Promising Noor Zaman and Yaseen Khattak clinched the trophies after defeating their respective rivals in the Under-17 and Under-15 finals of the All Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Saturday.
Secretary Sports Kamran Rehman was the chief guest on this occasion who witnessed both the finals. Member Executive Committee and head coach of the Blue Tone Squash Academy Wazir Gul, President KP Squash Association Qamar Zaman, Secretary Munawaz Zaman, members' committee Sher Bahadur Khan and Sajjad Khan, Head Coach PAF Squash Academy Atlas Khan, officials and players were also present.
In the final Noor Zaman faced tough resistance against Muhammad Hamza Khan in a marathon five sets battle, lasted for 49th minute. Noor Zaman took two sets at 11-4 and 11-7 but failed to click in the third and fourth sets won by Hamza Khan at 4-11 and 8-11. It was the fifth and decisive set in which Noor Zaman raced up to victory at 11-4.
In the second final Yaseen Khattak defeated Saboor Khan by 11-1, 11-2 and 11-3 in a one-sided affair.
At the end, the chief guest Secretary Sports Kamran Rehman gave away trophies and cash prizes to the winners and runners-up. The winner was awarded Rs. 19000 each U-17 and Under-15 categories while the runners-up of each categories got Rs. 13000 each.
Ubaid Abbasi, Airport In-charge, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Director ANP Col. Faisal, COS Bacha International Airport Ishrat Ahmad were also present.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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