Lahore
Tayyab Rauf, Ashab Irfan, Abbas Nawaz and Fahad Sharif breezed into the U17 semi-finals (SF) of the first Aitchison College National Junior Squash Championship after winning their respective matches, here on Thursday at Aitchison College courts. Principal Aitchison College Michael Alester Thomson was the chief guest on the occasion and witnessed matches with keen interest. Also present were tournament Director Muhammad Mansoor and former world number two squash player, Gogi Alauddin and a large number of fans. Michael Alester Thomson said his institution was laying special emphasis on promotion of sports by organising regular sports events in various disciplines.
He said the inaugural squash tournament was a step forward to motivate the college players to take up squash as a sport and to find new talent. “We will hold squash tournament on annual basis to contribute in indentifying new squash talent,” he said.—APP
