Sports Bulletin Report
LAHORE: Rawalpindi division girls’ table tennis team stunned the strong Lahore team by 3-2 in the final of the Under-16 Talent Hunt Programme Inter-Division Table Tennis Championship team event at Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC) Gymnasium Hall on Wednesday.
Lahore team remained runners up while Sahiwal team finished third in the event organised under the auspices of Punjab Sports Department as part of Sports Board Punjab's Annual Sports Calendar Programme.
Dr Qurra-tul Ain was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Punjab Table Tennis President Irfanullah Khan, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti, administrator NPSC Gymnasium Hall Mustafa Shah and other officials were also present on this occasion.
Dr Qurra-tul Ain distributed prizes among the top position holders. The participating male and female table tennis players and officials also had group photographs with the chief guest. DG Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail also congratulated the winning team.
Earlier, in the first semi-final of the girls' team event, Rawalpindi Division defeated Sahiwal by 3-0 and qualified for the final. In the second semi-final of girls, Lahore Division reached the final after defeating Multan by 3-1.
Lahore defeated Multan by 3-1 in the first semi-final of the boy's team event while in the second semi-final, Bahawalpur defeated Faisalabad a margin of 3-2 and qualified for the final.
