Syed Javed Ali Invitational Veterans Hockey Tournament

Karachi: Syed Javed Ali Invitational Veterans Hockey Tournament will be played from October 18th in the Flood lights of Olympic Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy, it was announced at a meeting of the academy’s management. In the meeting, senior member of the committee Syed Javed Ali said that he was ready to offer his special services in this regard after which the committee decided to hold a tournament to promote the national game of hockey and more hockey events would be organized. Decided to plan in his name. In the initial phase, five teams will be part of the tournament, including Olympian Iftikhar Syed Veterans, Pakistan Veterans Club, Al-Sagheer Veterans, Cantt Combined and Central Fitness Veterans Club.

The matches of the tournament will be played every Saturday and Sunday night, the event will be held on a single league basis. In the league stage, all the teams will compete against each other and the top two teams on the points table will compete for the title in the final. Former international umpire Mohsin Ali Khan has been appointed as the technical director of the tournament , Muhammad Tariq Khan and muzammil Hussain will be the assistant technical director while Nadeem Qureshi of the manager administration OISSA will act as the organizing secretary and Muhammad Ali Jafri will assist him . Azmat Pasha will be Co-ordinator of the Tournament. The disciplinary committee, technical committee and organizing committee of the tournament will also be announced soon. Players participating in the tournament must be 40 years of age or older. Players born in January 1980 will be eligible to participate.