Titles for Rawalpindi and Toba Tek Singh
LAHORE, Sept 24 Toba Tek Singh and Rawalpindi districts emerged as champions in the boys and girls team events of the Punjab Inter-district table tennis championship held at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Saturday. Toba Tek Singh outclassed Lahore 3-0 in the boys’ final while Rawalpindi proved too good for Sahiwal winning the girls’ final 3-1.
Earlier, Lahore entered the final, beating Bahawalnagar 3-1 in the semifinals while Toba Tek singh faced a good opposition from Rawalpindi before winning the pre-finals 3-2.
In the girls competition, Rawalpindi entered the final thrashing Sheikhupura 3-0 in the pre-finals while Sahiwal ousted Bahawalnagar 3-1.
Results:
Boys (semifinals):
Lahore beat Bahawalnagar 3-1: Yasir Hussain bt Amir 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8; Masood Ali bt Rehan Qureshi 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9; Yasir-Rehan bt Masood-Amer 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10; Yasir Hussain bt Masood 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.
Toba Tek Singh beat Rawalpindi 3-2:
Abdul Rahim bt Mubashar 10-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7; Muhammad Farooq bt Farooq Mustafa 11-9, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9; Farooq-Rahim bt Mubashar-Farooq 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8; Farooq bt Rahim 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8; Farooq Mustafa bt Mubashar 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9.
FINALS:
Boys: Toba Tek Singh beat Lahore 3-0:
Abdul Rahim bt Yasir Hussain 9-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8; Farooq Mustafa bt Rehan Qureshi 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8; Rehan-Farooq bt Yaser-Rehan 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.
Girls: Rawalpindi beat Sahiwal 3-1. Kanwal Iqbal bt Mubeen 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Mubashara (SWL) bt Tamsela 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9; Kanwal bt Mubashara 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Kanwal-Tamsela bt Mubashra-Mubeen 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.