Youth Festival: Lahore prepares for human flag record

Nearly 30,000 volunteers participated in the full dress rehearsal.


Our Correspondent February 15, 2014
Pakistani youths make the biggest human national flag at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore on October 22, 2012. PHOTO:AFP

LAHORE:


“Arrangements for an attempt to break the record for the largest human flag have been completed. As many as 29,040 people participate in the event,” Minister for Education and Sports Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan said on Friday.


He was addressing a press conference.

“The youth will try to set as many as 100 world records,” he said.

Sports Board Director General Usman Anwar and Guinness World Record officials were also present.

The minister said 150,000 people would also attempt the record for the national anthem on February 19.

“I am proud of the enthusiasm shown by young boys and girls in preparations of these events,” he said.

The minister rejected the impression that students were being dragged to the PYF events forcibly.

He said security arrangements for the world record attempts had been finalised.

Guinness World Records representative Leo Wiger praised the hospitality of the government.

He said he had visited 46 countries but had never received such love and respect anywhere. A full dress rehearsal for the human flag for the Guinness World Record (GWR) was held at the National Hockey Stadium.

Division-level games

The divisional-level games of the Punjab Youth Festival entered the concluding phase on Friday.

On the sixth day of the games, 4,499 competed in various games and 1,308 moved to the next round.

In Rawalpindi, out of 660 players, 159 returned successful. As many as 93 athletes took part in various contests in Sargodha and 59 were declared winners. In Gujranwala division, out of 674 players, 267 moved to the next round.

Faisalabad division saw 375 players and 99 people moved to the next round.

As many as 393 athletes competed from Sahiwal division and 187 people moved to the next round.

Out of 461 players of Multan division, 167 were declared winners. As many as 43 people out of 132 participants from Bahawalpur division moved to the next round.

In Lahore, 909 competed in several PYF events and 144 moved to the next round.

DHA-I beat Walton Club for the rugby title at the Defence Sports Complex. At the Punjab Stadium, Lahore defeated Kasur in the touchball final.

Pakistan Touchball Association secretary Zahoor Ahmed and Punjab Touchball Association president Sayed Tahir Shah were the guests of honour on the occasion.

Lahore beat Sheikhupura by nine wickets to clinch the Punjab Youth Festival (PYF) 2014 Lahore Division’s cricket hardball event trophy at the Iqbal Sports Complex.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2014.

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