3-1, the score was 12-10, 11-8 and 11-5, Safi Ullah beat Irfan Ullah by 3-0, the score was 11-9, 12-10, and 12-10 while Abbas Khan beat Qaiser Khan by 3-2 in a thrilling match, the score was 10-12, 6-11, 12-10, 14-12, and 11-8.
Comments
Comments are closed for this article.