FMC Pakistan Junior Squash Open 2019 cancelled
FMC Pakistan Junior Squash Open 2019 was scheduled to be held in Lahore from November 16-21 but has now been cancelled due to absence of foreign entries.
FMC Pakistan Junior Squash Open 2019 that was scheduled to be held in Lahore from November 16-21 has been cancelled due to absence of foreign entries.
The FMC Pakistan Junior Squash Open was WSF & PSA Satellite Tour event and ASF Asian Junior Super Series “Silver” event but did not receive any foreign entry. “No foreign player sent entries. This is why it has been cancelled by the organisers".
It is worth adding here that Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has not held any international junior event in the country since 2013. The last international event held for juniors was 5th Roshan Khan Junior Open in 2013. Last year Pakistan hosted 19 PSA events but there was not a single event for juniors.
The deadline for entries were October 16 and by then no foreign player had entered their names. The organisers offered more than Rs400,000 in prize money.
The prize money for boys under-19 category was Rs140,000 and the same amount was on offer for girls under-19 category. The prize money for boys under-17 category was Rs70,000. The amount set aside for boys under-15 and under-13 events were Rs30,000 each.
The winner of under-19 event was decided to get Rs40,000 and the winner of under-17 Rs20,000. Rs12,000 each was dedicated for winners of under-15 and under-13 categories.
