National Coaches Clinic & Test match series

Lahore – Pakistan, April 24, 2013: In conjunction with the U-16 Boys Hockey Championship to be played at National Hockey Stadium Lahore, a National Coaches Clinic will also be held from 28th April to 1st May 2013. The PHF has appointed Olympians Tahir Zaman & Khawaja Muhammad Junaid as Course Conductors and Rana Mujahid Ali has been appointed as Coordinator.

The following Coaches are hereby directed to report to the Course Conductor at National Hockey Stadium Lahore:-

Ajmal Khan Lodhi, Rehan Butt, Rana Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Anjum Saeed, Danish Kaleem, Qasim Khan, Muhammad Ali, Jan Muhammad, Saleem Sherwani, Zeeshan Ashraf, Khawar Javaid, Rahim Khan, Mirza Waheed Baig, Malik Muhammad Shafqat and Muhammad Usman = 15.

The 2nd Phase of training camp of national junior probables preparing for Test Match Series against Germany, Belgium & Holland will be established at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium Islamabad on 30th of April 2013.

The PHF has directed to following probable players to report to the Camp Commandant (Rana Mujahid Ali) at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium Islamabad on 30th April 2013/afternoon:-

GOALKEEPERS: Mazhar Abbas, Amjad Ali, M. Talal Khalid & Amin Yousuf = 4

FULL BACKS: Muhammad Khalid, M. Kashif Javed, Faisal Qadir, Syed Kashif Shah & Zohaib Ashraf = 5

HALF BACKS: M.Rizwan Jr., Muhamamd Tousiq, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Tasawar Abbas & M. Bilal Khan=5

FORWARDS: M. Irfan, M. Umar Bhutta, M. Dilber, Ali Shan, M. Suleman, M. Arslan Qadir, Muhammad Umair, Hafiz Rizwan Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Ayub Ali, Ahmed Zubair & Bilal Mahmood = 12

TEAM MANAGEMENT: Rana Mujahid Ali/Manager & Head Coach, Mr. Danish Kaleem/Coach, Mr. Anjum Saeed/Coach, Dr. Asad Abbas Shah/Team Doctor& Syed Abuzar Umrao/Video-Analyst.

The 2nd edition of the U-16 Boys Hockey Championship will be played at National Hockey Stadium Lahore from 28th April till 9th May 2013. The PHF has appointed “Age Credentials Check Committee” who will verify and check the ages of the players and shall apply “Bone Test” or may resort to “Facial Scrutiny”to disqualify the over-age players. The concealment of age factor shall render the player & team manager, to debarment, which may exceed up to one year. The Committee will comprise of the following:

1. Rana Mujahid Ali – Convener. 2. Tahir Zaman – Member. 3. Rehan Butt – Member