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Noor Zaman & Yaseen Khattak win All Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship 2019

Promising Noor Zaman and Yaseen Khattak clinched the trophies after defeating their respective rivals in the Under-17 and Under-15 finals of the All Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship played at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex, Peshawar.

 
Promising Noor Zaman and Yaseen Khattak clinched the trophies after defeating their respective rivals in the Under-17 and Under-15 finals of the All Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship played at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex, Peshawar. 

In the Under-17 final, Noor Zaman faced tough resistance against Muhammad Hamza Khan in a marathon five games battle which lasted for 49 minutes.

Noor Zaman took the first two games at 11-4 and 11-7 but failed to click in the third and fourth games which were won by Hamza Khan at 4-11 and 8-11. It was the fifth and decisive game in which Noor Zaman raced to victory at 11-4.

In the Under-15 final, Yaseen Khattak defeated Saboor Khan by 11-1, 11-2 and 11-3 in a one-sided affair.

At the end, the chief guest Secretary Sports Kamran Rehman gave away trophies and cash prizes to the winners and runners-up.

The winner was awarded Rs. 19,000 each in U-17 and Under-15 categories while the runners-up of each categories got Rs. 13,000 each.

Member Executive Committee and head coach of the Blue Tone Squash Academy Wazir Gul, President KP Squash Association Qamar Zaman, Secretary Munawaz Zaman, members' committee Sher Bahadur Khan and Sajjad Khan, Head Coach PAF Squash Academy Atlas Khan, officials and players were also present.

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