Lahore division emerge winner in First Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Division Powerlifting (F) and Table Tennis (M) Championship 2021 - Press Note issued by Sports Board Punjab.

Lahore -- March 03, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press note issued by Sports Board Punjab

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Lahore division emerged winners in First Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Division Powerlifting (female) and Table Tennis (male) Championship 2021 on Wednesday. Gujranwala remained runners up in Table Tennis (male) event.

In Women's Powerlifting event, Lahore division girls grabbed first position with 101 points while the second and third positions went to Faisalabad (59 points) and Sargodha (54) divisions respectively. Bahawalpur took 4th position with 30 points followed by Gujranwala (27), Sahiwal (16), DG Khan (11), Multan (2) and Rawalpindi division finished last with a single point.

The Men's Weightlifting title went to Gujranwala division which accumulated 125 points, Lahore grabbed second position with 106 point, Faisalabad finished third with 78 points followed by Sahiwal (34 points), Sargodha (15), Multan (14), DG Khan (3) and Bahawalpur (2 points).

A cash prize of Rs 6,20,000 was awarded among the position holders of all the events during the 2-day Championship.

Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum, Secretary Youth Affairs and Sports Fuad Hashim Rabbani and Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh distributed prizes at the closing ceremony.

Sports lovers witnessed some exciting matches on the second and last day of the championship. The male and female events of table tennis were conducted inside NPSC Gymnasium Hall while the competitions of weightlifting (male) and powerlifting (female) were organised outside NPSC Gymnasium Hall.

Rawalpindi shocked Lahore by 3-0 in the first match of the day in the Women's Table Tennis team event. Rawalpindi's Saba outplayed Lahore's Fatima by 11-9, 11-9 and 11-9. Wajiha of Rawalpindi exhibited wonderful fighting skills when she recovered from a two-set deficit against Lahore's Rida and emerged the winner by 12-14, 12-14, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-7. However, Rawalpindi's Natasha won her...