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The 4th Coca Cola Punjab junior (inter-school) rugby championship
2009
The 4th Coca Cola Punjab junior (inter-school) rugby
championship 2009 took place in Lahore on Sunday, it was the
biggest junior championship ever held in Pakistan with 26 teams
and over 270 participants’ teams with team representing schools
from all over Punjab.
The opening ceremony was performed by Maj Gen M Ashraf Chaudhry
– President Punjab Rugby Association who met all the boys and
was encouraged by the attendance and the enthusiasm of the
teams.
The chief guest for the closing ceremony
was Mr. David Dwyer the fitness trainer for the Pakistan
National cricket team and an international rugby coach Mr.
Dwyer gave away the prizes to the participants, the PE teachers,
and the victorious teams. The efforts of the School PE teachers,
the Punjab Rugby Association development officer and coach were
duly appreciated.
Mr. Dwyer spoke to the Children afterwards and told them to make
sure next year they get a friend to play rugby and rugby would
grow, he congratulated PRA for the work done in the development
of rugby and with so many young people taking up the sport means
that there is a bright future for rugby in Punjab and in
Pakistan
The schools that participated in the under 14 category were
,The Trust School Amir town (2 teams), Government Model high
Model Town (2 teams),Garrison Boys High School, The city School
Chenab campus Faisalabad ,Government High School Juloo Morh ,
Government High School Bhawalnagar , The City School Kapco Kot
Addu , The City School Ravi campus, The Trust School Thoker Niaz
Baig , Falcon Dha B ,Garrison Academy for Boys
In the Under 17 category , Government Model High School Model
town (2 teams) Garrison Boys High School, Government High School
Juloo Morh , Government High School Bhawalnagar (2 teams),
Government High School Fort Abbas , The City School Ravi campus
, The Trust School Thoker Niaz Baig , Falcon Dha ,Garrison
Academy for Boys , CNS Trust School Gulberg , Government High
School Sheikhupura
The Championship was played on a 7's-a-side format , teams were
placed in group A- D , preliminary rounds were played by teams
in each group to determine the group winner, 4 teams ( in both
the under-14 and under-17 categories ) , then entered the
knock-out stage to compete for the winners cup .
Results
Under 17
Semi finals
The Falcon Dha beat Trust School Thoker Niaz Baig 21-0
Garrison Boys High School beat Government High School Juloo Morh
5-0
Final
Falcon Dha beat Garrison Boys High School 38-0
Under 14
Semi finals
Falcon Dha beat Garrison Academy for Boys 7-0
The Trust School Thoker Niaz Baig School beat Government High
School Juloo Morh 5-0
Final
Falcon Dha beat The Trust School Thoker Niaz Baig School 5-0
It was a great sight to see so many youngsters enthusiastically
participating in a well organized Tournament played by
International Standards and well conducted by a panel of
experienced referee’s and tournament officials.
The championship was arranged by the Punjab Rugby Association
under the auspices of the Pakistan Rugby Union and sponsored by
Coca Cola Export Corporation Pakistan.
4th
Coca Cola
Punjab
Junior Rugby
Championship-2008
the 4th Coca Cola Punjab Junior Rugby Championship-2008 kicks
off at the Garrison Degree College ground situated at Nishat Colony
( behind DHA, A block ) Lahore on February
7, 2008. the championship is being arranged by the Punjab
Rugby Association with Maj Gen M Ashraf Chaudhry as its President
and under the supervision of the Pakistan Rugby Union
This will be a full day event being participated by students from
various schools in Punjab in the under -14 and under -17 categories
.A total of 24 teams are participating , twelve in the under-14
category and twelve in the under-17 category , these teams will be
divided in 4 pools , pool matches will be played on round robin
basis with the top 4 teams going into the knock-out phase for the
eventual winner.
a thrilling competition is expected as the teams are showing great
enthusiasm and training hard for an effort to be the winners.
Secretary General Punjab Olympic Association Khawaja Idress and the
Coca Cola country head Mr Rizwan Khan will give away the prizes to
the winning teams at 4.30pm
last years winners of the championship were Bahawalnagar High
School team who successfully defended their title in the under-17
category by defeating Trust School Thokhar Naiz Baig by 17 points
to Nil The Bahawalnagar team showed great skills and ball handling
their no 2 shirt Shahbaz was judged man of the tournament in the
under-17 category . the final in the under-14 category was played
between Model Town High School and Bahawalnagar High School 185 R 7
which fiercely contested , both teams failed to score during the
match , the final therefore had to be decided on the toss of a coin
.Model Town High School was declared the winners. Their number 3
shirt Tahveed was judged man of the Tournament in the under 14
category
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