Punjab Open Football championship next month

LAHORE, Jun 07 (APP):Sports Board Punjab and Punjab Football Association will jointly organize the first Under-15 Punjab Open Football Championship here in the third week of July.
The decision was taken by Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan and President Punjab Football Association Sardar Naveed Haider at a meeting here on Thursday at the National Hockey Stadium.
Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, President Lahore Football Association Mian Rizwan and other officials were also present during the meeting.
Aamir Jan said it is for the first time that Sports Board Punjab and Punjab Football Association are collaborating for promotion of football in the province. “We are quite upbeat that several talented young football players will emerge through this championship,” he added.
Secretary Sports Punjab said the inter-district, inter-divisional competitions will be held in the Punjab Open Football Championship in the third week of July. “The talented players will be selected
from the championship to represent Punjab in the national games.
The young players will also represent Pakistan in international level events after polishing their skills,” he asserted.
Replying to a query, he said that Sports Board Punjab and other associations will also collaborate for the growth of other games in the province.
“The SBP will make top-level administrative arrangements for the championship and will also provide transports and kits to participating players,” he added.
Aamir Jan said that the Punjab government had established the best sports infrastructure in the province. “As many as 40 modern grounds are being built across the province.”
President Punjab Football Association Sardar Naveed Haider said the upcoming championship will be a very beneficial event for football.
“The players from all 36 districts of Punjab will be given equal chance to feature in this championship. The players will be selected on merit through open trials.”
He said that the top players of Punjab Open U-15 Championship will be selected for All-Pakistan U-15 Inter-Division scheduled to be held in Sept this year.
He thanked Secretary Sports Punjab Aamir Jan and Sports Board Punjab for extending every kind of cooperation for the upcoming championship.