Falcon Club takes home title victory of 1st Mehmood Maulvi Cup Basketball Tournament
Bahria Club fell to Falcon Club by just 2 points in the grand finale of the 2019 Mehmood Maulvi Cup Basketball Tournament which successfully concluded at Arambagh Basketball Court in Karachi.
The final of 1st Mehmood Maulvi Cup Basketball Tournament took place between Falcon Basketball Club and Bahria Basketball Club in which the Falcons had to struggle hard to win the clash as the game ended with the final score line of 48-46.
Both the teams were good from the start as the two teams kept trading buckets time after time but as the match proceeded, the players from Falcon Club started dominating the game more and more and took advantage of the mistakes made by their rivals which resulted in them claiming the crown of the tournament.
The winning side did not let their play drop till the end and finally finished the game in their favor through incredible game play of Nasir who collected a game-high score of 18 points along with contributions from Sahib who managed to score 12 points and Saif Ullah Nosherwani who added 10 points.
The runner-up's individual scorers were: Hammad Khan, Aun Akram and Zunair scoring 14, 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Richards of Patrician Club earned the Fair Play Trophy and Shaharyar Nasir was named Player of the Tournament while Rookie of the Tournament trophy went to Aun Akram.
Federal Secretary, Mehmood Maulvi along with PTF VP, Khalid Jamil Shamsi, KPT Sports Manager, Col Retd Syed Baseer Alam, SOA Vice President, Engr Mehmooz Ul Haq and KBBA President, Ghulam Muhammad Khan were the honorable chief guests who, together, witnessed the final game being played and at the end, distributed trophies and awards among the high achievers.
Mr Mehmood Maulvi also announced the holding of Governor Sindh Sports Festival 2019 in Karachi and Sindh as well as to sponsor the tour of Karachi U-18 team to interior Sindh.
