LAHORE – Secretary of Sports activities & Youth Affairs Punjab, Shahid Zaman, inaugurated the ITF-PTF Wheelchair Tennis Growth Initiative Teaching Camp on the Sports activities Board Punjab Tennis Academy, Nishtar Park Sports activities Complicated on Tuesday.
Wheelchair tennis has already made its debut in Karachi beneath the management of Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Vice President Muhammad Khalid Rehmani, who has been taking part in a pivotal function in not solely selling the game in Sindh but in addition increasing its attain throughout the nation. Punjab, now the second province to embrace wheelchair tennis, may have PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) overseeing the game. Malik’s tasks embody teaching and nurturing wheelchair tennis gamers whereas actively looking for out and creating proficient athletes from all around the nation.
Talking on the launch ceremony of the wheelchair tennis camp, which noticed the participation of 16 wheelchair tennis gamers from numerous areas of the province, Secretary Sports activities Shahid Zaman praised the initiative, saying, “It is a commendable effort by Mr. Khalid Rehmani, a pioneer of wheelchair tennis in Pakistan. In Punjab, beneath the steerage of Mr. Rashid Malik, wheelchair gamers will obtain coaching and grooming geared toward remodeling them into champions.
“By means of the Sports activities Board Punjab, these gamers will obtain complete help, together with wheelchairs, tennis rackets, balls, and entry to tennis services, all offered freed from cost. There’s super expertise in Punjab, and with the assistance of certified coaches, we hope this expertise will grasp the finer elements of the sport,” the Secretary Sports activities added.
Expressing his gratitude, Mr. Khalid Rehmani stated, “I prolong my appreciation to Secretary of Sports activities & Youth Affairs Shahid Zaman for gracing the occasion because the chief visitor and for asserting free-of-cost services and tennis gear for these wheelchair gamers. I am additionally grateful to Mr. Rashid Malik for accepting this accountability, and I’m assured that beneath his succesful steerage and supervision, wheelchair tennis and its gamers will quickly achieve recognition in Punjab.
“Our major aim for 2024 is to arrange wheelchair tennis gamers for the Paris Paralympics and ITF Unilock Asia Area Cup Wheelchair Tennis. We plan to collect proficient wheelchair tennis gamers from each nook of the nation, present them with coaching and grooming, and choose one of the best amongst them for these main occasions,” Mr. Rehmani defined.
“We’re additionally trying to introduce wheelchair tennis in Quetta, which possesses immense expertise. With correct coaching and most worldwide publicity, we hope to supply champions able to making their mark on the worldwide wheelchair tennis stage,” Mr. Rehmani asserted.
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