PESHAWAR
All Pakistan Inter-University Women and Men Throw Ball Championship got underway here at Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Indoor Hall on Friday under the aegis of Directorate Sports University of Peshawar.
Secretary Higher Education Dawood Khan was the chief guest on this occasion. He was accompanied by Vice Chancellor Peshawar University Professor Dr. Muhammad Idris, Director General Sports Bahre Karam University, Deputy Director Higher Education Arshad Hussain along with other dignitaries.
On this occasion, Vice Chancellor Muhammad Idris and Secretary Higher Education Dawood Khan gave a briefing regarding the plan project about the construction of the international standard academy in University of Peshawar.
Bahre Karam on this occasion while briefing the Dawood Khan and Professor Dr. Muhammad Idris said that the project that includes international standard facilities for all indoor Games would be completed in record two hours times with the total cost of Rs. 130 million.
The Gymnasium would include facilities like Resource Center, Fitness Center, Basketball, Netball, Futsal, Volleyball, Throw Ball courts besides facilities for other Martial Arts and Indoor Games for both male and female.
In the opening match of All Pakistan Inter-Varsity Throw Ball Championship under the auspices of University of Peshawar, the women of University of Peshawar team defeated the Women team of Iqra National University Peshawar. University of Peshawar won the match by 25-9. In the first set the score was 25-10, second set 25-19 and 25-22.
In other women’s competitions, Islamia College University beat Lahore College by 3-1, Shaheed Benazir University beat University of Punjab 3-0, University of Management Lahore beat University of Swabi 2-0, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan beat Iqra University 3-1 and University of Punjab defeated University of Multan by 2-0.
Similarly, Islamia College University Peshawar started successfully by defeating Kohat University of Science and Technology by 25-18, 25-10 and 25-17. In the Men competitions Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan defeated University of Lakky Marwat by 25-8, 25-12 and 25-19, University of Management Lahore defeated Agriculture University TandoJam by 25-9, 25-12 and 25-22 while in the last match of the day University of Peshawar defeated University of Hazara Mansehra 25-11, 25-19 and 25-14.
The teams of the Women Universities have been divided into two groups. Group-A includes teams from Lahore College for Women, University of Karachi, Iqra National University Peshawar, University of Peshawar, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan and Islamia College University Peshawar. While in Group B, University of the Punjab, BZ University Multan, University of Management and Technology Lahore, University of Swabi and Shaheed Benazir Women University Peshawar.
In this way, Women competitions will be played on League basis, while Men competitions will be played on knock-out basis. Sixteen Men universities teams and 11 women universities teams from all over Pakistan are participating.
