Closely fought contests were witnessed in the three matches involving the departmental sides in the 64th National Hockey Championships in Sukkur.
-Mubashar scored both the goals for Sui Southern Gas Company in their 2-1 win over Navy. For Sailors, lanky Asad Aziz scored.
-Newly raised Fauji Fertilisers Company, appearing in the nationals for the first time, downed Police by the same score of 2-1 Yaqoob and highly promising Wasim Akram found the target for the FFC. Mohammad Mateen was the lone scorer for the Police
-In a high scoring duel, the youthful Sui Northern Gas Pakistan Limited downed Air Force 5-3 Ghulam Abbas & Ayub Ali both had a brace for the SNGPL while Rana Waheed scored one goal . For Air Force, Mudassar, Adnan and Anees shared the goals.
The two matches between the provincial sides turned out to be one sided. FATA defeated Islamabad 3-0 SCORERS: Yaar Jamal 2, Abdul Haneef
Hosts Sindh defeated Baluchistan 4-1 SCORERS: Sindh: Aamer, Yasir, Ismaeel & Abdullah Baluchistan: Mohammad Aslam
