LAHORE: Government Allama Iqbal High School, Gojra won the 52nd Jaffar Memorial Inter-school Hockey Tournament after beating Aitchison School 2-0 in the final at the Aitchison College’s astroturf here on Tuesday.

Mohammad Ibrar opened the scoring in the fifth minute after receiving the ball near the circle and Mohammad Ali sealed the result with another field goal nine minutes from time as Aitchison School were left to rue a number of missed chances.

The tournament saw 28 schools from across Punjab taking part and a team comprising 18 best players will be finalised which will tour India soon to play different matches there.

Published in Dawn, December 1st, 2021

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