Olympic Day Inter Club Wrestling Championship 2019 begins today

Gujranwala Pakistan Wrestling Club in joint efforts of the two-time beach wrestling World champion, Inam Butt is organizing the inaugural edition of Olympic Day Inter Club Wrestling Championship that is  a step to hunt talent in the sport of wrestling.

Around 100 under-14 and under-20 grapplers from five clubs of Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad and Sheikhupura will feature that will be seen competing against each other with their full power, stamina and strength so as to win the ultimate title of this championship.

This championship will be competed under the standard United World Wrestling rules and the reporting time for all the participating wrestlers has been set as 05:00 PM sharp as the fights will proceed from then on.

Upon organizing this event, Pakistan's prominent wrestler, Inam Butt said, 

"I opted to take the initiative after getting a nod from the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF). The federation is very much with me in the whole mission. I gave a proposal of an inter-club event to the PWF secretary Arshad Sattar. He agreed and so I am going to launch the inter-club event today."

The two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist also said that Inter-city events have been regularly held but an inter-club event is being held for the first time. In the inter-city events only top wrestlers get an opportunity to showcase their talent but in the inter-club competitions the rest will also get chances to express themselves in a competitive environment. 

He also said that this initiative will be further taken to other cities of Punjab which have exceptional talent. It will help create playing opportunities for the wrestlers who have the talent but are unable to move ahead due to lack of opportunities. Only a national event cannot create ample chances for many wrestlers and then this event will be taken to the college and university level. Our main effort is to manage free-of-cost admissions for our wrestlers on sports quota in colleges and universities across Punjab. This will help them not only flourish as wrestlers but they will also continue their education. 

Inam is sponsoring this event all by himself to which he said,

"We could not get sponsors but we will make an effort to encourage the winners with small prizes in various shapes and I am thankful to the District Sports Officer (DSO) Gujranwala Ayesha who has given us gymnasium for the event. I am the sole sponsor of this event and will continue to organize such competitions in future also. Our wrestlers need a lot of competitive action, particularly at the grassroots level.