PESHAWAR
Promising Hamza Tufail, hailing from a remote village Arbab Landy, nominated as Technical Official for the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup-2024 in Malaysia.
This was stated by the Asian Umpire Manager and Federation of International Hockey (FIH) while talking to APP on phone. Faiz Muhammad Fazi, a former international world penal hockey referee and now working with FIH as Manager Umpire, said that Hamza Tufail is very energetic and deserved to be officiating the matches of the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup-2024 as Technical Official.
He said it is good that a young boy Hamza Tufail got the call through his excellent performance during the Hockey League and National Senior and National Junior Hockey Championship.
The supervising umpire managers of the Pakistan Hockey Federation had given his excellent report that
Hamza Tufail, left for Malaysia on May 2 (Thursday) from Lahore to participate in the 30th edition of the Azlan Shah Cup 2024. He belongs to Peshawar and will represent Pakistan in the tournament. It’s an honour for Peshawar that one of the technical officials from Peshawar will represent Pakistan in the tournament, Faiz Muhammad Faizi said.
When contacted Hamza Tufail father, Tufail Ahmad, who himself, a former hockey player of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, he said Hamza is a very good natured boy and has good command over his hockey rules.
He also thanked the Pakistan Hockey Federation Secretary Haider Hussain and Faiz Muhammad Faizi for nominating his name for the tournament. Tufail Khan said actually Faiz Muhammad Faizi provided training regarding umpiring and technical officials as scores of international tournaments he organized even in Peshawar where he acted as umpire and as umpire manager as well.
