CHITRAL
\nAfter a long break, three-day Deputy Commissioner Sports Festival was held in Lower Chitral under the aegis of District Sports Officer and district administration Chitral here on Friday. The three days Deputy Commissioner Sports Festival carried 10 volleyball teams, 16 badminton teams, 16 table tennis teams and 20 players took part in Table Tennis singles.
\nDeputy Commissioner Anwar-ul-Haq was chief guest at the concluding ceremony who distributed prizes among the players. Deputy Commissioner Chitral said that the district administration has taken in the light of the directives issued by Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide all possible facilities to the players of Chitral. He said that five percent budget has been earmarked for regular sports in the district budget and this time District Sports Officer organized a grand sporting festival wherein the players enthusiastically participated and enjoyed.
\nDistrict Sports Officer Amir Zaman said that sports are essential for the physical and mental fitness of the youth. He said that a person cannot be mentally healthy unless he is physically fit and sports is very important for staying healthy.
\n\u201cAs soon as I took charge, I immediately organized this indoor tournament for which the youth had been waiting for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cOur aim is to keep the young generation engaged in positive activities like sports and prevent them from cursing drugs and other negative activities,\u201d he added.
\nThe players who took part in the tournament also thanked the District Sports Officer for arranging the games. However, the players also demanded from the provincial government to have a multi-purpose Sports Complex so that the youth of Chitral, both male and female, could come and exhibit their hidden talent.
\nThe tournament was played in an old building of the warehouse of the Food department as there is no special stadium for indoor sports. The youngest player in this tournament also came from Swat who is only seven years old and has been playing badminton for the last one year.
\nWadana used to play badminton when she was six years old. She stressed on other children that they should also actively participate in sports to keep themselves both mentally and physically fit.
\nAt the end, Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Senior Civil Judge, Sports Officer, Population Officer, Land Settlement Officer, High School Principal, SP Investigation Muhammad Khalid and others were awarded shield on behalf of the District Sports Officer.
\nDrosh team won the final trophy in volleyball and got a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 while Hindukush Hostel team was declared runners-up who were given 7000 cash prize. The badminton final trophy went to the Zargaranda team who was given a cash prize of Rs 7,000 while the runner-up team was given a prize of Rs 5,000.
\nIrfan Ahmed and Hazrat Hussain got 5000 as cash prize for taking runners-up position. Similarly, in table tennis singles, winner Naveed Ahmed was awarded Rs 5,000 with trophy and runners-up Mujtaba Shah was awarded cash prize of Rs 3,000.
\nThe players thanked the sports department and demanded that a proper stadium be constructed for them so that they too could play in it properly and participate in sports at national and international level. A large number of spectators were present and witnessed the matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHITRAL After a long break, three-day Deputy Commissioner Sports Festival was held in Lower Chitral under the aegis of District Sports Officer and district administration Chitral here on Friday. The three days Deputy Commissioner Sports Festival carried 10 volleyball teams, 16 badminton teams, 16 table tennis teams and 20 players took part in Table Tennis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n