Sports Bulletin Report
Taxila: The Chairman Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF) Board National Ranking Badminton Championships started on Wednesday here at POF Sports Complex in Wah Cantt, as Shafiq Ahmed DICR graced the opening ceremony as chief guest and Member POF Board along with Col. Ghulam Rubani Deputy Director Sports POF, Qaisar Bhatti Secretary Sports POF Senior Vice President PBF Tayyab Sohail and Raja Azhar Secretary General PBF were present at the occasion.
After the recitation of Holy Quran the chief guest introduced the players and officials of the championships by SVP and Secretary General Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) Raja Azhar. Later on Shafiq Ahmed inaugurate the event by hitting the shuttlecock. This is pertinent to mention here that Tariq Wadood (8 Time National Champion) also visited the venue, the PBF officials introduce the legend amongst the players and secretary POF and secretary PBF presented the shield to Tariq Wadood.
Results (Men’s Singles Round-I):
Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) by 21-9, 21-4
Mohammad Ahmad (PB) beat Abuzar Rasheed (SNGPL) by 21-17, 21-12
Mohammad Adnan (Army) beat Mohammad Jamal (KP) by 21-15, 21-15
Abdur Rehman (Wapda) beat Hussain Shahzad (PB) by 19-21, 21-16, 21-9
Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) beat Qasim Rasheed (ISL) by 21-11, 21-15
Abdullah Latif (Army) beat Sohaib Yaseen (PB) by 21-7, 21-7
Jalees Konain (SNGPL) beat Hafiz Abdul Manan (PB) by 21-13, 21-11
Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Mekaeel Khan (KP) by 21-8, 21-9
Tahir Khan (Police) beat Mohammad Uzair Khan (KP) by 21-14, 21-13
Umer Jahanghir (SNGPL) beat Fahad Ahmed (KP) by 21-11, 21-13
Ahsan Asif (Wapda) beat Faiz (Army) by 19-21, 21-18, 21-12
Raja Zulqarnain (Army) beat Akif Badar (PB) by 21-13, 21-10
Hamdullah (KP) beat Danyaal Shahzada (KP) by 21-15, 21-13
Tehseen Ullah (KP) beat Hamza Khan (KP) by 21-19, 18-21, 21-11
Aoun Abbas (Wapda) beat Faizan Ali (PB) by 21-16, 21-18
Ali Mehdi (Wapda) beat Umair Khan (ISL) by 22-20, 21-17
Ibrahim Rasheed (PB) Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) by 21-12, 21-15
Women’s Singles (Round-I):
Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Alja Tariq (Army) by 21-14, 21-9
Farzana Ali (Wapda) beat Sidra Asif (Wapda) by 13-21, 23-21, 21-11
Umama Usman (SNGPL) beat Shahnaz Shah (Wapda) by 21-7, 21-3
Sehar Abdul Majeed (PB) beat Sehra Akram (Wapda) by 21-4, 21-3
Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Aimen Fatima (PB) by 21-10, 21-18
Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) beat Zainab Azam (ISL) by 21-7, 21-7
Kanzul Eman (PB) beat Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) by 14-21, 21-12, 21-19
Laiba Masoud (Wapda) beat Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) by 10-21, 23-21, 22-20
Sana Hanif (SNGPL) beat Faryal Arshad (KP) by 21-5, 21-9