PESHAWAR
The second edition of the Bank of Khyber Junior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Championship will start today Monday here at Tariq Wadood Badminton Hall, Peshawar Sports Complex.
This was stated by Managing Director of the Bank of Khyber, CEO Muhammad Ali Gul Faraz while addressing a press conference here on Sunday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association Secretary and international technical official of the Pakistan Badminton Federation Muhammad Amjad Khan, Tournament Organizing Secretary Mian Sadaqat Shah, international coaches Nadeem Khan and Hayat Ullah Khan, female coach Bushra Khan were also present.
Muhammad Ali Gul Faraz said that a total of 150 boys and girls players from all over the province including the merged tribal districts are participating in the Championship in the U17, U15 and U19 categories.
The official inauguration will be done by the Managing Director of Bank of Khyber, CEO Muhammad Ali Gul Faraz. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association Secretary Amjad Khan and Tournament Organizing Secretary Mian Sadaqat Shah said.
He thanked the Bank of Khyber for holding the Championship for the second consecutive year in which leading top ranking players would take part. He said the Provincial Badminton Association, in which players from different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and merged districts, would participate in Boys and Girls Singles, Boys and Girls Doubles. It will continue till October 19 for which all the arrangements have been completed and all the players have reached Peshawar to participate in the Championship.
In the first phase, all the players were scrutinized. Female coach Bushra, other members included Badminton senior coach Hayatullah, Nadeem Khan, Malik Faraz, would scrutinize the players in their respective age groups. In the Championship, players will also be selected for the National Junior Championship, Muhammad Amjad Khan said.
The opening ceremony of the Championship will be organized on Monday (Oct 16) at 4:00 PM at the Tariq Wadood Badminton Hall, Peshawar Sports Complex.
