Noor Zaman crown All Pakistan KP National Junior Squash Championship 2019 champion
Noor Zaman defeated AsadUllah of PAF by 3-0 to win the All Pakistan KP National Junior Squash Championship 2019 at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex, Peshawar.
Noor Zaman defeated AsadUllah of PAF by 3-0 to win the All Pakistan KP National Junior Squash Championship 2019 at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex, Peshawar.
The final match was started on fast note and both Noor Zaman, who recently played the semi-final of the British Junior Squash Championship, and Asadullah gave each other a tough fight. The beautiful smashes of Noor Zaman and nick and drops of Asadullah were largely enjoyed by the sitting spectators with their thundering applauses.
Peshawar born Noor produced a skillful game as got the lead in the first game and marched into 5-2 and 7-2 but on the other hands Asadullah tied the tally 5-5 and 7-7 by hitting two consecutive nicks and as many drop shorts. When the tally was locked 7-7 and 8-8, this was Noor Zaman who raced up and won the first game by 11-9 before playing a 9-9 all.
After winning the first game this time Asadullah got the lead right from the outset of the second game and reached up to 2-5, 3-5, 4-8 and 5-9. Asadullah has a good lead of almost four points in the set but he could not maintain his speed and hits three tin before going down at 11-9. Former World Squash Champion Qamar Zaman’s grandson Noor Zaman played nicely and tied the tally 9-9 before winning the set by 11-9.
The winner of Borneo Junior Squash Open 2018, Noor face fair bit of resistance in the third game as both Noor Zaman and Asadullah played well and struggled hard for a single point that is why they were stretched to 12-10. Asad Ullah saved two set points before succumbed to the pressure of Noor Zaman and lost the set.
to win the second game at 11-7. Noor, continue his aggressive play as he won the third game by 11-6 to win the final of under-17 category of All Pakistan KP National Junior Squash Championship 2019.
Secretary Irrigation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Daud Khan was the chief guest on this occasion. Former World Champion Qamar Zaman, Executive Members and Nazim Nawa Khali Sajjad Khalil, Wazir Gul, Coaches Gulab Sher, Nazir Gul, Riaz Khan, Chief Referee Pakistan Squash Federation Munawar Zaman, officials, players and large number of spectators were also present.
At the end, the chief guest gave away Rs. 26500 and winner trophy to Noor Zaman while Rs. 18500 and runners-up trophy to Asadullah.
Speaking on this occasion, Secretary Irrigation Daud Khan, who is also Senior Vice President of KP Squash Association, assured the players that efforts have been taken to facilitate them besides organizing more and more tournaments. He termed tournaments as competitive exposure for the players besides the players could also judge their hidden talent.
He said the provincial government is very keen and soon a meeting with the Chief Minister will be organized to apprise him about the promotion of squash in the province in particular and in the country in general.
Daud Khan said that a request would also be made to the Chief Minister to extend support for holding two International Tournaments in the City wherein players from across the world would come.
He also thanked President Pakistan Squash Federation who are very keen to have international tournaments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. He said a small village Nawa Khali had produced seven world champions of squash and currently there are more talent exiting in Peshawar.
