200 players appear in hockey trails at Lahore

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LAHORE, July 28 (APP): About 200 boys, from all parts of the Punjab,
turned up for the open hockey trials to select new talent for Pakistan’s junior hockey team here on Friday.
The three selectors, Tahir Zaman, Maqsood Hussain and Imran Butt watched
the colts in action, said a spokesman of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.
In Karachi, the number was around 100. Apart from the provincial
metropolis, players from the interior Sind and Balochistan appeared in
the two-day trials. The selection committee consisted of Qamar Ibrahim, Mohammad Ali and Anees, he added.
“The trials for the players from KP and Islamabad would take place over
next few days in Bannu and Mardan”, said the spokesman.