Wapda to host National Boxing Championship

LAHORE, Jan 18 (APP):The 36th National Men and the 1st National
Women Boxing championships would be held at WAPDA Sports Complex from January 20 to 24 under the aegis of WAPDA Sports Board, in collaboration with Pakistan Boxing Federation.
As many as 15 teams will participate in the Men Championships i.e. WAPDA, Army, Navy, Air Force, Railways, KPT, K-Electric, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, AJ&K, FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan. Men’s competitions will be held in 10 weight categories which are 46, 52, 56, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91 and 91+ kilogramme.
With a view to popularise boxing amongst women folk, Women Championship is being organised for the first time, wherein 24 women players from the provinces and associations will compete in three weight categories of 51, 60 and 75 Kilogramme.
Opening ceremony of the championships will be held on January 20 at 1330 hours. Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) President Lt Gen (Retd) Arif Hassan will be the chief guest, while WAPDA Chairman and WAPDA Sports Board Pattern-in-Chief Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) will be the Chief Guest of the closing ceremony scheduled to be held on January 24 at 1430 hours.