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PESHAWAR
National Under-16 Male and Female Volleyball Championship will be commencing from November 28, 2020 here at Qayyum Sports Complex, Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Volleyball Association Khalid Waqar told APP here on Wednesday.
During visit to Khalid Waqar Chamkani’s hometown, Khalid Waqar said that all arrangements have been made and soon the National Under-16 Volleyball Championship would be organized with two teams a male and female would take part. He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would participate in the forthcoming National Under-16 along with other provincial teams.
He said a total of 14 teams from all over the country will be participating in the Championship, said Secretary General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Volleyball Association Khalid Waqar Chamkani. He said the Championship would start on November 28 to Dec 2, 2020 under the auspices of Pakistan Volleyball Federation and Provincial Volleyball Association in collaboration with Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He said female teams including teams from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir would participate. Organizing Secretary Khalid Waqar Chamkani said the Championship is part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Under-16 Talent Hunt program. The Directorate of Sports, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on the special directive of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan, conducted trials of players under the age of 16 to find out new faces.
In the first phase, trials were held in all the districts out of which 300 talented players were selected in volleyball and in the final round 70 male and female players were selected for the camp out of which the best teams for National Championship were selected which will represent the province in the National U16 Volleyball Championship.
