HPS becomes first private school with full sized hockey turf

Synthetic hockey turf installation inaugurated with alumni match

Habib Public School (HPS) installed on Saturday synthetic hockey turf at its school, becoming the first private school in Pakistan to have a full size hockey turf.

Several veteran Habibian hockey players were invited to play an exhibition match to inaugurate the synthetic turf. One of the best hockey players Pakistan has ever produced, Hassan Sardar, and another alumnus Safdar Abbas captained the teams and several former students such as Qamar Ibrahim, Kamran Ashraf, Ayaz Mehmood, Ahmed Alam, Sohail Abbas, and Haider Hussain also attended the event.

The match was preceded by an informal get together where former students and teachers mingled. The match was viewed by 400 guests and media personnel and the veteran players received resounding applause for their sportsmanship. International level umpires including Chaudhry Tanveer Arshad, Shoaib Riffat and Shahid Pervaiz refereed the match.



The event concluded with souvenirs given to the players and match officials. The school principal, Nargis Alavi, and vice-principal Shahwar Ahmed presented a memento to Ali Habib in appreciation for providing world class sports facilities at the school.

The next venture to be undertaken at the school is the setup of a fully grassed cricket ground, which the Alumni have agreed to sponsor.