Sohail, Mehwish, Hamza bag gold medals for Pak

Sohail Adnan, Hamza Khan, Mehwish Ali, Obaidullah and Ahmed Khalil beat their respective rivals in the Asan Junior Squash finals to clinch gold medals for Pakistan on the final day of the Championship being played at Islamabad’s Mushaf Zia Squash Complex.

Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) organized the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship at Islamabad for Boys & Girls U-13, 15, 17 and U-19 age categories. Squash contingents from Hong Kong-China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Macau-China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore and Sri Lanka participated.

Mr Duncan Chiu, Secretary General of Asian Squash Federation graced the ceremony as chief guest and awarded trophies and medals to the players. Air Marshal Kazim Hammad, Senior Vice President PSF along with Squash legend Mr Qamar Zaman, VP PSF Mr Adnan Asad and number of players and officials also attended the ceremony.

Results:

Boys U-13. Sohail Adnan (Pak) bt Huzaifa Shahid (Pak) 12-10, 12-10, 5-11, 4-11, 11-8. Sohail won Gold Medal and Huzaifa got Silver.

Boys U-15. Shiven Agarwal (IND) bt Muhammad Raziq Puttra (MAS) 11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 13-11. Shiven won Gold Medal and Raziq got Silver.

Boys U-17. Nikhelswar (MAS) bt Abdullah Nawaz (Pak) 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-6. Nikhelswar won Gold Medal and Abdullah got Silver.

Boys U-19. Muhammad Hamza Khan (Pak) bt Harith Danial (MAS) 11-5, 12-10, 11-9. Hamza won Gold Medal and Harith got Silver.

Girls U-13. Aadya Budhia (IND) bt Goushika (IND) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4. Aadya won Gold Medal and Gouhika got Silver.

Girls U-15. Harleein Tan (MAS) bt Lo Pui Yin Chloe (HKG) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6. Harleen won Gold Medal and Lo Pui got Silver.

Girls U-17. Enna Kwong (HKG) bt Tang Helen (HKG) 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-1. Enna won Gold Medal and Tang got Silver.

Girls U-19. Thanussa Uthrian (MAS) bt Akari Midorikawa (JPN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-2. Thanussa won Gold Medal and Akari got Silver.