Swat clinches KP U-23 Inter-District Games Trophy
Swat wins the trophy by securing eight gold and three silver medals in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Swat Region Inter-District Male Games at Makan Bagh Sports Complex, Peshawar.
Swat acquire 111 points as they secured eight gold and three silver medals to wins the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Swat Region Inter-District Male Games trophy at Makan Bagh Sports Complex, Peshawar. Swat won first position in Tug-of-War, Boxing, Handball, Hockey, Athletics, Table Tennis, Basketball and Badminton and took silver medal in Squash, Judo and Kabaddi.
Upper Dir claimed second position after winning three gold medals, 5 silver medals by recording 72 points while Lower Dir got third position with one gold medal in volleyball and silver medals in handball, baseball and basketball.
In the Table Tennis Swat defeated Chitral to take first position, in Judo Swat win seven gold and one silver. Upper Dir grabbed second position with one gold and five silver medals while Lower Dir stood third with three silver medals.
In Karate Swat stood first after securing 72 points followed by Upper Dir with 55 points, Lower Dir got third position with 37 points and Shangla got fourth position with 21 points. In the Tug of War Lower Dir won the battle after defeating Upper Dir in the final, Swat took third position while Chitral got fourth position. In the Tennis Shangla shocked Swat in the final, Upper Dir got third position and Lower Dir remained at fourth while Chitral got the fifth.
Israr of Swat was declared “Best Athlete” as he won gold medal in long jump, 200m and 400m while Swat District won the overall trophy of the Athletics. Swat grabbed six gold medals, five silver medals, followed Upper Dir with one gold medal and one silver medal while Lower Dir took one silver medal and one bronze medal.
In the Discus-throw Ismail of Upper Dir won gold medal followed by Lukman of Swat and Kalim Ullah Shangla grabbed bronze medal. In the long jump Israr of Swat won gold medal, Ismail of Upper Dir won silver medal and Shahbaz from Lower Dir got bronze medals. In the 400m race Israr of Swat won gold medal, Ismail of Upper Dir secured silver medal and Gul Afzal of Shangla got bronze. In javelin throw Danish of Swat won gold medal followed by Imran of Lower Dir and Zafar Ali of Lower Dir.
In the 200m, Israr won gold medal followed by Ismail of Upper Dir and Sajid Ullah of Chitral. In
the shot put Yousaf of Swat won gold medal followed by Akbar of Upper Dir and Yasir of Shangla while in the 100m Jabbar Khan of Swat won gold medal and was also declared fastest athlete. In the dramatically ended kabaddi final Upper Dir defeated Swat in a close encounter, the score was 45-44. Lower Dir took third position.
At the end, the chief guest MPA Fazal-e-Hakim, Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah, Director Sports Niamat Ullah, Director Development Salim Raza, Director Games Munir Abbas President KP Badminton Association Zafar Ali Khan gave away trophies and cash prize of Rs. 20,000 to the winner and Rs. 15000 to the runners-up team.
